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Sugarloaf Craft Festivals to close after 45 years 06/17/2020 11:35am • One of the D.C. region's best craft shows — Sugarloaf Craft Festivals — has fallen victim to the economic realities of the coronavirus pandemic. Sugarloaf emailed the news to people who have gone to its shows to buy handmade purses and jewelry, colorful photos, high-end fine art and more, and Attorneys general in DC, Md. and Va. try to stem COVID-19 tracing app ripoff 06/17/2020 08:00am • An important aspect of trying to reduce the spread of COVID-19 is contact tracing — working backward to determine who people infected with the coronavirus have been around, and where they've been. However, local attorneys general are concerned a tool that helps facilitate contract tracing can p Arlington Co. introduces funding plan for police body cameras 06/17/2020 04:50am • When police in Virginia's Arlington County tested body cameras in 2016, they didn't launch a long-term program. Now, amid nationwide calls for more police accountability, a plan has been introduced to launch a body camera program. Arlington County Manager Mark Schwartz told the county board Tuesda Montgomery Co. approves $10 million assistance program for child care centers 06/16/2020 11:03pm • The Montgomery County Council signed off on a financial assistance program for child care centers in the Maryland county that are struggling with reopening and with the general losses suffered during the coronavirus pandemic. The Child Care Recovery Program sets aside $10 million in emergency fun Arlington County to focus on equity during pandemic recovery 06/16/2020 03:30pm • With Arlington County, Virginia, in Phase Two of the reopening plan, officials continue to look at the next steps for pandemic recovery. And County Board Chair Libby Garvey said it was time to move forward and focus on equity during her State of the County address Tuesday. With the coronavirus 'Their right, as American citizens': DC statehood bill to hit House floor 06/16/2020 02:10pm • District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, right, presents House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., left, with a flag with 51 stars on it during a news conference on D.C. statehood on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. Hoyer will hold a vote on D.C. statehood on June 26. (AP Photo 2 people rescued, 1 missing from sinking boat in Delaware 06/16/2020 09:22am • DELAWARE CITY, Del. — Authorities in Delaware are looking for a missing man after a boat began to sink on the Delaware River. The News Journal reports that emergency crews rescued two people from the sinking boat on Monday afternoon. The rescue occurred near Delaware City and the Chesapeake DC Council committee debating police budget hears calls for defunding 06/16/2020 12:22am • Impassioned pleas to defund the D.C. police were aired during a virtual public hearing held Monday by the D.C. Council committee considering the department's proposed budget. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed budget for fiscal 2021 includes $578 million for the police, which would be a 3.3% increa Sit-in at DC's Freedom Plaza calls to defund DC police 06/15/2020 01:24pm • Protesters are getting ready for a 36-hour sit-in at D.C.'s Freedom Plaza on Monday, June 15, 2020. (WTOP/Melissa Howell) A local group is demanding action from D.C. leaders by holding a 36-hour sit-in at Freedom Plaza, across from Mayor Muriel Bowser's office in the Wilson Building. With ten DC dental practice resumes routine care with new regulations 06/15/2020 12:03pm • This content is sponsored by EagleBank. We have all been told to wear masks or face coverings when we are around other people during the coronavirus pandemic, so it's no surprise that working at a dental practice and looking at someone's uncovered mouth can be uncomfortable. "I do have to Former Air Force pilot now the boss at Lockheed Martin 06/15/2020 09:35am • Former Gulf War Air Force pilot and aerospace industry veteran James Taiclet on Monday formally assumed the chief executive role at Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed Martin, the world's largest defense and aerospace contractor. James D. Taiclet, 60, became president and CEO of Lockheed Martin Co Poll: American pride falls to lowest level in decades 06/15/2020 08:52am • The number of Americans enthusiastic about the state of their country has fallen to its lowest level in two decades of measurement, a recent poll suggests, as the country sees scores of deaths from a deadly virus, mass demonstrations over police killings and a deepening fracture along partisan lines Maryland to put off implementation of styrofoam ban 06/15/2020 06:47am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The deadline for Maryland schools and restaurants to stop using polystyrene foam food containers and cups has been extended from July 1 to O Avoid these cleaning products to protect pets during the pandemic 06/15/2020 04:42am • One expert is urging pet owners to familiarize themselves with toxic ingredients in cleaning products to protect pets during the coronavirus pandemic. Alex Blutinger, a critical care veterinary specialist at BluePearl Specialty and Emergency Pet Hospital, said he has seen a rise in concerns pet own Maryland Puts Off Implementation of Styrofoam Ban Until Oct. 1 06/13/2020 03:14am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The deadline for Maryland schools and restaurants to stop using polystyrene foam food containers and cups has been extended from July 1 to O