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Montgomery Co. council reassures parents it has enough vaccines for kids 11/04/2021 08:51am • Montgomery County, Maryland, is moving ahead with plans to get kids aged 5 to 11 vaccinated, and health officials are reassuring parents that they have enough pediatric doses to go around. Data shows there are roughly 105,000 children aged 5 to 11 in the county. Dr. Earl Stoddard, chief admini Loudoun Co. sheriff's colonel grilled about school sex assaults 11/04/2021 05:21am • The controversy swirling around a 15-year-old boy charged with sexually assaulting two girls at separate Loudoun County, Virginia, high schools was a heated topic at Wednesday's Board of Supervisors meeting. When Col. Mark J. Poland with the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office went before the board t Sophie B. Hawkins performs at Tally Ho Theater in Leesburg 11/04/2021 04:13am • Listen to the full conversation on our podcast "Beyond the Fame." She gained fame as a chart-topping singer-songwriter on pop radio in the 1990s. This Friday, Sophie B. Hawkins performs at Tally Ho Theater in Leesburg, Virginia. "I'm probably going to do this solo acoustic, which I love Montgomery County schools investigating 'serious incident' at Wootton High 11/03/2021 11:24pm • The school system in Montgomery County, Maryland, is investigating a "serious incident," in which police were called to one of its high schools. The incident happened Tuesday just after 4 p.m. in a locker room and involved members of the varsity football team at Thomas S. Wootton High School in R As shots begin to go into young arms, Md. wants COVID-19 vaccines available at schools 11/03/2021 06:30pm • Doctors, nurses and other providers have now started the big task of putting COVID-19 shots in the arms of half a million of the smallest Marylanders. Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday that state health officials had authorized providers in the state to immediately begin scheduling appointment Considering a career transition or graduating college without a clue as to what���s next? 11/03/2021 03:48pm • This content is sponsored by IBEW Local 26. Chris Cash and Bill Murphy know from experience, how one small change can influence the course of your life. Director and Assistant Director of Apprenticeship respectively, Cash and Murphy can tell you it���s because that���s exactly what becoming a Area pols react to Youngkin���s Va. victory 11/03/2021 02:40pm • Politicians across the area are reacting to Republican Glenn Youngkin���s victory over Democrat Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday in the Virginia gubernatorial election. ���This morning I spoke with Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin to congratulate him on being elected Governor of the greatest Commonwealth DC parents relieved as Children's National gives out 1st COVID shots to young kids 11/03/2021 02:03pm • Doctors are wasting no time in getting shots into younger kids��� arms, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director gave the go-ahead Tuesday night for kids ages 5 to 11 to get the shots. ���I���m feeling really nervous,��� confided 8-year-old Journey Arnold, while waiting for h McAuliffe concedes as Youngkin projected to win Va. governor's race; Republicans lead in lt. gov., attorney general races 11/03/2021 09:53am • Republican Glenn Youngkin, a former business executive and a first-time political candidate, was projected early Wednesday by The Associated Press to win the governorship of Virginia, beating Democratic former governor Terry McAuliffe in a result that seemed unlikely over the summer and could have n Montgomery Co. businesses land record investments 11/03/2021 09:20am • Money raised through private investors, venture capitalists and initial public offerings by businesses in Montgomery County, Maryland, has reached a record $18 billion through the first three quarters of 2021. That compares to $4 billion for all of 2020. The Montgomery County Economic Developm Anne Arundel Co. rolls out vaccine plan for children 11/02/2021 09:09pm • With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signing off on the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, could be administering vaccines for that age group as early as Friday, county officials said. Anne Arundel is home to about 51,000 children in t Montgomery County relaxes rules on when mask mandate can be reinstated 11/02/2021 05:58pm • The Montgomery County Council, acting as the Board of Health, unanimously voted on Tuesday to relax the coronavirus metrics that dictate when mask mandates in the Maryland county can snap back into effect. The county will now reinstate a public indoor mask mandate only if it sees seven consecutiv Innovative program helps kids overcome their fear of needles 11/02/2021 08:09am • Only 27% of parents say they will vaccinate their children right away when they become eligible for a smaller dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, according to the latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor. Thirty three percent of parents say they will wait and see how the vaccine works and 30% say they wil McAuliffe, Youngkin make their final pitches to voters on WTOP 11/01/2021 09:12pm • In this combination photo, Virginia gubernatorial candidates, Democrat Terry McAuliffe left, and Republican Glenn Youngkin appear during the Virginia FREE leadership luncheon, in McLean, Va., on Sept. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) Tuesday marks the end of what has been a highly contentious camp Montgomery Co. schools encourage parents to get newest eligible group of students vaccinated 11/01/2021 09:03pm • Montgomery County is expecting 40,000 doses of the pediatric COVID-19 vaccines to arrive from the state of Maryland soon. And when that happens, Dr. James Bridgers, the county's Acting Health Officer, said he expects two-thirds of the allocation to go to private providers, health centers and hosp