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Md. to move to Phase 2 of vaccine rollout next week; 16 and older will be eligible by April 27 03/18/2021 03:35pm • Maryland will enter Phase 2 of its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan next week, making Marylanders 60 and over eligible for the shots, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Thursday, laying out an accelerated timeline of the state's vaccine rollout that would make all adults eligible to receive vaccines by th Prince George's Co. schools CEO lays out return-to-school plan 03/18/2021 02:46pm • On the first day back to school for all Prince George's County, Maryland, teachers, they are preparing for students to return in phases next month. The school system's CEO is laying out for county leaders what the return of students will look like. When elementary, special education and high scho Northern Va. kids found to have 'unexpectedly' higher rates of COVID-19 antibodies 03/18/2021 02:16pm • Serology tests on children in Northern Virginia to determine whether they’ve ever been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, show positivity rates twice that of adults. The study was conducted by the Virginia Department of Health, Inova Health System and George Mason Univers Fairfax Co. bakery gives away more than 20,000 loaves of bread during pandemic 03/18/2021 11:13am • The owners of a bakery in Virginia's Fairfax County can't believe what has happened over the past year. Due to food insecurity during the coronavirus pandemic, Great Harvest Bread Co. was hoping to donate up to 5,000 loaves of bread to local food banks and shelters, but the business stepped up it Amtrak trains sport 50th anniversary paint jobs 03/18/2021 10:45am • Amtrak trains are being painted with 50th anniversary logos to mark 50 years of service. Six have already entered service on the national network with different versions of the logos. (Courtesy Amtrak) Amtrak has survived, and thrived, throughout its history, and while the pandemic has put it sq Prince William Co. schools plan to offer full-time in-person and distance learning next year 03/18/2021 07:43am • As local school systems announce plans to offer in-person lessons for five days per week in the 2021-2022 school year, the Prince William County School Board wants to ensure families have a variety of options. At a school board meeting Wednesday night, Superintendent Steven Walts said staff has a Activists respond to Atlanta-area killings with late-night rally in Chinatown 03/18/2021 02:18am • D.C. activists led a demonstration Wednesday night in response to the mass killings of eight people, including six women of Asian decent, in three massage parlors in Georgia. Total Liberation Collective, the predominantly Black activism group, organized the rally, saying on Twitter that it was ag Survey results capture DC teachers' pandemic struggles, successes 03/18/2021 01:31am • More than 1,000 D.C. teachers took an online survey in late January and early February asking how they and their students have handled the pandemic, and the results are in. Teachers from 185 schools shared their thoughts, including teachers from every D.C. public school and most of the city's pub 1st of Md. town hall series addressed vaccine concerns of Latino community 03/17/2021 11:40pm • A virtual town hall series designed to generate confidence in the COVID-19 vaccines kicked off Tuesday in Spanish with members of the Maryland Latino community. It is part of the Maryland State Health Department's GoVax program, which encourages all Marylanders to protect themselves, their famili Va. expands COVID-19 vaccine pool through pharmacies 03/17/2021 07:13pm • Virginia is widening COVID-19 vaccine eligibility during Phase 1B thanks to a federal program that is sending doses directly to pharmacies nationwide. The Department of Health said partners with the Federal Retail Pharmacy initiative will start offering appointments to people between ages 16 to 6 COVID-19 relief package funds child care initiatives in Maryland 03/17/2021 06:14pm • While many Marylanders are beginning to see bigger bank account balances due to checks received from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, they will also begin to see more funding for child care. "It has been projected that Maryland could end up losing over 78,000 licensed child care spots over Loudoun Co. to offer in-person learning 4 days a week next month 03/17/2021 05:10pm • The public schools in Loudoun County, Virginia, will offer in-person instruction four days a week to students currently enrolled in hybrid learning. The school system announced the move Wednesday afternoon, adding that students whose families chose distance learning for the second semester will n Bowser: All DC residents, workers should preregister for vaccine 03/17/2021 04:51pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday that everyone who lives or works in the District should preregister for the COVID-19 vaccine, even if they aren’t currently eligible. In a statement from her office, Bowser called on residents to help friends, family and neighbors who need assistance What's going on with Montgomery Co.'s mass vaccination site? 03/17/2021 04:00pm • County leaders plan to open large-scale vaccination site on the Germantown campus of Montgomery College. (Courtesy Montgomery College) Amid conflicting messages about a proposed COVID-19 mass vaccination site in Montgomery County, officials there insist a new vaccine site will open on the German Northam releases plans for in-person graduations in Va. 03/17/2021 03:57pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday unveiled a tentative plan for in-person graduations at schools, colleges and universities in the commonwealth. The plans have been reviewed with education officials, Northam’s office said in a statement, and are expected to be made official April 1, when