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Anti-drunken driving events kick off in Maryland, Virginia through Labor Day 08/27/2021 04:30am • Drunken driving prevention and awareness campaigns are being held in Maryland and Virginia ahead of the Labor Day holiday. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam kicked off the 20th annual Checkpoint Strikeforce DUI enforcement and public education campaign on Thursday. The initiative uses sobriety checkpoi How to Invest in Art 08/27/2021 12:00am • Art investing goes beyond finding the perfect watercolor to hang in your dining room. Art can occupy an important space in your portfolio, serving as a hedge against inflation, adding diversification and reducing your portfolio's volatility. Unfortunately, many investors assume they're locked out o First Day of School: What Parents, Teachers Should Know 08/27/2021 12:00am • The first day of school is traditionally about creating routines and reestablishing the classroom community, but there is little that is routine or established about this year's start. Many students and teachers nationwide spent the last year communicating via screen, rather than in a school settin SOL scores plummet across Northern Virginia; educators say comparisons meaningless 08/26/2021 11:54pm • Standards of Learning test scores fell dramatically this spring from the last time they were administered in Northern Virginia schools, confirming the fears of many about the impacts of a pandemic-plagued school year on student learning and the limits of virtual instruction. Statewide, passing rate Child from Northern Virginia dies of COVID-19 08/26/2021 10:54pm • A child from Northern Virginia has died from COVID-19, the Virginia Department of Health announced Thursday. The child, who was under the age of 10, was from Fairfax. Authorities are not releasing further details to protect the family’s privacy. “We were deeply saddened to learn of the los COVID-19 home test kit program expands in DC 08/26/2021 08:59pm • The Test Yourself DC program is expanding so that a site will be available within a 20-minute walk of almost anywhere in the District, according to a news release from the mayor's office Thursday. Eleven new sites will open where residents can pick up and drop off at-home COVID-19 test kits. Test Health care workers: Don't skip the flu shot amid COVID-19 surge 08/26/2021 07:16pm • As the delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread, the flu season is right around the corner. And some health care workers in the D.C. area are looking to get ahead of the flu now. "We ordered aggressively because the flu season last year was wild," said Samir Balile, the clinical prog Pilot program expands access to telehealth services in Maryland 08/26/2021 05:56pm • Maryland is experimenting with new ways to increase access to telehealth services in the hopes of removing barriers based on income, race, ethnicity and geographic location. The Department of Health is using $1.5 million in federal funding to pay for smartphones, tablets and high-speed internet a Maryland board of education votes to require masks in public schools 08/26/2021 05:36pm • The Maryland State Board of Education voted Thursday for an emergency regulation to require children and adults to wear masks in K-12 schools statewide to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Most of Maryland's 24 jurisdictions already have mandated masks in schools, five counties have not —- Carr Northern Va. Catholic schools back in class with full in-person learning 08/26/2021 04:15pm • Classes have resumed at dozens of Catholic schools around Northern Virginia, and learning that was mostly in-person last school year is informing COVID-19 protocols currently in place. "Things that were suggested like using seating charts. So, we always knew who was near whom, in the classroom, f What Daniel Gafford is focusing on during his offseason workouts 08/26/2021 01:33pm • What Gafford is working on this offseason originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe first thing Daniel Gafford did when his 2020-21 season ended was slow down. All players take their rest when they can, but for Gafford, it holds a different meaning.Remember that talk during the season abo Six Flags donates tickets to Prince George's County for vaccine incentives 08/26/2021 11:12am • Six Flags America has donated 4,000 tickets for free admission to its amusement park to Prince George's County for the Maryland county's efforts to get more residents vaccinated. Any county resident 12 and older who gets a COVID-19 vaccine at the Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex will COVID-19 outbreak closes closes some Amherst County schools 08/26/2021 10:47am • AMHERST, Va. — Amherst County officials say all public secondary schools are closing temporarily after a COVID-19 outbreak. Superintendent Rob Arnold says a person who tested positive and entered a building without notifying staff is the source of many positive cases. News outlets report tha Md. senators call on state education board to issue universal masking mandate 08/26/2021 06:31am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. State senators sent a letter to the Maryland State Board of Education Wednesday ahead of its hastily-scheduled meeting Thursday, imploring Virginia health care systems to require vaccinations for staff 08/26/2021 05:06am • Two health care systems that provide care to people in Virginia are requiring their employees to be vaccinated. UVA Health and Sentara both announced the requirement Wednesday. “These vaccines will save lives, prevent unnecessary sickness and help us ensure we have the capacity to provide th