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Purcellville farm is offering socially distanced field trips for kids 09/08/2020 09:58am • A farm is a pretty safe place for social distancing, and nonprofit JK Community Farm is offering self-guided farm tours for children and their parents or teachers, with activity guides, and a food education workbook that’s funded by the Junior League of Northern Virginia. The workbook and guid Loudoun Co. school year starts with new but empty high school 09/08/2020 08:10am • Lightridge High School in Aldie is Loudoun County's 19th high school building. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) Loudoun County's first day of an unprecedented, all-virtual school year during the COVID-19 pandemic will be bittersweet, as a brand-new high school in the Virginia county opens its doors with m 'Project Headphones' aims to help buy supplies for Arlington County students 09/07/2020 08:47pm • An online fundraiser is working to help provide headphones to Arlington County, Virginia, public school students as another semester of virtual learning gets underway. Cortney Weber said most parents feel similarly about how the 2019-2020 school year ended. "I think that for the most part, all Capital Gazette staff protests Annapolis newsroom closure 09/07/2020 06:54pm • Capital Gazette journalists rally in Annapolis, Maryland, on Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. (WTOP/Luke Lukert) Journalists from Annapolis, Maryland-based news outlet the Capital Gazette protested the closure of their newsroom, sending them to either work from home or in Baltimore, nearly 30 miles away. So far, so good: 3 weeks in, no COVID-19 cases at Virginia's Randolph-Macon Academy 09/07/2020 01:17pm • Back in mid-August, retired Air Force Brigadier Gen. David Wesley said he'd be surprised if COVID-19 didn't mess up the safety plans in place as students arrived for an in-person semester at Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, Virginia. "As in so many other things, I was wrong," said Wesley, t Probiotics may help manage childhood obesity, study finds 09/07/2020 07:15am • More than 340 million children and adolescents, globally, were overweight or obese in 2016, meaning they're at greater risk for obesity and disease later in life, and even early death. One solution to the growing burden could be found by turning attention to kids' gut health. In combination with Labor Day means getting back into a routine — don't count on it 09/07/2020 04:01am • Labor Day celebrates America's labor movement and the blood, sweat and toil of its workers. Never mind the last-minute barbecues, bargains and beach days. Monday marks the unofficial end of summer. It's more New Year's Day than New Year's Day, really. The day after La MADD brings awareness to driving while high on 40th anniversary 09/05/2020 08:53pm • Mothers Against Drunk Driving rang in its 40th anniversary Saturday by addressing the dangers of driving while under the influence of marijuana. According to a survey put out by MADD, one out of eight adults admitted to having driven after they had used marijuana. The organization said that 76% o Montgomery, Prince George's counties enforce restrictions during Labor Day weekend 09/05/2020 08:46am • It’s Labor Day weekend, and that usually means Maryland businesses can expect to be busy — but in Montgomery and Prince George's counties, there are still some coronavirus restrictions in place. Most of Maryland moved to Phase 3 of its reopening plan on Friday, but Montgomery County is one of Common mistakes parents make with baby car seats 09/04/2020 04:20pm • "The most common mistake is not harnessing the baby properly," said Anthony Ramirez, program manager for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service Car Seat Program. (Getty Images/Ryan McVay) Parents who want to be sure baby car seats are installed safely can visit virtually with technici Rise in coronavirus cases forces University of Maryland to suspend sports training 09/04/2020 06:01am • The University of Maryland suspended all training activities after 46 student-athletes tested positive for the coronavirus. The students are on 10 different sports teams on campus, according to a news release. The cases are the most reported within Maryland Athletics since the university began Review: 'Mulan' live-action remake debuts on Disney+, but is it worth $30? 09/04/2020 05:24am • It's the biggest movie to debut straight to streaming in our new pandemic reality. Disney's anticipated live-action remake of "Mulan" premieres this Friday on Disney+ with a slightly different target audience, maturing from G-rated fun to PG-13 battles. Fans of the 1998 animated flick are Tips for parents trying to support young adults missing out on college 09/03/2020 10:56pm • Pandemic restrictions mean some young adults who typically might be in college learning to live independently find themselves living at home instead. A Maryland counselor has advice for parents helping their children develop a sense of control over their own lives. "Be mindful that you don't want Virginia college provides vending machines with free masks, sanitizer 09/03/2020 04:36pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Students returning to campus this fall will find vending machines stocked full of snacks and sodas as well as personal protective equipment. The machines located throughout Richmond-based Virginia Commonwealth University are filled with masks and hand sanitizer. They'll soo Anne Arundel County to remain in Phase Two of COVID-19 restrictions 09/03/2020 03:57pm • Anne Arundel County, Maryland, will not enter Phase Three of the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions yet, County Executive Steuart Pittman announced Thursday. In a statement, Pittman cited recent increases in case rates and in percentage of coronavirus tests that came back positive, and said that cu