Search

Bluegrass, Americana fans flock to Front Royal for 9th annual Appaloosa Music Festival 08/29/2024 07:12am • Front Royal, Virginia is the place to be this weekend if you dig bluegrass or Americana music. The ninth annual Appaloosa Music Festival returns to Skyline Ranch this Saturday and Sunday. WTOP caught up with Dan Fedoryka, who cofounded the festival with his brother Alexander. "My band S Things to do in the DC area: New running club, DC Afro Latino Fest ... and more! 08/29/2024 06:53am • For the past 11 years, the District Running Collective (DRC) has welcomed and trained both new and experienced runners by hosting several weekly runs, some of which are so popular that they can encompass up to 500 people per run. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of things to do in the Smash-and-grab crooks target Glen Echo shopping center 08/27/2024 02:06pm • An overnight string of smash-and-grab burglaries has business owners in Glen Echo, Maryland, repairing damages while continuing to serve their customers. Four businesses in the Glen Echo Shopping Center, along MacArthur Boulevard, were broken into early Tuesday morning, according to Montgomery Co Car Review: Evoque has look of a big Range Rover without the price and size 08/26/2024 01:07am • The 2025 Range Rover Evoque is a good cruiser, providing a quiet cabin on the highway. (WTOP/Mike Parris) Luxury SUVs are a staple for Range Rover, and now their smallest ride, the 2025 Evoque, was refreshed last year to better fit the Range Rover image. The new front-end styling is borrowed from th 'She's such an inspiration': Swimmer Torri Huske returns home to Arlington as an Olympic gold medalist 08/25/2024 10:39pm • Hundreds gathered at Long Bridge Aquatics & Fitness Center in Arlington, Virginia, Sunday not to swim but to welcome home star swimmer and two-time Olympian Torri Huske. People held up homemade signs and cheered as the 21-year-old Virginia native entered the Welcome Home Celebration on a conv Can the College Park Airport cut through miles of red tape in order to expand? 08/22/2024 01:50pm • The College Park Airport is the world's oldest, continuously operating airport. The first plane to soar even a mile into the air took off from there. The first woman to ever ride in a plane took off from there, too. And before Sept. 11, the runways handled more than 50 flights per day. With p In Chicago, Md. Gov. Moore is helping the national ticket and helping himself 08/22/2024 01:47pm • Sign up for WTOP���s Election Desk weekly newsletter to stay up-to-date through Election Day 2024 with the latest developments in this historic presidential election cycle. WATCH: Highlights from DNC in Chicago CHICAGO �����Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) is hardly anyone���s idea of an inspir Ukraine���s military foray into Russia is a high-risk venture for both 08/22/2024 09:32am • In a dramatic escalation of the war with Russia, Ukraine���s military has launched waves of drones at Moscow, destroyed three key bridges in the Kursk region, occupied more than 425 square miles of territory and taken thousands of Russian troops as prisoners of war. But while the two-week offensi Weed on the boardwalk? Ocean City lifts ban on cannabis dispensaries 08/20/2024 10:17am • Ever since the recreational use of marijuana was legalized in Maryland, in July of 2023, Ocean City has had a moratorium on cannabis-related businesses within city limits. That changed on Monday. City leaders in Ocean City, and some other Maryland jurisdictions, wanted to understand all aspects o Choice Hotels is 'buzzing' about its new North Bethesda headquarters 08/20/2024 08:42am • Choice Hotels International, which moved from its longtime Rockville, Maryland, headquarters to a new corporate base in North Bethesda last December, has about 150,000 honeybees that have moved in along with its 400 or so employees. Choice Hotels has partnered with Bee Downtown, which has install Car Review: Kia Sportage goes modern with a stylish look and a plug-in hybrid model 08/19/2024 05:38am • The suspension can be a bit bouncy and unsettled on larger bumps, about the only blemish on this mostly comfortable cruiser. (WTOP/Mike Parris) Summer is a time for road trips and hitting that highway for hours at time. I recently took a trip from Maryland to Pennsylvania in an electric vehicle. Two More than $1.6 million worth of cocaine washed up on Florida beaches during Hurricane Debby, authorities say 08/18/2024 04:03am • (CNN) ��� Hurricane Debby left behind not only a trail of deadly destruction in the Southeast last week but also more than 100 pounds of narcotics, discovered along Florida���s shores, authorities said. On August 4, 25 packages of cocaine were found on a beach in Islamorada, a village in the Flor 9 injured after multicar crash during rush hour on I-270 in Clarksburg 08/16/2024 07:17pm • Nine people were hurt after a multicar crash on Interstate 270 in Clarksburg, Maryland, during rush hour Friday, according to the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service. All traffic was stopped on the highway around 5:30 p.m. and I-270 reopened about an hour later, according to WTOP Traffic re The Capital Beltway turns 60: This was the original name 08/16/2024 09:35am • As planners in the mid-1950s envisioned the construction of a 41,000-mile national system of interstate highways, the Capital Beltway was already in the works ��� even though it was called the Washington Circumferential Highway at the time. The goal was simple: provide passenger vehicles and Where to find new school zone speed cameras in Arlington County 08/15/2024 09:11am • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series�����WTOP Goes Back to School�����this August and September. When students return to school in Arlington