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DC-based nonprofit raises awareness of meat packing injuries ahead of Labor Day 09/03/2023 05:25am • About 26,600 nonfatal injuries in the meat and poultry industry alone were reported in 2021, according to a D.C.-based nonprofit. Sustainable Earth Eating is spreading awareness of these injuries as Americans buy food produced by agricultural workers to celebrate Labor Day. "Your dinner might Prince William Co. officials divided over Haymarket affordable housing project at town hall-style event 09/02/2023 01:53pm • 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. Republican Prince William supervisors Jeanine Lawson and Bob Weir held a town hall-style meeting Monday night where they sought Much of Northern Va. under drought watch 09/02/2023 10:21am • Five Northern Virginia counties are under a drought watch advisory as officials express concern about water levels across the Commonwealth. Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality issued a drought watch advisory for Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Arlington and Fairfax counties on Wedne DC restricts use of business space where dogs drowned; Bowser meets with pet owners 09/01/2023 06:30pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's office announced Thursday that it would revoke the certification of occupancy for the space that once held the District Dogs dog day care. The "danger placard" placed at the business by D.C.'s Department of Buildings prohibits access to the space except for cleanup oper Labor Day 2023: What's open, what's closed in the DC area 08/31/2023 10:33pm • The unofficial end of summer is upon us. Even though some area school districts have only been back in session for a week, all public schools in the D.C. area will be closed for Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 4. Here's what else you need to know about schools, transportation, trash collection, librar Sandwich generation feels financial squeeze in caring for parents, kids 08/31/2023 08:00pm • After Michelle Creeden's father was diagnosed with a quickly progressing form of dementia, he moved in with her and her son. Related: Sign up for stock news with our Invested newsletter. "I have a seemingly endless amount of student loans, but my son and I made it safely through the pandemic, EagleBank and K. Neal grow together through mutually beneficial partnership 08/31/2023 04:53pm • The long-standing partnership between EagleBank and K. Neal Truck and Bus Center is mutually beneficial, creating a relationship that fosters growth, stability and success. Throughout the years, they have leveraged each other's strengths and contributed positively to the local community in th Labor Day travel expected to be up over last year; gas prices moderate 08/31/2023 03:14pm • AAA expects more people to travel this Labor Day weekend than those who did in 2022. Ragina Ali, AAA Mid-Atlantic spokesperson in Maryland and D.C., said most Labor Day vacationers drive to their destinations, given the short duration. "Whether you are hitting the road, headed to the airpo 'They never once faltered': Md. search and rescue team home after assisting in Maui wildfires 08/30/2023 06:59pm • The recent mission to assist with search and rescue after the Maui wildfires was among the most difficult Capt. Jason Light said he has experienced. Light, with the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, led Maryland Task Force 1, and said that this deployment ranks up with the Oklahoma City If you need help, does Prince George’s Co. have the firefighter staffing to provide it? 08/30/2023 03:20pm • Firefighters and paramedics in Prince George’s County, Maryland, are kept busy, especially with their jurisdiction including the Capital Beltway, two universities, a stadium and the Gaylord National Harbor Resort. But like all emergency response agencies around the country, the department is facin Narcan ships to pharmacies; $45 for two doses 08/30/2023 11:53am • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Emergent BioSolutions has begun shipping its opioid overdose antidote Narcan to pharmacies. The company says its Narcan — called naloxone in its generic form — will be available on shelves and online nationwide beginning in September. Emergent has set a man Va. soccer dad charged with beating son's coach has a violent past 08/30/2023 09:27am • New details are emerging about the man charged with violently beating his child’s soccer coach last weekend in Manassas, Virginia. Blerand Hoxha, 46, of Manassas, has served time in prison for a shooting that took place a decade ago. Hoxha was at his son’s soccer game at George Hellwig Mem Fairfax Co. search and rescue team ready to help in Florida as Hurricane Idalia touches down 08/30/2023 04:57am • Fairfax County's Urban Search and Rescue Team, known as Virginia Task Force 1, is in Florida ready to help with recovery from Hurricane Idalia, if needed. Called out by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Task Force 1 is closely monitoring the course of the storm and awaiting orders. "We Droughts have scientists concerned about a key drinking water source: the Potomac River 08/29/2023 06:33pm • The rain the D.C. region has seen this year, which includes severe storms with flash flooding, has not solved drought conditions in the Potomac River. In fact, levels detected last week are the lowest seen since 2010 and have scientists beginning talks about whether steps should be taken to brin Man pleads guilty in bystander shooting death outside DC deli 08/28/2023 09:36pm • A man has pleaded guilty in a shooting that led to the death of a bystander outside a Northwest D.C. deli. Demarcus Bennett, 20, of D.C., pleaded guilty to a charge of voluntary manslaughter on Monday in the shooting that killed 62-year-old Lasanta Qumar McGill in June. Barnett admitted during