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DC council member withdraws proposal to reinstate proof of vaccination requirement 02/17/2022 09:57pm • A council member who drafted an emergency bill to reinstate the proof of vaccination requirement at D.C. businesses one day after the mayor lifted it has withdrawn her proposal. Ward 1 Council member Brianne K. Nadeau said Thursday that although she believes her Public Health Protections Emergenc Youngkin calls for Virginians to respect individual masking decisions 02/17/2022 10:26am • Hours after a Loudoun County judge ruled the county's public schools could no longer enforce a mask mandate, effective immediately, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Thursday that Virginians should respect each other's opinions and decisions on whether to wear a mask or not. Youngkin made the appea Iberia marks a pandemic first for Dulles 02/17/2022 10:20am • Iberia, the flag carrier airline of Spain, will start new, nonstop service between Dulles and Madrid, Spain, in June, the first non-U.S. airline to begin service at Dulles since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Iberia service to Adolfo Suárez Madrid—Barajas Airport will begin June 1, Prince William School Board rescinds testing mandate for unvaccinated staff 02/17/2022 08:24am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Hours after the General Assembly made masks for all Virginia public school students optional, the Prince William County School Board vote Anne Arundel Co. school board votes to lift mask mandate 02/17/2022 04:48am • The school board in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, voted unanimously to lift its mask mandate Wednesday evening. Starting Friday, masks will become optional in Anne Arundel Public Schools, but students will still need to wear masks on buses due to a federal mandate. Students at the schools at For DC police recruiting New York foodies, gamers, techies, influencers to join department. But why? 02/17/2022 12:44am • Sharp-eyed New York City subway riders saw the ads and posted them on social media: D.C. police asking foodies, gamers, techies and influencers to join their department. DC police are recruiting on the NYC subway pic.twitter.com/TuDKHs6Of9 — Kate Hinds (@katehinds) February 2, 2022 Scan t Judge orders Loudoun Co. schools to lift mask requirement immediately as other districts prepare for changes 02/16/2022 09:50pm • Public schools in Virginia's Loudoun County have a new mask-optional policy in place, Thursday morning, after a judge granted a temporary injunction in favor of three parents who sued the school board for enforcing a mask mandate. Several Northern Virginia school systems are taking a wait-and-see Youngkin signs school mask-mandate ban into law 02/16/2022 04:24pm • Calling it "a win for all Virginians," Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Wednesday signed into law a long-promised ban on mask mandates in the commonwealth’s schools. The bill, SB739, allows parents to “elect for child to not wear a mask while on school property,” regardless of any COVID-19 protectio As DC lifts vaccine mandate, Fairfax Co. schools move graduation ceremonies back 02/16/2022 02:27pm • Fairfax County, Virginia, public school graduations in D.C. will go on as originally planned now that Mayor Muriel Bowser has ended the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Virginia's largest school system said last week that it was moving high school graduation ceremonies away from DAR Constitution DC Council calls special session on vaccine mandate 02/16/2022 01:32pm • The D.C. Council is scheduled to hold a special session Friday to debate and vote on a bill that would reinstate the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for businesses in the District. News of the council's special session comes a day after Mayor Muriel Bowser's requirement that District businesses check th ‘We can’t live in a bubble’: DC honors COVID-19 pandemic volunteers 02/16/2022 01:16pm • COVID-19 hit D.C. resident Wanda Newman hard — not the coronavirus itself, but the effects of isolation and living in a frightened community. “Honestly, it was not good for my mental or physical health,” Newman said Wednesday morning, during an event to thank those who have volunteered duri Montgomery Co. libraries to resume Sunday hours 02/15/2022 11:57pm • Book lovers in Montgomery County, Maryland — rejoice! Montgomery County Public Libraries will resume its Sunday operating hours starting on Feb. 27. "Our library system and employees have been an invaluable asset to our COVID response and recovery efforts over the last two years," Montgomery Vaccine, mask mandates lifted for Capitals and Wizards games 02/15/2022 09:45pm • Vaccine, mask mandates lifted for Capitals and Wizards games originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington   D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced in her COVID-19 Situational Update on Monday that indoor sports arenas such as Capital One Arena will no longer be required to verify the vacc Youngkin's mask-mandate ban a vote away from becoming law next month 02/15/2022 06:45pm • An amendment to a Virginia bill banning mask mandates in schools is just a vote away from taking effect sooner rather than later. The Virginia Senate on Tuesday approved Gov. Glenn Youngkin's amendment to SB739, which allows parents "to elect for child to not wear a mask while on school property Nats’ Ryan Zimmerman retires 02/15/2022 05:05pm • Ryan Zimmerman, the first player drafted by the Washington Nationals when they moved to D.C. in 2005, has retired. “We have won together, lost together, and, honestly, grown up together,” Zimmerman told D.C. fans in a statement signed “Employee No. 11” – for his uniform number – and i