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With time running out, DC residents face struggles getting rent relief 08/01/2021 06:59pm • The national eviction moratorium expired Saturday and on July 25, the District's local ban on evictions, tied to Mayor Muriel Bowser's public health emergency declaration, also expired, leaving thousands of D.C. residents on the edge of losing their home. The national moratorium doesn't provide f Prince George's Co. megachurch opens for indoor service for 1st time in 16 months 08/01/2021 04:41pm • Reid Temple in Glenn Dale, Maryland, last held an in-person service March 14, 2020. But now, the megachurch has reopened its doors for in-person service. Masks were required and every other pew was vacant, but Rev. Mark Whitlock, Jr., said it felt great to see members in-person after 16 months. Pandemic eviction crisis leads to greater tenant protections 08/01/2021 12:08pm • NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — In a mostly empty conference room at a Virginia cultural arts center, Tara Simmons was looking for someone who might help her stave off eviction. Simmons, a 44-year-old home health aide who lives with her two children and two grandchildren, was only a month behind on he Md. leaders grapple with federal red tape as they try to distribute rent relief funding 08/01/2021 07:50am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Throughout the pandemic, the federal government has relied on states and local jurisdictions to quickly get rent relief to tenants — but s How the pandemic killed a record number of rural hospitals 07/31/2021 03:42pm • A couple dozen nurses stood together on the hospital lawn in rural Randolph County, Georgia. They wore black T-shirts that read "Patterson Hospital 1948-2020" over their hearts. The phrase "We Gave All" was written across a broken heart on their tired backs. Many had spent their entire careers at U.Md. doctor on how to keep the delta variant at bay 07/31/2021 01:09am • With new data coming out about the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of Maryland is offering advice on how best to protect you and your family. On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that NWS says EF-0 tornado touched down in Howard Co. Thursday 07/30/2021 06:28pm • The National Weather Service said that a small tornado touched down near the Snowden Square Shopping Mall in Howard County, Maryland, during Thursday's storms. The storm left a quarter-mile long path of damage and peak wind gusts were estimated to have been around 70 mph. The National Weather Feds send $1M in emergency funds to DC for repairs of collapsed pedestrian bridge 07/30/2021 04:18pm • Federal emergency funding is being sent to D.C. to repair the Lane Place Bridge over D.C. 295 that collapsed last month after being hit by a truck. The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced $1 million in "quick release" emergency relief funds will be Wine of the Week: A screw cap education 07/30/2021 12:19pm • Like the recent cicada hatch, we have recently emerged from our COVID-19 cocoon and have cautiously reengaged with several of our friends, so we were thrilled when my wife and I received an invitation from our neighbor to join him for dinner. Naturally, I brought along a bottle of wine to open and e Montgomery Co.'s public safety communications system gets $42M upgrade 07/30/2021 06:45am • Two years after suffering communications outages that lasted anywhere from a few minutes to as long as 14 hours, Montgomery County's public safety radio communications system received a major upgrade. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich held a news conference Thursday to highlight the feature How to counter COVID-19 fluctuation frustrations 07/30/2021 03:30am • As COVID-19-related protocols ramp back up in response to the aggressive delta variant, a public health expert has advice for folks who are losing patience with people who eschew wearing masks or resist vaccination. "I would encourage compassion; I would encourage a little bit of patience," said Prince George’s school board deadlocks over ethics findings 07/29/2021 05:56pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The Prince George’s County school board appeared poised to accept the results of an ethics report involving several of its members Wednesd Food bank expands curbside groceries service to more DC-area communities 07/29/2021 12:28am •   A grocery store on wheels with reasonably priced, healthy offerings soon will be making the rounds in Prince George's County, Maryland, communities experiencing high levels of food insecurity that also lack easy access to grocery stores. Curbside Groceries, operated by the Capital A Amid new delta-driven mask guidelines, Montgomery Co. takes a wait-and-see approach for now 07/28/2021 04:05pm • The day after the Biden administration announced new masking guidelines for large swathes of the county where coronavirus cases are rising — including in D.C. and Alexandria, Virginia — officials in Maryland's Montgomery County are taking a wait-and-see approach to implementing stronger restrict New Md. superintendent urges school systems to move the needle on learning loss 07/28/2021 02:04pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. All 24 public school systems in Maryland have begun summer programs to help students catch up from learning loss induced by the coronavirus pa