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Md. congressman seeks federal probe of Montgomery Co. decision on private schools 08/07/2020 12:24pm • Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., speaks during a Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee hearing about the COVID-19 response on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 4, 2020. (Al Drago/Pool via AP) This content was republished with permission fr Maryland state coronavirus positivity rate drops below 4% for 1st time 08/07/2020 11:58am • Maryland's statewide positivity rate for COVID-19 has fallen to under 4% for the first time, according to health officials. The state's seven-day rate is at 3.9%. The daily positivity rate has also dropped, to 3.23%. Click to enlarge. The numbers are the lowest Maryland has seen since the Hundreds of thousands still lack high-speed internet access in Maryland 08/07/2020 09:53am • BALTIMORE — Hundreds of thousands of people in Maryland do not have access to high-speed internet. The Baltimore Sun reported Friday that the long-standing problem has become more acute as school and work move online during the coronavirus pandemic. A 2019 report from a state task force esti Moving target: Challenge of launching Sterling axe-throwing bar during pandemic 08/07/2020 07:57am • Tara Hampton and her husband Alan Radney knew they wanted to open their own business, but weren't sure what type. "We were noodling around with potentially a coffee shop that had live music," said Hampton. Instead, they opened an axe-throwing bar, called Axes and Os, in Sterling, Virginia. Loudoun County OKs online learning plan for new school year 08/07/2020 06:02am • Loudoun County's school board signed off on the Virginia school system's distance learning plan for the upcoming school year, releasing details about how the typical school day will go for students when they return to their virtual classrooms the day after Labor Day. The goal is to get students i Chesapeake Bay lighthouse repairs nearly complete 08/07/2020 05:05am • Efforts to raise enough money to stop a 145-year-old lighthouse from falling into Maryland's Chesapeake Bay were a big success, and almost all the repair work is done. The hexagon-shaped Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse near Annapolis is like no other lighthouse anywhere. It is the last surviving Racial equity, police reform discussed in Virginia town hall 08/07/2020 04:52am • More than 1,000 people, including community and state leaders, police, activists and experts, joined a virtual town hall Thursday on racial equity and policing reform during Virginia's first Racial Truth and Reconciliation Week. The town hall was organized by the office of Virginia Gov. Ralph Nor Montgomery County school board votes on virtual learning, cancellation of sports season 08/07/2020 12:44am • The Montgomery County, Maryland, Board of Education voted in favor of virtual-only learning for the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year. The vote came after hours of presentations of proposed schedules for elementary, middle and high schools. Thursday night's vote formalizes the announ Md. man who spat on restaurant worker facing stiffer charges, banned from restaurant for life 08/06/2020 11:30pm • An Olney, Maryland, man is facing second-degree assault charges for allegedly spitting on a restaurant employee. Montgomery County police said Paul Dunlap, 36, spat on the worker in a dispute over wearing a face mask. It happened at the Brew Belly Kitchen and Sudhaus last Friday afternoon. Johns Hopkins undergrads to have all-virtual fall semester 08/06/2020 06:46pm • Johns Hopkins University announced Thursday that almost all programs, studies and research would be conducted online this fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Although we were hoping to resume in-person academic, research and student-life activities this fall in Baltimore, based on a recent uptick Nearly 2 dozen miles of DC streets will soon be 15 mph zones 08/06/2020 06:33pm • D.C. is expanding the "Slow Streets" program that's expected to grow to include 22 miles of speed restricted roadways by next month. The new initiative implementing 15 mph speed limits will build upon an effort to promote safer use of streets by pedestrians that has been underway since early June A half-million unsolicited absentee applications cause confusion in Virginia 08/06/2020 05:04pm • For example, people in Fairfax County were given envelopes addressed to the Fairfax City registrar's office, the county said in a statement. (WTOP/Jared Ruderman) Absentee voting is more popular than ever this year as the coronavirus pandemic discourages voters from heading to the polls, but abo DC-area doctor weighs in on how to keep kids safe when sports return 08/06/2020 04:22pm • At the baseball league Korin Hudson’s sons attend, athletes have been instructed to maintain physical distance even in a huddle and the goal is to keep kids in masks as much as possible. (Courtesy Korin Hudson) Children can return to organized sports safely as long as proper protocols are Fight over closing private schools in Montgomery Co. continues with memo from state health secretary 08/06/2020 02:53pm • Maryland's top health official has weighed in on a fight in Montgomery County over closing private schools because of the coronavirus pandemic, issuing a memo to all county health officers, saying, "it is the health policy of the state of Maryland that nonpublic schools not be closed in a blanket ma Cashless tolling now permanent throughout Maryland 08/06/2020 12:45pm • Maryland has made cashless tolling permanent throughout the state, Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday. That includes John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway (I-95), Fort McHenry Tunnel (I-95), Baltimore Harbor Tunnel (I-895) and the Nice/Middleton Bridge. “In addition to historic toll relief and record