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Hogan: Nonessential businesses to reopen in Maryland on June 5 06/05/2020 02:53am • Businesses in Maryland that were deemed nonessential and ordered to close amid the coronavirus pandemic will be able to reopen Friday, Gov. Larry Hogan announced. REOPENING PLANS AROUND THE REGION: Montgomery County Prince George's County Effective 5 p.m. Friday, Maryland is Delaware Gov. Carney to end stay-at-home order, short-term rental ban 05/26/2020 01:15pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) ��� Democratic Gov. John Carney said the ban on short-term rentals in Delaware and a mandatory 14-day quarantine for out-of-state travelers will be lifted, effective June 1. The move amid the coronavirus pandemic follows weeks of pressure from southern Delaware business owners de Air travel has its busiest days in months heading into Memorial Day weekend 05/23/2020 04:44pm • Americans took a small and cautious step to return to the skies this weekend, the start of the traditional summer travel season. The TSA reported Saturday that it screened more passengers at US airports on Thursday and Friday than at any time in the last two months. It's Wicomico Co. couple struggles to stay afloat with underwater mortgage 05/23/2020 05:05am • John Peters (gray shirt) and Sheryl Peters (seated), share their house with friends but are worried they will not be able to refinance their mortgage, which is more than their house is worth. (Paige Leckie/Capital News Service) Each week, John Peters does yard work for neighbors, shuttles friend Ocean City lifeguards will not perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation due to coronavirus 05/22/2020 11:30am • As lifeguards return to duty for Memorial Day weekend in Ocean City, Maryland, they will have new equipment and new rules to follow due to the coronavirus pandemic. Guards will have their temperature taken daily and asked a series of questions about whether they have any symptoms. "Every emplo Slow start to summer at local beaches amid coronavirus 05/22/2020 05:49am • At least some parts of the beach are open this weekend, but the unofficial start of summer is beginning with a whimper, not excitement -- and a rainy Friday has nothing to do with it. While the hotels and short term rentals in Ocean City, Maryland, are up and running again, all the restaurants ar Ocean City's mayor on Memorial Day prep in pandemic: 'We're all in this together' 05/20/2020 06:16pm • FILE ��� A lifeguard watches the ocean in Ocean City, Maryland. (WTOP/Colleen Kelleher) The reopening of the beaches and boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland, will face a big test this weekend as crowds gather for Memorial Day. How will this work out in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic Planning a beach weekend? What to know about COVID restrictions in Va., Md., Del. 05/20/2020 05:05pm • FILE ��� A father and daughter watch the sun rise over the Atlantic Ocean in Ocean City, Maryland. (WTOP/Colleen Kelleher) Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start to summer in the U.S. In a normal year, thousands of people around the D.C. area would be packing up their cars and heading to t Arlington County gets $20.6M federal grant for coronavirus response 05/20/2020 09:20am • Health care workers wait to swab for samples at a drive-thru coronavirus collection site in Arlington, Va., Thursday, March 19, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The Arlington County Board accepted a $20.66 million federal grant Monday to bolster the county's coronavirus response programs. Coronavirus update: Bowser details budget cuts amid pandemic; council to vote on emergency bill 05/18/2020 09:39pm • The Lincoln Memorial is visible as a man works at the banks of the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Bowser's budget cuts; coronavirus response D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser released her proposed fiscal year 2021 budget during a news conference Monday. The mayor and Cit 'Trial weekend': Virginia, Delaware beaches welcomed visitors, with restrictions 05/18/2020 03:45pm • Virginia Beach also received visitors over the weekend before the rules against sunbathing were relaxed, but the crowds were not as large as anticipated, said Deputy City Manager Ron Williams. (Courtesy City of Virginia Beach) Visitors made their way to the beach and boardwalk in Rehoboth, Delaw Virus lockdown gives Venice a shot at reimagining tourism 05/16/2020 02:36am • VENICE, Italy (AP) ��� In Venice, a city famous for being visited by too many and home to too few, children���s play now fills neighborhood squares, fishermen sell their catch to home cooks, and water buses convey masked and gloved commuters to businesses preparing to reopen. At the same time, th Delaware prepares to reopen its beaches, but not to everyone 05/15/2020 11:25pm • The beaches and boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland, opened last weekend, and next Friday, neighboring Delaware will do the same. But everyone isn't welcome. ���Technically in Delaware, you're not supposed to come in from Maryland,��� Scott Koenig, Dewey Beach town manager, said. Currently beach Officials lift lodging restrictions for Ocean City 05/14/2020 09:26pm • On April 28, Ocean City extended the restriction to last until May 22, but officials said if Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan lifted his stay-at-home order, they would repeal their rules. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/abriggs21) More from: Montgomery��County | Prince George's County | Calvert County��|��An Hogan: Maryland to relax stay-home order starting May 15 05/13/2020 10:31pm • Fish Taco restaurant workers talk to a customer, left, in front of the restaurant in Bethesda, Md., Monday, May 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday that the stay-at-home order originally put in place to deal with the coronavirus pandemic would be lif