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DC schools begin looking at challenges for the next school year 03/11/2021 08:50am • Whether the pandemic is over or not by the time the next school year rolls around in August for D.C. Public School students, the school system will still be feeling its impact. That much was made clear during a nearly nine-hour long oversight hearing run by the D.C. Council on Wednesday. Chancell Beltway Basketball Beat: Bracket Racket 4 — Quadrupleheader heaven 03/11/2021 06:00am • Three days before Selection Sunday brings us to what Conference Championship week is at its best: The Atlantic Coast Conference and Big East both reach the quarterfinal rounds, while the Big Ten has four games on tap as well with its second round. The Big 12, Pac 12 and SEC also deliver quadruple Johns Hopkins virus expert reviews pandemic's toll on nursing homes, hospitals 03/11/2021 05:19am • When D.C. region residents were first navigating the dangers of the coronavirus pandemic a year ago, a Johns Hopkins University virologist sought to communicate how the body combats the virus. A year on, Dr. Ray Viscidi, who teaches pediatrics and oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Which workers were hardest hit by pandemic-related job losses in DC region? 03/11/2021 01:32am • Among the nation's 10 largest metropolitan areas, the D.C. region lost the fewest number of jobs to the COVID-19 pandemic early on, according to the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, or COG. Between March and April 2020, the D.C. area lost more than 300,000 "non-farm" jobs -- more t Md. restaurant owner criticizes state's reopening plan, reflects on past year 03/10/2021 11:44pm • It's been a brutal year for the owners of Maryland restaurant McGinty's Public House in downtown Silver Spring. Co-owner Greg Whelan said that when they were forced to close a day before St. Patrick's Day last March, the restaurant employed 43 staff members. Now, there are 15 on the job. While Police officer and Virginia Capitol mainstay dies at 60 03/10/2021 09:26pm • Virginia Capital Police Master Officer Woodrow W. “Buddy” Buddy leading the Honor Guard at a memorial service at the Commonwealth Public Safety Memorial. (Courtesy Twitter/Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police & Foundation) RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Condolences are pouring in from lawmak Anne Arundel, Howard counties align with Maryland order lifting capacity limits 03/10/2021 08:33pm • Anne Arundel and Howard counties will align with Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's order and loosen COVID-19 capacity limits at the end of the week. But Anne Arundel County is keeping some coronavirus restrictions not required by the state. "Gov. Larry Hogan's order yesterday lifted capacity limits and Doctors report concerning child health trends: self-harm, anxiety, obesity 03/10/2021 05:17pm • Doctors in D.C. are seeing more cases of self-harm, depression and anxiety in kids, and they're sharing what trends are concerning them the most in pediatric health. "Our children are in crisis and are literally suffering, not just because of learning loss but perhaps even more significantly the Metro: No service cuts, layoffs thanks to COVID-19 relief bill 03/10/2021 04:03pm • Metro said on Wednesday that the passage of the COVID-19 relief bill saved the agency from the service cuts and layoffs that had been proposed in its next budget. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, passed by the House Wednesday, provides $1.4 billion to D.C.-area transit agencies, Metro Target partners with CVS to bring COVID-19 vaccines to Virginia, Maryland 03/10/2021 03:33pm • Retail giant Target is partnering with CVS Pharmacy to bring coronavirus vaccines to more than 600 stores across the country, including locations in Virginia and Maryland. Target announced the move Wednesday. "Target already supports CVS-administered vaccinations each year for the flu, shingle WTOP Top Kid: Prince William student leads effort to help dogs find homes 03/10/2021 02:24pm • Regan Brisky has been helping animals through her own nonprofit called Regan's Rescue. (Courtesy April Brisky) Your human neighbors in the D.C. area aren't the only ones who need help during the pandemic, so do your four-legged friends. That's been the focus of 11-year-old Prince William Coun Report on Swann Street arrests calls for DC Council to tighten rules on police 03/10/2021 02:22pm • Last June, amid protests in D.C., police penned demonstrators into a block of Swann Street in Northwest D.C., arresting and pepper-spraying those out past curfew and leading residents to take others into their houses while police roamed outside trying to make more arrests. A new report claims D.C Elrich: Hogan’s push to re-open ‘will trigger another spike’ 03/10/2021 01:54pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Montgomery County Executive Marc B. Elrich said Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s decision to largely reopen the state’s economy ignores the DC launches COVID-19 vaccine preregistration website 03/10/2021 01:30pm • D.C. launched its new coronavirus vaccine preregistration website Wednesday, following several technical glitches over the past few weeks that frustrated residents trying to sign up. Eligible residents can now preregister using the new system — powered by tech giant Microsoft — at vaccinate.d Md. boosts number of Six Flags vaccine appointments for Prince George's Co. residents 03/10/2021 12:55pm • Starting next week, Prince George's County, Maryland, residents could find it easier to score a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at the Six Flags mass vaccination site. The number of appointments at the mass site that will be set aside for Prince George's County residents each week is set to more tha