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Prince George's County will not enter Phase Three of COVID-19 restrictions 09/03/2020 11:19am • Prince George's County, Maryland, will not move into Phase Three of the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said Thursday. On Tuesday, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced that counties could move into Phase Three, which allows the opening of virtually all business AAA seeing last-minute interest in Labor Day travel 09/03/2020 03:45am • Traffic appears to be a wild card this Labor Day weekend amid the coronavirus pandemic. ���We���re seeing a surge in families planning last-minute trips for the holiday weekend,��� said John Townsend, manager of public and government affairs at AAA Mid-Atlantic. ���We���re seeing an upsurge in Anne Arundel Co. says youth tackle football can resume 09/02/2020 09:15pm • As Maryland moves toward Phase Three reopening, Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman announced that youth tackle football and competitive cheerleading can resume. Both were deemed "high-risk sports" in terms of COVID-19 transmission. Pittman issued a news release Wednesday on the coun Southern Maryland counties entering Phase Three of lifting COVID-19 restrictions 09/02/2020 06:50pm • The Board of Commissioners in Charles County, Maryland, voted on Wednesday to enter Phase Three of the lifting of COVID-19 health restrictions. The move came one day after Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan authorized counties to enter the new phase. It means more businesses can open, and most capaciti Mayor: Baltimore not ready for Phase Three of reopening 09/02/2020 02:42pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Baltimore���s mayor says the city won���t immediately follow most of the state into the third phase of its coronavirus recovery plan. Mayor Bernard C. ���Jack��� Young said at a news conference Wednesday that he didn't want to see the city erase the gains made over the past mon 'It's not party time yet': Montgomery County to delay move to Phase Three 09/02/2020 02:11pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, say they are not ready to lift coronavirus restrictions as part of the state's Phase Three reopening plan. Instead, the county plans to continue lifting virus-related rules on a case-by-case basis. "I won't say we're going to move into Phase Three," Count 'Slow climb' ahead: Visitors to DC down 50% compared to 2019 09/02/2020 01:44pm • People tour the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. (Xinhua/Ting Shen via Getty Images) D.C. is expecting a 50% drop in visitors this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. After welcoming nearly 23 million domestic visitors last year, about 11 million are expected th Labor Day weekend during a pandemic: Travel, restaurant trends to expect 09/02/2020 01:27pm • A man wearing a face mask walks past a restaurant in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua via Getty) It has been a difficult summer for many D.C.-area restaurants and tourist spots due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there's still hope the Labor Day weekend could COVID-19 cases could explode after Labor Day: It's up to us to stop it 09/02/2020 09:02am • Memorial Day came. We celebrated. We burst out of our suffocating homes with a damn-the-torpedoes surge, eager to see the places, family and friends we'd been yearning for during those smothering weeks of isolation. Then we paid the price. Two or so weeks later, after th Hogan: Maryland can start Phase 3 of reopening plan on Friday 09/02/2020 03:08am • Citing declining numbers of positivity in several coronavirus health metrics, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said that the state can enter Phase Three of the reopening plan starting Friday. "All Maryland businesses will be able to open," Hogan said during an update Tuesday. Starting at 5 p.m., more What parents need to know about kids learning remotely and their hearing 09/01/2020 07:05pm • Kids learning from home may have more exposure than usual to earbuds or headphones, and a D.C. audiologist wants parents to be diligent to make sure it's happening safely. "We want to make sure that your child has a quiet learning place," said��Dr. Tracey Ambrose, lead audiologist at Children Md. Board of Education OKs requirements for new school year 09/01/2020 04:44pm • One day after a number of Maryland schools started classes, the state Board of Education approved new requirements for instruction for the school year. According to the plan approved by the board, schools must include three and a half hours of "synchronous" instruction each day. Synchronous means As Labor Day approaches, Northam warns 'virus is still alive and well' 09/01/2020 04:09pm • Virginia's coronavirus case numbers have remained fairly steady since early July. Gov. Ralph Northam hopes Virginians will remain vigilant through Labor Day weekend to avoid the case surge that followed Memorial Day weekend. "This virus is still alive and well around the commonwealth of Virginia, Danger of letting kids spend too much time online 08/31/2020 08:47pm • When the virtual school day is over, some kids might stay on digital devices for fun. But a Virginia child psychiatrist warns it's not good to let them surf the web or play video games for hours on end. "What's happening is that after time, they're not getting as much pleasure, and they have to s Virtual start to DC-area schools comes with some problems 08/31/2020 05:00pm • The hallways are empty as the new school year begins at Cooper Lane Elementary School in Landover Hills, Maryland. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) Hundreds of thousands of students in some of the D.C. region's largest school systems went back to class virtually Monday, but technology problems plagued som