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Metro to reduce workforce, bus schedule in response to COVID surge 01/04/2022 03:35pm • Metro will reduce service schedules and its workforce beginning Monday, Jan. 10, amid the latest surge in COVID-19 cases. In a statement from Metro’s Pandemic Taskforce on Tuesday, officials cited growing absenteeism among its workers due to COVID illness and exposure as the main factor behind 11 Montgomery Co. schools go virtual for 14 days 01/04/2022 11:46am • Eleven Montgomery County Public County Schools will return to virtual learning Wednesday for 14 days because of high COVID-19 case rates. The Maryland school system has plans to consider transitioning additional schools with high coronavirus cases to virtual learning. Interim Superintendent, M COVID-19 still a major factor for those with opioid addiction 01/04/2022 10:59am • This content is sponsored by Emergent Biosolutions. As the United States begins opening up, many vaccinated people are returning to normal life, however, opioid users are not getting vaccinated at high rates and have higher risks for complications if they contract the disease. The issue is Traffic jams and power outages marked DC area ahead of nightly freeze 01/03/2022 10:20pm • Key points: Totals: Record-breaking snowfall was reported Monday, with over a foot of snow reported in southern Virginia and eastern Maryland suburbs. Roads: Chaotic road conditions caused spinouts, jackknifed 18-wheelers and stopped traffic. Power outages: Dominion Energy saw 380,000 cus Postponed Wizards-Nets game from Dec. rescheduled to Feb. 17 01/03/2022 05:51pm • Wizards-Nets rescheduled for Feb. 17 originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe NBA announced the Wizards' postponed Dec. 21 contest in Brooklyn will now be played on Thursday, Feb. 17. The makeup game means Washington's second meeting of the season against the Nets will now be the second Masks now required inside Md. state buildings 01/03/2022 03:25pm • Masks are now required for employees and visitors inside Maryland state  buildings, amid the latest coronavirus wave. Face coverings will also be required, per the state, inside "leased space in all public or shared spaces." In a statement Monday, Gov. Larry Hogan's office also announced that DC doctor backs FDA's OK of booster shots for 12- to 15-year-olds 01/03/2022 03:02pm • On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of Pfizer's COVID booster shot for kids 12 to 15 years old. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel is expected to meet and discuss authorization later this week, as the omicron variant continues its spread and as COVID vaccine from Md.-based Novavax 1 month from FDA application 01/03/2022 09:36am • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax could file for Food and Drug Administration approval for its COVID-19 vaccine within weeks, after completing one of the final steps in the process. Novavax said Friday it had completed submission of the final data package, including chemistry, manufacturing an DC students get extra day for COVID testing, winter break 01/03/2022 08:03am • Students in D.C. Public Schools already had Monday off as part of winter break, but the snowstorm has extended their break by a day. Before the winter weather, students needed to get a COVID-19 test by Tuesday afternoon in order to go back to classes. D.C. Mayor Bowser is giving students one m DC, Md., Va. close COVID vaccination and testing sites; Fairfax Co. schools close testing sites 01/03/2022 07:36am • D.C., Maryland and Virginia shut down COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites Monday ahead of the winter storm. In D.C., all testing sites have been canceled due to winter weather. The Virginia Department of Health said it closed all of its Community Vaccination Centers on Monday. Affected site MCPS announces sporting event changes to help address rising COVID cases 01/03/2022 06:36am • School leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, are trying to get ahead of the recent spike in COVID-19 cases with new restrictions. Montgomery County Public Schools announced no spectators will be allowed at any games held at school facilities now through Jan. 16. All overnight travel has also be Snowplow driver shortages in Montgomery County and DC 01/03/2022 05:27am • Montgomery County, Maryland, and D.C. both have a snowplow driver shortage that may impact operations. About 350 Montgomery County and contracted operators are generally available to clear Montgomery County roadways. The current estimates are that operators are down by 25% to 30%, but the transpo Montgomery Co. ambulance service could be disrupted by crowded ERs 01/03/2022 03:15am • While around 9% of Montgomery County Fire and EMS staff quarantined, or are sick or injured, officials told WTOP it is not affecting service. But, they said, crowded emergency rooms in the last two weeks could eventually lead to prolonged ambulance service. “All six of the ERs are saying to me, � Hogan: Coming weeks may be 'worst part' of pandemic for MD 01/02/2022 04:17pm • Maryland’s governor predicts that the next four to six weeks may be the “worst part” of the pandemic for his state. The Washington Post reported Sunday that Gov. Larry Hogan is putting much of the blame on people who are unvaccinated against the latest surge of COVID-19. There are more t Schools adapt for return from break as COVID-19 cases surge 01/02/2022 08:55am • Mask requirements are returning in some school districts that had dropped them. Some are planning to vastly ramp up virus testing among students and staff. And a small number of school systems are switching to remote learning — for just a short while, educators hope. With coronavirus infections