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Maryland college, high school students say yes, they want to get vaccinated 04/10/2021 02:12am • When Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced that COVID-19 vaccinations would be available to anyone 16 and older in Maryland, he said recent data was showing a growing number of younger people contracting the coronavirus. "Getting more people -- younger people -- vaccinated faster is certainly a goa University System of Maryland could require COVID-19 vaccinations 04/09/2021 06:16pm • Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh wrote that in his view, the University System of Maryland could legally require COVID-19 vaccinations for people returning to campus. In an advisory letter in response to Maryland state Sen. James Rosapepe, Frosh wrote mandatory vaccinations could be required Va. vaccine chief: Next week’s J&J COVID-19 vaccine ‘about a tenth of what we were hoping for’ 04/09/2021 05:51pm • The coordinator of Virginia’s vaccination program said Friday that the commonwealth’s allocation of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine would take a hard hit next week. Dr. Danny Avula said in his weekly briefing that next week’s allocation of the Johnson & Johnson vacci Hogan: Md. facing quarter-million vaccine dosage shortfall after J&J production mix-up 04/09/2021 03:59pm • Maryland is going to be around 250,000 Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses short of what was expected over the next three weeks due to a mix up at a production plant in Baltimore that resulted in the loss of around 15 million doses of the vaccine last week. Gov. Larry Hogan said they were initial DC approves some fans at Capital One Arena, expands capacity limits for Nats, DC United 04/09/2021 03:38pm • Wizards and Caps fans rejoice: Fans will soon be able to attend games in person — though in very limited numbers to start with. D.C. and Monumental Sports & Entertainment have reached an agreement for Capital One Arena to open its doors to fans up to 10% capacity, or around 2,100 people, ac DC urges pharmacies to shutter COVID-19 vaccine scheduling sites in favor of the city's portal 04/09/2021 03:13pm • When William Fadel, president and CEO of Grubb’s Pharmacy in Southeast D.C., found out the store would be receiving the COVID-19 vaccine to offer to eligible District residents and workers, he started making a waiting list for his regular customers.  As soon as the store’s allotment arrived, Judge grants default judgment against Proud Boys for ignoring DC church's civil suit 04/09/2021 01:04pm • A D.C. Superior Court judge has granted a default judgment against the Proud Boys for ignoring the lawsuit filed by a church whose Black Lives Matter sign was defaced during a Dec. 12 demonstration in the nation's capital. The judge, however, granted Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio more Laminating your vaccination card? That won't be necessary 04/09/2021 12:16pm • It’s understandable that once you get your COVID-19 vaccination card, you’d want to come up with ways to preserve it. And if stores are offering to laminate it for free, then why not? On the other hand, you may have also started hearing warnings from people who say laminating your card will p Montgomery Co. families get chance to testify on COVID-19 summer camp restrictions 04/09/2021 10:41am • The coronavirus pandemic forced the closure of many summer camps in 2020, but lawmakers in Montgomery County, Maryland, don't want that to happen again. "They're really essential to the social and emotional growth of our kids, plus a lot of us rely on them for professional child care in the summe Number of craft breweries reached record high in 2020 04/09/2021 09:35am • Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the number of craft breweries reached a record high in 2020. Pandemic closures of bars and restaurants took their toll on the craft beer industry, but the number of new craft brewers that opened far offset the number that closed in 2020, pushing the total number Shift to Phase 2 could mean dip in vaccine doses sent to Northern Virginia 04/09/2021 09:22am • With Gov. Ralph Northam's deadline for all Virginia counties to shift to Phase 2 by April 18, Northern Virginia could temporarily receive fewer doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the state health department, according to public health experts. Dr. David Goodfriend, Loudoun County's health director, s 18 months removed from his last start, Joe Ross tasked with facing Dodgers 04/09/2021 09:03am • 18 months since his last start, Ross tasked with Dodgers originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonA lot has changed since Joe Ross last started a regulation baseball game.The Nationals’ right-hander's most recent appearance for the club was Oct. 27, 2019, also known as Game 5 of the World S Students to sit 3 feet closer in Alexandria 04/09/2021 08:32am • Students at Alexandria City Public Schools in Virginia will be sitting 3 feet closer to each other in classrooms after the school board reversed the superintendent's previous decision of staying 6 feet apart. Superintendent Gregory Hutchings sent a message to families earlier this week that stude Bowie Baysox ready to welcome fans back 04/09/2021 08:07am • Baseball fans will be allowed back to Prince George's Stadium in Bowie, Maryland, for the 2021 Baysox season, the team said. Prince George's Stadium will "operate at between 25-30% capacity to begin the 2021 season," the Bowie Baysox said in a post on the team's website. The stadium seating bowl Too much risk: Pandemic's impact on Md. high school senior 04/09/2021 05:50am • A fraction of Maryland high school students attending Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland are back in classrooms for the first time since March 2020, offering 12th graders anything but a traditional senior year experience. About 30% of Prince George's County students are returning t