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Thousands of DC-region students start phased return to classrooms 03/01/2021 06:19am • Thousands of students in the WTOP listening area will return to classrooms Monday morning, marking a small but significant step toward normalcy almost exactly a year since the region saw its first coronavirus outbreak. Students whose parents opted for a hybrid learning model in five Washington an Virginia eases some coronavirus restrictions Monday 03/01/2021 05:23am • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam will ease some COVID-19 restrictions in Virginia starting Monday. Some of the restrictions that will be eased Monday include the following: On-site alcohol sales at restaurants and bars will end at midnight, as opposed to the current 10 p.m. curfew. Restaurants, b Why kids are hitting the pandemic wall 03/01/2021 04:14am • After almost a full year of grappling with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, including nearly nine months of virtual school, 11-year-old London Loree simply has had enough. Enough of Zoom classes and technology fails. Enough of social distancing. Enough of all of it. Children's National Hospital creates COVID-19 vaccination waitlist for DC teens 02/28/2021 08:56pm • Children's National Hospital has created a waitlist for D.C.-based teenagers to receive the Pfizer vaccine. Both 16- and 17-year-olds with "qualifying chronic conditions" are eligible for the waitlist. Eligible residents can fill out the form online. Once there are available doses, the residen Single dose COVID-19 vaccinations for some Virginians begin this week 02/28/2021 08:34pm • Starting this week, you may only have to book one appointment to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Virginia. On Saturday, the Johnson & Johnson one-dose COVID-19 vaccine was given emergency approval by the FDA. That means cases of the newly-approved vaccine are heading out, and the Virginia Departmen DC council member wants emergency hearing over vaccination website tech issues 02/28/2021 08:14pm • After tech issues have challenged D.C. residents attempting to make COVID-19 vaccine appointments, a council member is calling for a review of what happened as the city gears up for the next group of available appointments. The D.C. Department of Health made 3,500 appointments available Saturday, From a few cans of food to lunch for an entire Va. community 02/28/2021 12:02pm • What started as a small neighborhood pantry box is feeding hundreds every day in one Loudoun County, Virginia, community. Just before the coronavirus pandemic started, Leesburg attorney Peter Burnett had set up a little free food pantry in a struggling neighborhood in Leesburg. “It was Janua 'SNL' has Dr. Fauci hand out coronavirus vaccines on a game show 02/28/2021 12:30am •  As more coronavirus vaccines begin to roll out, it may be difficult to know if you're eligible or not, so "Saturday Night Live" tried to help a few lucky folks on Saturday. The NBC variety show opened with Kate McKinnon's Dr. Anthony Fauci hosting a new game show called "So You Think You C U.Md. drops some COVID-19 restrictions in light of optimistic virus data 02/27/2021 11:51pm • Positive news in their COVID-19 data motivated the University of Maryland to relax some of its campus restrictions. As of Feb. 27, the university said its positivity rate dropped to 1% after its latest three-day stretch of testing. The university lifted its sequester-in-place order at noon Saturd Most summer classes in Montgomery College to stay online, some in-person during fall semester 02/27/2021 07:54pm • Montgomery College will continue in a mostly remote learning format with some exceptions during its summer and fall semesters.  In a memo to the college's employees and students released Friday, President Dr. DeRionne Pollard cited concerns for students and staff's safety as factoring into the Va. first responders with COVID-19 expected to receive pay protections 02/27/2021 04:06pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's signature is all that's needed to make the state's first responders who become sick with COVID-19 eligible for workers compensation. A bill from State Delegate Jay Jones (D-Norfolk) allowing first responders who contract the virus to be included in the state’s work Rare but severe illness striking some children with COVID-19 02/27/2021 03:07pm • Parents are being told to look out for the symptoms of a rare, but serious disease that is affecting some children who are infected with COVID-19. Doctors call it MIS-C, multi-inflammatory syndrome in children. "A lot of different organs and systems in the body can be effected and sometimes ve Try, try again: DC vaccination website working after morning tech issue 02/27/2021 10:24am • The D.C. Department of Health made 3,500 appointments for vaccination against COVID-19 available at 9 a.m. Saturday but the website crashed shortly after they were supposed to be available. The technical issues follow two consecutive days of issues, leading to residents having trouble registering Many Maryland schools set to reopen Monday 02/27/2021 07:55am • Many of Maryland’s most populous districts are set to welcome some students back for in-person instruction Monday, marking the start of varying local plans in response to Gov. Larry Hogan’s push to reopen schools by March 1. Maryland had the lowest percentage of in-person instruction operatin DC schools plan for summer school catch-up programs for students 02/27/2021 01:29am • Parents of students in D.C. public schools will soon have a better idea of what summer options are available for their children. During a virtual hearing with the city council’s Committee of the Whole on combating learning loss due to the coronavirus pandemic, Deputy Mayor for Education Paul Ki