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DC Brau Brewing Company turns 10 (and was a DC first) 04/14/2021 10:15am • DC Brau owners Jeff Hancock, Marisela Rodela and Brandon Skall are pictured. (Courtesy DC Brau Brewing Company) DC Brau Brewing Co., the first packaging brewery to open inside D.C. since the Christian Heurich Brewery closed in 1956, marks its 10th anniversary this week. DC Brau tapped its ina Friday's deadly breach could delay decisions about Capitol fencing 04/03/2021 11:39am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest deadly breach of the Capitol’s perimeter could delay the gradual reopening of the building’s grounds to the public just as lawmakers were eyeing a return to more normal security measures following the Jan. 6 insurrection. Capitol Police officer William “Billy� DC-area leaders react to Friday’s killing of an officer on Capitol Hill 04/02/2021 11:30pm • Leaders from the D.C. area are saddened and shocked after a Capitol Police officer was killed Friday afternoon when a man drove his car into two officers guarding a Capitol Hill security barricade. President Joe Biden said in a statement that he and first lady Jill Biden were "heartbroken" to lea Political newcomer from Glen Echo eyeing run for Maryland governor: ‘I know what I don’t know’ 03/29/2021 09:43am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. When Woody McCutchen, a veteran foundation leader, grants administrator and government official, heard that his old friend Jon Baron was t Cherry blossoms reach peak bloom around the Tidal Basin, but storms threaten petals 03/28/2021 12:35pm • The Yoshino cherry trees along the Tidal Basin in D.C. sped their way to beak bloom on Sunday, the National Park Service announced. The trees took just four days to go from stage 4 — also known as "peduncle elongation" — to peak bloom. The Park Service attributed their speedy development to t Spring, Cherry Blossom Festival mirror gradual reopening from the pandemic 03/26/2021 02:10pm • Ordinarily, D.C. would be in the midst of cherry blossom mania about now, with crowds in the hundreds of thousands about to descend on the Tidal Basin to see blossoms close to hitting peak bloom. Families would be ready to hit the National Mall for this weekend's kite festival, and runners would Pandemic a year later: Food banks still in high demand around the region 03/19/2021 08:41am • Since the pandemic hit last year, the Capital Area Food Bank alone has bought 770 truckloads of food to help meet the need. (Courtesy Capital Area Food Bank) One of the most stunning visuals of the coronavirus pandemic was the sight of long lines of cars -- miles long sometimes -- approaching fo Bill would prevent more power plants from being built in Prince George’s 02/26/2021 08:42am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. There are four power plants within 13 miles of Brandywine, an unincorporated town in southern Prince George’s County. Other industrial h Slick road conditions around DC-area roadways; Bay Bridge sees delays 02/19/2021 11:33pm • The cold is sticking around the D.C. region, and that’s going to make the roads and sidewalks dicey for a while. On the road, said WTOP’s Reada Kessler in the Traffic Center, “Things are looking a lot better than they have,” but there are still slick spots, especially on smaller roadways. U.Md. institutes new measures after rise in coronavirus cases on campus 02/18/2021 10:44pm • The University of Maryland is taking additional measures after seeing a "significant and concerning increase" in positive coronavirus cases on and around campus. "Over the past several days, we have seen clusters (defined as three positive cases within a defined area) and outbreaks (defined as fi Flying? You'll soon be able to get COVID-19 tests at these 2 DC-area airports 02/18/2021 12:52pm • If you have a flight coming up, you may be able to get a coronavirus test right from the airport. COVID-19 testing sites are coming to Reagan National and Dulles International airports under a contract between the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and health and wellness company XpresChe Manhole explosion leaves car damaged in Northwest DC 02/10/2021 11:46pm • A flying manhole cover in Northwest D.C. left a car damaged Wednesday night. City officials and Pepco were ventilating a nearby building when a manhole exploded just before 11 p.m. It happened on the 1300 block of Vermont Avenue Northwest, where D.C. Fire and EMS was investigating a carbon mon Why DC-area travelers have a better shot at cheap airfares 01/25/2021 10:40am • With COVID vaccines now rolling out, airlines expect a spike in summer travel this year, with customers feeling safer flying. The pent-up demand for a vacation is there. “If there’s one thing I hear over and over from people I talk to, is that they cannot wait to get out and travel again once Promises to work together — but also glaring differences — as unprecedented Md. session begins 01/13/2021 06:09pm • Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City), in his protected space, presides during the first day of the 2021 General Assembly session. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines. This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters� Dance queen CeCe Peniston 'finally' performs at The Birchmere 01/12/2021 12:52am • Billboard magazine ranked her one of the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time. This Sunday, CeCe Peniston performs at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. "The only word I can say is 'finally,'" Peniston told WTOP. "People for so long have considered me a dance artist, so for them to h