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Weekend Road and Rail: Work on Beltway and I-66 to reduce travel lanes; Metro shutdown 02/25/2022 05:57am • There will be barrier work overnight on Interstate 395 this weekend. The Capital Beltway and Interstate 66 will see travel lanes reduced with overnight stoppages. In the District, bridge maintenance and corridor work continues into the weekend, with Metro maintenance again requiring single tracki Beltway trucker claims group is 'not trying to disrupt anything' 02/23/2022 02:04pm • A trucker convoy that left Scranton, Pennsylvania, Wednesday morning planned to be in the D.C. region sometime late Wednesday afternoon to hold a protest on the Capital Beltway. Organizer Bob Bolus told WTOP only about 20 to 25 vehicles were with his group when it left Scranton, though he said ad Alexandria parade celebrates George Washington's birthday, honors health care workers 02/21/2022 08:30am • Alexandria celebrates George Washington's birthday throughout the month of February with the Virginia city's largest festivity being a mile-long parade in Old Town on Monday afternoon. The parade celebrating Washington's 290th birthday starts at 1 p.m. in Old Town on Presidents Day. Some streets Car Review: New Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Reserve mixes luxury with rugged attitude 02/21/2022 04:30am • You might have noticed big changes in the Grand Cherokee lately. The larger, three-row Grand Cherokee L comes to mind. But now the beloved, five-seater version of the Cherokee is getting a face-lift. The inside of the new Grand Cherokee boasts a more modern look than previous versions. Step up to th Md. man killed after being hit by tractor-trailer on I-95 02/19/2022 12:47am • A Maryland man died Thursday after being struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 in Stafford County, Virginia. According to Virginia State Police, Brian A. Brown, 39, of Windsor, Maryland, was riding in the sleeper cab of a 2011 Freightliner tractor-trailer traveling northbound at around 1:2 Amid worsening conditions, chief medical examiner Dr. Victor Weedn resigns effective immediately 02/18/2022 04:50pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Victor Weedn resigned from his role leading the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Friday morning. In-person Marine Corps Marathon is back on, but sign up quickly 02/17/2022 03:54pm • After two years of runners finding their own courses and submitting virtual times, an in-person Marine Corps Marathon may finally happen in 2022. And if you want to try to join the 26.2-mile people’s race, you might want to register as quickly as you plan to run. General registration opened Wedne Bike lanes, better lighting and new sidewalks coming to parts of Northern Virginia 02/17/2022 06:31am • A multimillion-dollar transportation plan will bring new bike lanes, better lighting and miles of new sidewalks to Northern Virginia. The $7.2 million plan, which will focus on small-scale, non-highway transportation projects, was approved by the National Capital-Region Transportation Planning Bo 2 arrested, 2 sought in police chase, crash that closed SB I-95 in Va. 02/16/2022 12:50pm • Two people are under arrest, two more suspects are still being sought and five Virginia state troopers suffered minor injuries after a police chase on I-95 in Northern Virginia in the predawn hours of Wednesday. The Virginia State Police said in a statement that the Fairfax County police told the Marine Corps Marathon opens for registration 02/16/2022 11:07am • Registration for the 47th Marine Corps Marathon opens at noon Wednesday on a first-come, first-served basis. This year's race, which kicks off Oct. 30, will be the first in-person version of the event in three years. Registrations costs $200 for in-person runners. The race is open to runners 1 Alexandria looks to bolster projects to tackle sewer, stormwater flooding 02/16/2022 09:48am • Months after Alexandria, Virginia, broke ground on an expensive underground tunnel project to prevent millions of gallons of sewage from flowing into the Potomac River during heavy rains, the city is looking at other projects to help tackle the problem. And the clock is ticking. More A Idea of extending Metro to Germantown gets pushback in Montgomery Co. 02/16/2022 08:15am • The Montgomery County Council in Maryland held a public hearing Tuesday and heard testimony related to a plan to study the possibility of extending Metro's Red Line for eight additional miles from the Shady Grove station to Germantown. Several speakers told the council that they believed it was a Va. Route 28 bypass project moves to design phase: How many homes, businesses will be displaced? 02/15/2022 10:09am • Drivers likely won't be able to get congestion relief from the proposed Virginia Route 28 Bypass for another five years, but the project is in the midst of a key phase to determine the driver experience and how many homes and businesses will be displaced. Paolo Belita, planning manager for Prince Mummies of children unearthed in Peru. They were likely sacrificed. 02/15/2022 06:26am • ▶ Watch Video: Researchers discover ancient Egyptian mummy was pregnant Six mummified children thought to have been sacrificed hundreds of years ago, apparently to accompany a dead nobleman to the afterlife, have been unearthed in a tomb near Lima, archaeologists reported. The tiny 2 Anne Arundel County fires under investigation 02/15/2022 05:59am • Two early morning fires in double-wide trailers in Maryland's Anne Arundel County are under investigation. No one was injured in either fire on Tuesday. More Anne Arundel County News More Local News The first trailer fire that displaced a family of five occurred at 12:20 a.