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First heart transplant recipient in DC area dies from COVID-19 09/18/2021 08:00am • ▶ Watch Video: Broken Hearts Eva Baisey, known as one of the longest living heart transplant recipients in medical history, has died from COVID-19 at age 55.  She passed away on September 12, 2021 — more than 34 years after receiving a heart from an unlikely donor. "48 Hours" and DC Council chair to Bowser: 'No legal authority' for Medicaid move 09/17/2021 03:55pm • As D.C.’s mayor and council continue to battle over the extension of Medicaid benefits for more than a quarter-million people, the chairman of the D.C. Council has told Mayor Muriel Bowser that her emergency action last week was outside the bounds of her power, and suggested another way to keep me Organizer of Saturday rally looks to rewrite Jan. 6 history 09/17/2021 12:52am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The architect of a Washington protest planned for Saturday that aims to rewrite history about the violent January assault on the U.S. Capitol is hardly a household name. Matt Braynard worked as an analyst for the Republican Party, crunched data for a small election firm and la Emerging stronger will take more loans and grants for DC small businesses 09/16/2021 02:36pm • This content is sponsored by Wells Fargo. The resiliency of millions of small businesses across the U.S. has been deeply tested as the pandemic lingers. With a focus on keeping small businesses open, Wells Fargo continues to provide access to vital capital and resources needed to weather the fina Loudoun Co. takes step forward to help homeowners beleaguered by flooding 09/15/2021 11:11pm • A Loudoun County Board of Supervisors committee has unanimously approved a plan to bail out eight homeowners who lived in flood-prone homes at the Selma Estates Development off Route 15 between Leesburg and Lucketts, Virginia. The board's Finance, Government Operations and Economic Development Co 'Slightly mixed feeling': Montgomery Co. exec concerned about negative impacts of firm vaccine mandate 09/15/2021 03:53pm • While several area leaders have voiced their support for a county vaccine mandate with no option of weekly testing instead, Montgomery County, Maryland's executive said he is wary of the potential consequences. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said he would like to implement a stricter vac Children's National, Universal Health and DC team to provide pediatric care at new hospital 09/15/2021 11:14am • Children’s National Hospital staff will operate the pediatric emergency department and neonatal intensive care unit at D.C.'s new hospital at St. Elizabeths East, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday. Scheduled to open in late 2024, the $375 million full-service community hospital will initi Alexandria council votes to extend COVID state of emergency 09/15/2021 08:35am • The state of emergency over the pandemic in Alexandria, Virginia, will continue into next year. The Alexandria City Council voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of a resolution that extends the city’s COVID-19 state of emergency. It will now last until Jan. 31, 2022. The council has been exten High School Player of the Week: Tuscarora's Bryce Duke 09/15/2021 04:04am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '399f1357-ca41-4a37-9a42-1014da0ea249' }).render("971615360bd012a2");}); Things sure have changed for Bryce Duke. Road closures for Saturday's H Street Festival in DC 09/14/2021 02:54pm • The H Street Festival is a Go-Go for Saturday in the District and -- you guessed it -- that means some road closures. Here are the biggies, which will be closed from 4 a.m. to 11 p.m.: H Street Northeast from 3rd Street Northeast to 14th Street Northeast 4th Street Northeast from G Stree Arlington 911 center responds to concerns about staffing, safety 09/14/2021 03:58am • The head of Arlington, Virginia’s Emergency Communications Center is addressing concerns that its current setup is problematic and even potentially dangerous. “We are like every other 911 center in the country, which has traditionally struggled with staffing,” center administrator Dave Mulh China rushes to contain 'school centered' Delta outbreak before major holiday season 09/14/2021 03:46am • Chinese authorities are rushing to contain a widening Delta variant outbreak in the southern province of Fujian ahead of a major upcoming national holiday, when hundreds of millions of people are expected to travel across the country -- creating a window for the highly infectious variant to spread f Postal Service responds to complaints of slow mail delivery in DC 09/14/2021 02:45am • In D.C., the phrase “snail mail” has been uttered by many residents in all eight wards, as reports come in of some mail being delivered very late, and in some cases, expected letters never arrive. Complaints from affected Washingtonians prompted D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton to send a lette DC Council hits pause button on city contract to extend Medicaid benefits 09/13/2021 06:45pm • Health care for Medicaid recipients in D.C. is in limbo yet again: The D.C. Council has effectively hit the pause button on a contract with the health care provider that was set to extend benefits to a quarter-million residents. The complicated twists and turns of the contract process is entirely Capitol Police say they're ready for so-called 'Justice for J6' rally 09/13/2021 05:27pm • It has been more than eight months since a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in an effort to stop the certification of President Biden’s 2020 election victory. Since then, federal authorities have arrested hundreds of people in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection. A rally will be held