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With vaccinations starting, Fairfax Co. moves closer to getting kids in classrooms 01/16/2021 01:02pm • When you work in public schools, weekends are for sleeping in. But some Fairfax County Public School employees got up early on the Saturday of a three-day weekend anyway so they could be among the first to get the coronavirus vaccine. The process itself was easy, and neither Nick Reed, a substitu Country music legend Willie Nelson gets his Covid-19 vaccination 01/16/2021 07:10am • Country music legend Willie Nelson received the Covid-19 vaccine at a drive-through facility in Texas this week, according to a post he shared on Facebook. "Getting your COVID vaccine is Willie cool!," said Family Hospital Systems, a locally owned system of freestanding emergency rooms and hospit 'Any help is good help': Md. state lawmakers look to bring relief to Montgomery Co. restaurants 01/16/2021 02:39am • Seibel's Restaurant and UpTown Bar, owned by Lynn Martins, has been in business since 1939, but it's shutting down until March. After watching her business crater due to the Montgomery County, Maryland's restrictions to curb the coronavirus, Martins said she hopes there is a way to recover. Me Wizards promote Amber Nichols to be only second female G-League GM 01/16/2021 12:08am • Wizards promote Amber Nichols to be Go-Go GM originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington   The Wizards have hired Amber Nichols as the general manager of their G-League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go, by promoting her from the assistant GM position, NBC Sports Washington has confi Maryland school systems receive over $780M in federal pandemic relief funding 01/15/2021 08:46pm • Maryland's public schools will be receiving over $780 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to help with efforts to reopen schools while mitigating safety risks, the state's Department of Education announced Friday. The funding — which is allocated through the federal Coronavirus Response an Prince George's Co. restaurants worry for future amid indoor dining bans 01/15/2021 01:30pm • Business is down at Franklin's, in Hyattsville, Maryland, but the owner is only angry at people who don't follow the rules. (WTOP/John Domen) For 28 years, Franklin's Restaurant, Brewery and General Store has been a staple in downtown Hyattsville, Maryland. But were it not for federal pandemic r Virginia offers updated guidance for schools on in-person learning amid pandemic 01/15/2021 12:14pm • The Virginia Department of Health, along with the Department of Education, has released an updated interim guidance for schools navigating when to bring students back to in-person classes. The new guide incorporates and replaces the phased guidance for schools released in July. The guidance and a DC-area companies push back return to the office plans 01/15/2021 11:50am • A new Greater Washington Partnership survey shows COVID-19 vaccine availability and how comfortable employees feel about returning to the office are driving decisions to push back a return to D.C.-area offices. (Getty) D.C.-area employees working from home may be working from home for several mo Hogan announces $30M in relief for Maryland entertainment venues 01/15/2021 11:45am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan has announced $30 million in emergency relief for music and entertainment venues. The governor announced the help on Friday for venues that have been hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. It's part of more than $700 million in emergency economic relief provided b Judge upholds Baltimore's dining ban amid pushback 01/15/2021 09:48am • BALTIMORE — A judge in Baltimore has ruled to uphold the city’s dining ban. Baltimore Circuit Judge Lawrence Fletcher-Hill said Thursday that restaurants have faced “irreparable harm" but the issue was a “matter of life and death.” He made those remarks after denying a request by the Loudoun Co. pauses plan for return to in-person learning, as staff vaccinations begin 01/15/2021 07:36am • Coronavirus conditions have not improved enough to bring more students and staff back into classrooms, according to the Loudoun County School Board. All Loudoun County, Virginia, public school students have been doing distance learning since a December spike in positivity rates throughout the D.C Anne Arundel Co. votes to implement hybrid learning by March 1 01/15/2021 04:25am • The school board in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, voted early Friday to implement a hybrid learning program for as many students as possible by March 1. The approved plan, which is dependent on health and safety metrics in the county, calls on Superintendent George Arlotto to allow smaller group Why you'd want a good night’s sleep before and after getting COVID-19 vaccine 01/14/2021 09:26pm • How well your body responds to the COVID-19 vaccine may depend on what kind of shape you’re in — mentally and physically. “We know, and there’s some research to suggest, that these vaccine responses are modifiable,” said Annelise Madison, a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at T Biden COVID-19 Advisory Board: Mass release of vaccine will not compromise follow-up doses 01/14/2021 08:13pm • The goal to get as many COVID-19 shots into arms as quickly as possible is driving President-elect Joe Biden's plan to release nearly all available doses of the vaccine. His advisers don't want skeptics to worry about future supplies. "We're not really going to have issues with supply to meet Prince George's County extends indoor dining ban, other pandemic restrictions 01/14/2021 07:34pm • Prince George's County, Maryland, will extend several measures taken to limit the spread of COVID-19 as case numbers continue to trend upward in the county in the wake of the winter holiday season. Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks announced on Thursday the extended restrictions,