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Street closures for Ethel Kennedy memorial service Wednesday in DC 10/16/2024 07:34am • WATCH LIVE: Memorial service to honor matriarch Ethel Kennedy. The nation's capital is marking the death of a Kennedy matriarch: Ethel Kennedy. A memorial service will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Northwest D.C. There will be multiple street clo They got $750 every month as part of a new Fairfax County program. Here's how they're spending it 10/15/2024 03:25pm • A program giving eligible families hundreds of dollars in aid every month is making an impact, Chief Equity Officer Karla Bruce said during a presentation to Fairfax County, Virginia, leaders Tuesday. The Economic Mobility Pilot initiative, which launched last October, is giving 180 families mon Md. Task Force 1 ends deployment after 18-day stint assisting with Hurricane rescues, recovery 10/14/2024 08:10pm • Both two and four-legged members of Maryland Task Force 1 arrived back in Rockville on Monday afternoon, after their latest stint helping with hurricane rescues and surveying damage in North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. They grabbed their luggage and unpacked other supplies, and after enter Fairfax Co. police release body camera footage of shooting that left woman dead 10/14/2024 05:54pm • Fairfax County police have released body camera footage of a shooting in Reston, Virginia, last month that left a woman dead after she apparently slashed an officer in the face with a knife. On the morning of Sept. 16, the officer reported to the woman's apartment complex on Sunrise Valley Drive A Maryland estate planner’s advice for your digital afterlife 10/14/2024 01:24pm • Planning for your death may not be pleasant, but it’s important for family left behind. Most know things such as a will, power of attorney and burial and funeral wishes should be part of that plan. But planning for your digital legacy is equally important. “I think a lot of us take for grante 'Towns are gone': Water and sewer experts from DC head to hurricane damaged North Carolina 10/14/2024 12:32pm • Thousands in the Asheville, North Carolina, are still without running water in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. A team of specialists from D.C. Water headed to the area Monday morning to help crews restore water and sewage service. Sarah Franzheim, an emergency planning coordinator with DC Wate Arlington teen killed in suspected drunken driving incident 10/12/2024 03:36pm • Arlington County police have charged a Virginia teen with the death of another young passenger who was killed during a suspected drunken driving incident early Saturday morning. Officials said five occupants, including Arlington residents Nicholas Rados, 19, and Brooks Bare, 18, were involved in Loudoun Co. approves plan to allow students to carry Narcan at school 10/10/2024 07:20pm • Students in Loudoun County, Virginia, will now be able to carry naloxone in their backpacks, as part of an update to the school district’s student medication policy approved this week. The change will allow students who have received training, and whose parents have signed off, to carry the ove Weekend DC-area road closures to make way for beer, hockey and running 10/10/2024 03:54pm • The D.C. area is gearing up for a weekend full of fall fun, with the start of the Washington Capitals season, the Army 10-Miler and Snallygaster (the District's largest craft beer festival) all set to take place Saturday and Sunday. But the good times come with a bit of a headache for drivers, as Va. hospitals told to expect more IV bags after anticipated shortage from Helene 10/10/2024 09:35am • Virginia hospitals and health care facilities' IV fluid bag supplies won't be as short as anticipated after storm damage to a North Carolina factory that makes the critical medical supplies. Flooding from Hurricane Helene stopped production at Baxter International's plant in North Cove, North Car 'Hurricanes are our bread and butter': Civilian rescuers from Fairfax Co. take their skills to Florida 10/10/2024 04:33am • A civilian search and rescue team based in the city of Fairfax, Virginia, has joined the emergency response in Florida as Hurricane Milton barrels down. Members of the nonprofit, Tidewater Disaster Response, had been working to ease suffering in western North Carolina but rushed down to Florida t How to stay in touch with loved ones in Florida, even if Milton knocks out cell service 10/09/2024 03:28pm • With the likelihood of cellphone and internet service being severely disrupted by Hurricane Milton, you and people you know in Milton's path can take some simple steps now to stay in touch over the next several days. If cellphone service and internet service goes down, and you no longer have a la Supreme Court lets Anne Arundel County gun safety law stand 10/09/2024 08:49am • The U.S. Supreme Court let stand an Anne Arundel County ordinance that requires gun shops to provide buyers with information on suicide prevention, gun safety and conflict resolution. The court, without comment, declined Monday to hear a challenge to the law from a Maryland gun-rights group and First Helene, now Milton: Hurricane help from DC region continues to head south 10/09/2024 04:39am • The D.C. region continues to answer the call for hurricane help in the South. In Montgomery County, a specialized rescue team known as Maryland Task Force 1 is sending a new 45-member team to North Carolina to relieve the first team sent to help with the recovery from Hurricane Helene. The team w Safety expert: Montgomery Co. 911 call center 'chronically understaffed' and flooded with calls 10/07/2024 09:00pm • Most of the calls taken by Montgomery County's staff members at the Emergency Communications Center aren't emergencies. The sheer volume of calls to 911, coupled with a 16% overall staffing shortage, is adding to the increased time it takes for a human to pick up that 911 call. The Montgomery Co