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Maryland work group reveals recommendations for making work zones safer 09/21/2023 10:21pm • After a crash in March at a work zone on the Baltimore Beltway killed six workers, a list of recommendations for making those sites safer has been released. The recommendations come from a work group that was assembled in the days following the incident. “For the people who work at these sites, Theatre Week kicks off in DC with discounted shows, backstage tours and even bike rides 09/21/2023 03:57am • Theatre Week returns to D.C. from Sept. 21 through Oct. 8. (Courtesy Carletta Girma) D.C. always stages great theater, but this is an especially good time to see a show. The seventh annual Theatre Week kicks off this Thursday, Sept. 21 through Oct. 8. Actress Felicia Curry told WTOP th Crash on Beltway in Fairfax Co. sends 4 to hospital, causing major delays 09/20/2023 04:15pm • A serious crash on the Capital Beltway in Fairfax County, Virginia, sent four people to the hospital and snarled traffic in the area Wednesday afternoon. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue said three vehicles, including a box truck and a Virginia State Police cruiser, were involved in the crash on th Calls renewed for 'woefully underused trail' to become bike path to new DC high school 09/20/2023 03:09pm • With D.C. opening a new high school in the Palisades neighborhood, there are renewed calls to pave the Palisades Trolley Trail to create a bike path for resident and student use. When you are walking on the grassy Palisades Trolley Trail you’ll notice plenty of beautiful views of the Potomac, b Amazon has 18,000 seasonal job openings in Virginia and Maryland 09/20/2023 08:27am • Amazon will hire 250,000 part-time and full-time seasonal workers for the upcoming holiday season nationwide — 100,000 more than it brought on last holiday season, even has holiday hiring at U.S. retailers is expected to be the lowest since 2008. Amazon's seasonal openings include 9,000 job DC Council makes e-bike subsidies available for residents 09/20/2023 06:26am • The D.C. Council has passed a bill designed to get more people rolling on e-bikes. The bill, proposed by Council member Charles Allen, was approved Tuesday in a unanimous vote. The bill offers D.C. residents subsidies of up to $2,000 toward the purchase of e-bikes based on income. The two-tier A 125,000 SF Class-A medical building is delivering in West Falls Church, VA 09/19/2023 04:22pm • The Wellness Center at West Falls (7171 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22043), a six-story, 125,000-square-foot Class-A medical facility in Falls Church, VA, is scheduled to deliver November 2023 (Click for a link to the Building Brochure). The medical office building, which broke ground in May Freeway frenzy on I-395 persists amid yearslong delay in updating DC signs 09/19/2023 09:00am • In the District, an interstate numbering discrepancy is contributing to a daily derby of swerving, crashing and even drivers throwing their vehicles into reverse on the Southeast/Southwest Freeway. Now, the Federal Highway Administration is getting involved. It has been nearly three years sinc Commanders Corner: Returning home mile high 09/18/2023 11:03pm • We saw this the entire way, right? After trailing 21-3 in the first half, the Washington Commanders rallied to reach 2-0 — the first time Washington has done that since 2011. And let's be honest, Sam Howell feels a little bit better than Rex Grossman at quarterback. The team hasn't started Alexandria speed camera program kicks off in 3 school zones Monday 09/18/2023 08:01am • The City of Alexandria's new school zone speed camera program launches Monday, with cameras placed in three locations. Speed cameras will be located in the following places: Francis Hammond Middle School (Seminary Road, between Kenmore Avenue and North Jordan Street) John Adams Elementar Nigel becomes a hurricane but poses no immediate threat to land as it swirls through Atlantic 09/18/2023 06:37am • MIAMI (AP) — A rapidly intensifying storm in the Atlantic has developed into a hurricane. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday Nigel is a fast-spaced storm that is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane. It poses no immediate threat to land. At 6 a.m. EDT, Hurricane Nigel w Centuries after Native American remains were dug up, a new law returns them for reburial in Illinois 09/18/2023 12:11am • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — For centuries, Europeans carving up the prairie to suit their own idea of settlement dug up the graves of Native Americans as they conquered lands and pushed tribes to the West. Now, Native Americans whose ancestors' remains ended up held for study in sterile, nondescri Western Loudoun Co. residents fight lights for new cricket fields in effort to stay rural 09/14/2023 08:30pm • Western Loudon County is an area of Virginia that is rural, and residents and preservationists are working to keep it that way. Along a dusty dirt road off Route 50 sits Mickie Gordon Park. Before you get to the park, there are signs lining the road, reading: "Save Mickie Gordon Park." The peo Fix of dangerous Lee Chapel Road in Fairfax Co. to move forward, funding secure 09/14/2023 01:03pm • Eight months after two South County High School students died in a crash, a treacherous stretch of Lee Chapel Road in Fairfax County, Virginia, will soon be fixed. "We received good news from Sen. George Barker, that he acquired the final $4 million that we needed to complete this road," said Pa Presto's Picks: Early weekend for Navy, Maryland, Virginia allows for apple picking and antiquing 09/14/2023 10:15am • College football kicks off earlier for the locals this week as we get to enjoy football on Thursday and Friday night. One game is a relatively new conference contest (Navy joined the American Athletic Conference in 2015) and the other is a dormant one-time ACC clash (two schools separated by 133