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Maryland sends first responders to help with West Coast fires 09/17/2020 04:29pm • Emergency management specialists and firefighters from Maryland are, or will soon be, on the ground in both Oregon and California to support those states in fighting devastating wildfires. The Emergency Management Assistance Compact, according to a news release from Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's of Va. teen's death on Potomac prompts change in Montgomery Co. protocol for river rescues 09/17/2020 03:47pm • Montgomery County fire and emergency response officials have said the death of a Virginia teenager has already resulted in changes in the way crews from Maryland and Virginia respond to rescues on the Potomac River. Fitz Thomas, 16, died after being pulled from a Virginia creek that joins the Pot Md. lawmakers close door on special General Assembly session 09/17/2020 12:36am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. In dramatic fashion, the presiding officers of the Maryland General Assembly slammed the door Wednesday night on holding a special legisla 'Testing fatigue?' COVID-19 case numbers tick up in Montgomery Co. but fewer people getting tested 09/16/2020 04:27pm • Fewer people in Montgomery County, Maryland, are getting tested for the coronavirus even as the county has expanded its testing capacity, and the number of COVID-19 cases is on the rise. That's according to Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles, who briefed Arlington County will let sidewalk physical distancing ordinance lapse 09/16/2020 03:59pm • Calling the ordinance requiring physical distancing on Arlington County, Virginia, sidewalks and streets impractical, the county board voted to let it lapse when it expires near the end of the month. The emergency ordinance required pedestrians to stay 6 feet apart, and prohibited groups of more Maryland officials warn of lengthy timeline on coronavirus vaccine 09/16/2020 03:29pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Leading Maryland health officials and lawmakers are preparing for at least six to eight months before a coronavirus vaccine can be distributed in a best-case scenario. The legislature's panel on COVID-19 met Wednesday for an update on preparations for distributing a vaccin Phoenix Mercury ends Washington Mystics' playoffs hopes 09/16/2020 01:06pm • Alanna Smith #11 of the Phoenix Mercury drives to the basket guarded by Myisha Hines-Allen #2 of the Washington Mystics on on Tuesday, Sept.15, 2020 in Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images) On the surface, the Phoenix Mercury's 85-84 win that eliminated Washington from the WNBA playoffs Md. launches program aimed at reducing COVID-19 in Hispanic communities 09/15/2020 08:35pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The Maryland Health Department has convened an inter-agency task force aimed at reducing the COVID-19 positivity rate in Hispanic communit Trump says 'I don't think science knows' about climate, cites 'exploding trees' 09/15/2020 07:17am • ▶ Watch Video: Trump disputes climate change at briefing on California wildfires President Trump landed in California Monday framed by a smoky sky. He made a rare West Coast swing as wildfires ravage California, Oregon and Washington, and has already approved emergency declarations for See the new Eisenhower Memorial before Thursday dedication 09/14/2020 11:45am • D.C.’s long-awaited memorial honoring president and World War II commanding general Dwight D. Eisenhower will be dedicated Thursday and opened to the public a day later, after a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new memorial to the nation’s 34th president was originally slated for dedicati Man drowns in Prince George's Co. lake 09/14/2020 11:21am • Emergency crews searching Lake Artemesia. (Courtesy Prince George's County Fire and EMS) A man drowned in a Maryland lake late Sunday, authorities say. County fire and EMS crews were alerted to a possible drowning at Lake Artemesia in College Park, Maryland, at 11:02 p.m., the Prince George's Eisenhower Memorial to be dedicated Thursday, opens to the public Friday 09/14/2020 07:41am • D.C.'s long-awaited memorial honoring president and World War II commanding general Dwight D. Eisenhower will be dedicated Thursday and opened to the public a day later, after a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new memorial for the nation's 34th president was originally slated for dedicati Alexandria mandates facemasks in public spaces starting Oct. 1 09/14/2020 07:00am • The Alexandria City Council approved a new ordinance that will mandate face coverings at indoor and outdoor public settings in the Virginia city starting October. Alexandria's new mask ordinance takes effect Oct. 1 and applies to anyone in a public space over the age of 10. It includes those pres Is the great COVID-19 airplane seat overhaul happening? 09/14/2020 06:35am • Plexiglass dividers between passengers, new staggered row layouts, zig-zag seating, space-age transparent bubbles around travelers' heads -- just as new divider screens popped up in shops and restaurants around the world in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, so came a wide variety of new concepts fo Trump reignites climate debate in visit to fire-ravaged West Coast 09/14/2020 04:42am • For weeks, President Donald Trump was largely silent on the wildfires that have charred more than 3.3 million acres in California, triggered Oregon officials to prepare for a potential "mass fatality incident," and created apocalyptic orange skies and clouds raining ash tha