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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 DC landlords, property managers ordered to pay, reach settlements over living conditions, eviction threats 02/26/2021 08:51pm • D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced a series of settlements connected to unsanitary, dangerous living conditions and evictions during the pandemic at certain buildings across the District. Racine's office highlighted the biggest case of all, which revolved around a landlord who was sued a Some DC banks to reimburse overdraft fees for unemployment benefits after tech glitch 02/26/2021 06:17pm • Three of the region's largest banks have agreed to refund overdraft fees to District workers collecting unemployment benefits who missed a payment last week due to a tech snafu at the D.C. Department of Employment Services. About 39,000 people received late payments because of the tech glitch. COVID-19 vaccine dose supply steadily increasing, Va. vaccination chief says 02/26/2021 05:46pm • The director of Virginia's COVID-19 vaccination program on Friday outlined a jump in vaccine doses, saying that after last week's winter weather delays have passed, the state is "churning it out." Dr. Danny Avula said at a news conference that the increase in vaccine doses will include: 180, Compromise Virginia budget plan heads for final vote 02/26/2021 05:28pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Budget negotiators in the Virginia House and Senate have reached a compromise on a spending plan that funds key legislative priorities and pandemic-relief efforts. It also seeks to boost the state’s reserve fund and gives state workers and state-supported employees a rais Ariel Atkins signs multi-year contract extension with Washington Mystics 02/26/2021 05:02pm • Ariel Atkins signs multi-year extension with Mystics originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonAriel Atkins and the Washington Mystics have agreed to a multi-year extension that will keep the guard in D.C. beyond the 2022 season. The deal is reportedly two-years for $345,000, according to Rac