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Northam to ease some COVID-19 restrictions in Va., details vaccination efforts 02/24/2021 01:18pm • Gov. Ralph Northam will ease some COVID-19 restrictions in Virginia as case numbers fall and vaccination numbers rise. Some of the regulations that will go into effect Monday, March 1: Alcohol sales will end at midnight, a change from the current 10 p.m.; The midnight-to-5 a.m. curfew wil DC Shorts WINS! screens virtual Best of the Fest with movie on Oscar shortlist 02/24/2021 12:38pm • Did you miss last fall's D.C. Shorts Film Fest? Want to relive the cream of the crop? DC Shorts WINS! Best of the Fest streams virtually Wednesday through Monday. "It's a screening that DC Shorts produces every winter," Executive Director Peter Morgan told WTOP. "We screen all of the film DC mayor sets 'day of remembrance' for lives lost to COVID-19 02/24/2021 12:13pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has named Wednesday a "Day of Remembrance for Lives Lost to COVID-19." Bowser also ordered flags to half-staff this week in honor of the more than 500,000 Americans who died from COVID-19. "These beautiful souls who passed were grandparents, parents, siblings, cousins, Loudoun Co. superintendent, school board irked by CDC guidance on return to school 02/24/2021 10:15am • The number of COVID-19 cases in Loudoun County is currently too high to bring students back to school buildings more than two days per week, Interim Superintendent Scott Ziegler told the school board. Looking forward, Ziegler and School Board Member Jeff Morse both voiced frustration with the Cen Md. students to sit for up to 7 hours of standardized tests this spring 02/24/2021 07:28am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland students must take statewide standardized tests this spring that can take up more than seven hours. The Maryland State Board of Manassas School Board votes to return pre-K through 4th grades; no decision on older students 02/24/2021 12:11am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Pre-K through fourth-grade students in Manassas City Public Schools will have the option to return to hybrid in-person learning starting Montgomery Co. leaders urge Asian American community to preregister for coronavirus vaccine 02/23/2021 10:28pm • During a virtual town hall-style meeting for the Asian American community Tuesday night, Montgomery County, Maryland, leaders discussed the importance of getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Participants in the meeting were urged to preregister for vaccination, even though the current supply is limited. Montgomery County school officials outline safety steps for in-person learning 02/23/2021 05:30pm • As Montgomery County, Maryland, students and staff prepare to return to in-person learning next month, the county school board met Tuesday to discuss safety protocols and voted to change some graduation requirements for 2021 seniors. Safety protocols Derek Turner, chief of engagement, innovation a Maryland expands screening of variants; names next mass vaccination site in Southern Md. 02/23/2021 04:55pm • Maryland is increasing its screening and genetic sequencing of coronavirus test results to look for the presence of more-contagious variants that appear to already be circulating around the state. In a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced the state has signed agr Maryland lawmakers absent after positive rapid virus tests 02/23/2021 03:43pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Nine Maryland state senators have missed their morning floor session as a precaution after positive rapid tests for the coronavirus. Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson made the announcement Tuesday at the start of the session. Thirty-eight senators were present and wo Where things stand on vaccine shots for 75+, teachers in Montgomery Co. 02/23/2021 01:23pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, provided an update on their COVID-19 vaccination efforts, including a general timeline for moving into the next phases of the rollout and where things stand with an effort to finish vaccinating hundreds of teachers before a phased return to classrooms next w Most Fauquier Co. children set to resume 4-day in-school learning 02/23/2021 11:37am • Fauquier County Public Schools Superintendent David Jeck said 78% of families plan to have their children attend four days per week of in-school learning, with the youngest returning to school buildings in the Virginia county on March 15. The Fauquier County School Board voted unanimously on Mond Virginia confirms 5 cases of pediatric illness linked to COVID-19 02/23/2021 10:42am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Department of Health has confirmed five cases in the Richmond area of a pediatric inflammatory illness associated with the coronavirus. The department said in a news release on Monday that the condition is known as Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Is your posture causing issues as you work from home during the pandemic? 02/23/2021 03:50am • The combination of less-than-perfect posture practices and more sedentary work-from-home conditions is prompting more people than usual to seek help, according to a Maryland physical therapist. "We're seeing postural issues; we're seeing a lot of low back and neck pain and a lot of deconditioning DC in healthier financial shape than projected at start of pandemic 02/22/2021 11:06pm • D.C. is taking its financial temperature and finding that it is healthier than what was projected at the start of the pandemic. Unemployment claims are still higher than they were before the pandemic began, but hiring is coming back as D.C. added more than 14,000 jobs in December, according to a