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Maryland Gov. Hogan 'not considering' new COVID-19 lockdowns 12/19/2021 11:25pm • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said he has no plans to reimpose pandemic lockdowns amid concerns over surging infection rates. In a conversation with Fox News anchor Bret Baier aired Sunday, Hogan underscored that his administration would be focusing on COVID-19-related hospitalizations and deaths. Al 3 DC public schools go virtual after surge in COVID cases 12/19/2021 08:21pm • D.C. education officials announced Sunday that three public schools will transition to virtual learning through the start of winter break due to surging COVID-19 cases. Students at McKinley Tech High School, Turner Elementary School and Bard High School Early College DC will learn virtually this Hogan: No plans for new lockdown orders in Maryland 12/19/2021 02:20pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says he isn’t planning to issue any new lockdown orders despite his concerns about a surge in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations. Hogan told “Fox News Sunday” anchor Bret Baier that the state is trying to provide more support for hospitals Wizards game at Brooklyn on Tuesday postponed due to Nets' COVID-19 outbreak 12/19/2021 02:09pm • Wizards-Nets game Tuesday postponed due to COVID-19 originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonNow 31 games into their 2021-22 regular season schedule, the Wizards have had their first game postponed due to an outbreak of the coronavirus. This time, however, it's not their team that was directly af Why the mask mandate on planes is good for business 12/19/2021 09:09am • Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly stirred up some controversy Wednesday when he suggested that wearing masks on planes did little to prevent the spread of Covid. "I think the case is very strong that masks don't add much if anything in the air cabin environment," he said in response to a question 'SNL' goes without an audience and airs pre-taped sketches due to rising COVID cases 12/19/2021 12:16am • "Saturday Night Live" wasn't exactly live from New York on Saturday night. The NBC variety show opened with Tom Hanks greeting a nearly empty studio since the show went without a live audience because of the recent rise in Covid-19 cases. "Tonight everyone at 'Saturday Night Live' planned to Montgomery Co. exec Elrich joins COVID vaccine 'boosterama' in Wheaton 12/18/2021 10:36pm • To help lift the area's rate of COVID booster vaccination, Montgomery County, Maryland, held a special "Super Saturday Boosterama" to get shots in the arms of shoppers at Westfield Wheaton Mall. The event, created in partnership with Por Nuestra Salud y Bienestar and Westfield Wheaton, ran from 1 As COVID cases rise, Charles Co. switches 2 schools to virtual learning 12/18/2021 10:27pm • After increased COVID-19 cases among staff and students, Charles County Public Schools will be closing St. Charles and Westlake high schools for in-person learning, Dec. 20 through Dec. 22. In a release Saturday night, CCPS stated that students at the two high schools will participate in classes Minority-run small businesses in Montgomery Co. get boost at 'Shop and Drops' 12/18/2021 08:15pm • COVID-19 has made things hard on some small businesses. In Montgomery County, Maryland, budding minority-owned businesses have been given a boost by government-organized meetups, called Shop and Drop's, at community centers. The gatherings give business people a chance to swap ideas and the oppor Montgomery County holds 'boosterama' to increase coronavirus vaccine boosters 12/18/2021 09:55am • Montgomery County, Maryland, is holding a special clinic at Westfield Wheaton mall on Saturday to give COVID-19 booster vaccines to shoppers. Montgomery County, in partnership with Por Nuestra Salud y Bienestar and Westfield Wheaton, is hosting a "Super Saturday Boosterama" event from 10 a.m. to Howard Co. schools aim to restart paused activities heading into new year 12/17/2021 11:29pm • At a time when some school systems in the D.C. region are imposing new restrictions or shifting to virtual instruction, Howard County Public Schools are announcing that they will lift some of their restrictions in the new year. Howard County Public Schools Superintendent Michael Martirano said in Montgomery Co. Public Schools make COVID-related safety adjustments, opt not to go virtual 12/17/2021 11:29pm • Montgomery County Public Schools are making some adjustments to how they operate in light of increasing COVID-19 case rates in the D.C. region, though they are stopping short of canceling in-person instruction or athletics, the school system announced Friday. Even as neighboring Prince George's C Getting a COVID test for the holidays shouldn’t be a problem in Maryland 12/17/2021 06:01pm • Last year, there were shortages of COVID-19 tests available right before the holidays as everyone rushed to try and get one before they gathered with their family. Is history repeating itself this year? Not in Maryland. “We’ve got a lot of testing availability and people should be able to DC teachers, lawmakers apprehensive in days before holiday break 12/17/2021 05:17pm • Michael Iacovone, a teacher at McKinley Technology High School, in Northeast D.C., has started rethinking his holiday plans with family amid a surge of coronavirus cases across the region. With an uptick in cases among D.C. teachers and students ahead of next week's winter break, Iacovone is one Md. COVID-19 hospitalizations trigger 1st in series of changes to add bed capacity 12/17/2021 05:10pm • Maryland's hospitals are now reducing non-emergency surgeries that would require overnight stays. The move comes as the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maryland has more than doubled in the past month, surpassing the 1,200 mark. On Wednesday, Gov. Larry Hogan announced the plans to make