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'That's the underlying issue': Many Montgomery Co. teachers wary of returning to schools until all are vaccinated 02/13/2021 07:35am • While public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, prepare to reopen in phases starting March 1, teachers are getting briefings on what to expect. But one county teacher said there's one thing overshadowing all the plans. "I think we shouldn't go back first of all until everyone is vaccinate Va. to institute statewide COVID-19 vaccine preregistration system; Fairfax Co. to sit out 02/12/2021 05:51pm • Virginia is beginning a statewide COVID-19 vaccination signup program, and that means local systems will shut down Friday evening. The Virginia Department of Health said in a statement that local vaccination registration systems will shut down at 5 p.m. Friday, and the new statewide system will s School sports restarting in Montgomery County 02/12/2021 04:31pm • Sports will soon be back in Montgomery County Public Schools. The school system announced Friday that it's rolling out a plan for the fall sports season to begin in just a few weeks. "We're ready to go. So everyone is excited: student-athletes, coaches, our parents and our communities," said Jeff Coronavirus vaccine FAQs: What you need to know 02/12/2021 03:00pm • The race is on to get Americans vaccinated against COVID-19. People in the D.C. area are eager to get shots, and every week, it seems, more venues are offering vaccine doses — but supply remains extremely limited, which has led to some frustration and confusion over where, how and when to get v Maryland to hand out $60M in pandemic grants to child care providers 02/12/2021 01:59pm • Cash-strapped child care centers in Maryland will soon be able to able to apply for grants that will provide a total of $60 million to providers across the state. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced the Child Care Pandemic Relief Fund in a news release Friday. The grant program aims to help child CVS COVID-19 vaccination program begins, including in Va., Md. 02/12/2021 01:22pm • CVS is rolling out their COVID-19 vaccination program in 19 states, including Virginia and Maryland, administering about 200 vaccine doses per day per location. Not all CVS locations have them. Currently, there are only 36 stores in Virginia and 18 in Maryland giving the shots, and those stores w Three Maryland men accused of scheme to sell COVID-19 vaccines 02/12/2021 11:14am • BALTIMORE — A federal prosecutor said three men are accused in a scheme to sell COVID-19 vaccines through a fraudulent website. The Baltimore Sun reports the U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland said in a news release that 22-year-old Olakitan Oluwalade, 25-year-old Odunayo Baba Oluwalade and 22- Prince William Co. celebrates Black History Month with African American History Trail 02/12/2021 08:24am • In 2009, Rob Orrison collaborated with the Prince William County, Virginia, tourism office to create a brochure highlighting African American historic sites within the county. As the division manager for the county's historic preservation division, Orrison used the brochure to promote Civil War e What to know as Loudoun Co. students return to school buildings 02/12/2021 08:04am • Starting Tuesday, Loudoun County Public School students in Virginia from prekindergarten through 5th grade, who chose two-day-a-week in-person learning at the beginning of the school year, will be back in classrooms. Middle and high school students who previously chose the hybrid model will retur U.Md. plans to resume in-person learning this fall 02/12/2021 04:29am • The University of Maryland plans to resume in-person classes this fall as long as the COVID-19 vaccine rollout goes smoothly in the coming months. In a letter to the campus community, President Darryll Pines said multiple effective vaccines should enable the university to have in-person classes f 'Creating a mess': Link sharing, rumor mill gum up vaccine clinic in Montgomery Co. 02/12/2021 03:01am • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, say they continue to fight rumors and misinformation about who can get COVID-19 vaccinations in the county and the improper sharing of appointment links that are gumming up the works to get the most vulnerable county residents vaccinated. Since late Janua Residents in These States Used Stimulus Payments on Food, Rent 02/12/2021 12:00am • At least 16% of residents in California, the District of Columbia and Alaska who received stimulus checks -- aid that the U.S. Treasury Department began issuing to qualifying workers in March 2020 as businesses closed en masse due to the coronavirus pandemic -- reported using them on rent between J Gov. Kate Brown Allows Businesses in Some Oregon Counties to Reopen 02/12/2021 12:00am • PORTLAND, Ore.--Oregon Gov. Kate Brown allowed businesses in some counties to reopen for indoor dining at a limited capacity starting Friday, a step toward reopening her state's economy that follows similar moves from fellow Democratic governors in neighboring California and Washington. "This week DC introduces chart describing each school's reopening plans 02/11/2021 10:34pm • D.C. has released a chart that shares an overview of each school's reopening plans for Term 3, which began earlier this month. The individualized plans were the results of the work of each school's Reopen Community Corps — a group of school-level stakeholders at every school that "reviewed feed COVID-19 patients with asymptomatic to severe cases could be more at risk for heart problems 02/11/2021 09:20pm • The coronavirus tends to be harder on senior citizens who also are more prone to heart conditions, but younger people with even mild cases are developing cardiac problems, according to a D.C.-region doctor. "We've had many patients — young patients in their 20s to in their 40s — who develop a