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New kid, new normal: How one family has fared a year into the pandemic 03/17/2021 03:50am • The Lally family (Courtesy of Patrick Lally) A year later, it's hard to fathom just how much has changed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and especially for parents. Their day-to-day lives are so different from what it was before. In many cases kids have adapted well. But for a ba Reagan National Airport sets opening date for new terminal 03/16/2021 02:30pm • The new terminal at Reagan National Airport is set to open next month. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said in a statement Tuesday that the new 14-gate concourse, which will open Gates 46 through 59 and spell the end of the bus at Gate 35X, will have a soft opening April 20. “ More than a landfill: Prince William Co. aims to transform Independent Hill 03/16/2021 07:50am • If you've ever driven on Virginia Route 234 past the Prince William County landfill, you may not have realized the area surrounding the highway has a name — but a glance at the nearby water tower or public library reads Independent Hill. A map of the 544 acres of land included in the Independe Baltimore to keep tougher COVID-19 restrictions in place 03/13/2021 03:25pm • BALTIMORE — Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has enacted an order to maintain the city’s COVID-19 limitations. Scott's order comes despite Gov. Larry Hogan’s decision to ease most capacity restrictions. The Baltimore Sun reports that under Scott’s order, the city’s restaurants and bars How to celebrate Pi Day in the DC area 03/12/2021 08:28pm • The most mathematical of holidays is rapidly approaching, and that means there will be deals a plenty in the D.C. area for those in the know. Pi Day is the celebration of the mathematical constant Pi — which is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, often simplified as 3.14. Stimulus checks could come quickly, but the jobless may have a wait for unemployment benefits 03/10/2021 06:05am • The $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill that President Joe Biden championed even before taking office is expected to land on his desk in coming days, but it could take some time for struggling Americans to see all the benefits. While the $1,400 stimulus payments could hit pe Serpin Pharma “graduates” Prince William Science Accelerator 03/08/2021 09:53pm • From grassroots to first-in-class, Serpin Pharma is making tremendous strides in the biotech industry. The Manassas-based company “graduates” from the Prince William Science Accelerator into a new cutting-edge facility where they will expand clinical research on their COVID-19 drug. � Amazon Fresh grocery store in Northern Virginia appears to be nearly finished 03/05/2021 03:14pm • Amazon.com Inc.’s planned grocery store at the Festival at Manchester Lakes shopping center in Franconia is inching closer to opening, while another location in Gaithersburg is looking for builders. Fairfax County on Thursday issued the company’s new-concept supermarket subsidiary a nonreside Timeline: 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic in DC, Maryland and Virginia 03/05/2021 03:07pm • More than a year ago, reports began circulating about a mysterious new illness in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. It seemed like a world away, and it was — at first. That all changed March 5, 2020, when Maryland authorities announced the first confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the DC museums continue reopening as COVID-19 cases drop 03/03/2021 09:55am • A dozen D.C. museums are either open or starting to reopen as the District's COVID-19 cases continue to drop, according to the District's official website. What's reopening: The National Museum of Women in the Arts is reopening on Wednesday. It will be open from Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. Nearly 200 midshipmen moved to hotels as Naval Academy tries to curb COVID-19 spread 03/03/2021 05:45am • Nearly 200 U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen are now being housed in hotels as the academy tries to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 within the brigade at the academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The academy moved an additional 98 midshipmen to the Graduate Hotel on West Street in downtown Annapolis Tuesda Md. lawmakers consider bill adding beer and wine to grocery stores 03/02/2021 11:20pm • There's a push in the Maryland General Assembly to change the state's alcohol sales law to allow beer and wine on grocery and convenience stores' shelves. The Maryland Retailers Association is pushing for the change, telling lawmakers in Annapolis that the state's consumers don't have the conveni Truck rams doors to Waldorf gun shop; firearms stolen 03/02/2021 08:47am • Fred's Outdoors, off Crain Highway in Waldorf, Maryland, was broken into Tuesday morning after a pickup truck rammed the front doors. (Courtesy NBC Washington) Sheriff's deputies are searching for two suspects after a pickup truck rammed into a Charles County, Maryland, gun shop. The thieves sto Foxtrot brings home delivery, market, local foods to DC 03/02/2021 08:43am • Foxtrot Market, a Chicago-based chain of stores featuring a combination of gourmet market, coffee shop and curated home delivery, has opened its first D.C. location in Georgetown. It will open a second location March 22 in Mount Vernon Triangle, with more D.C. locations planned. Foxtrot, whose Aldi to replace closed Shoppers in White Flint Plaza 03/02/2021 08:38am • The former Shoppers Food Warehouse site at White Flint Plaza will house the new Aldi location in late 2021. (Courtesy Combined Properties) Discount grocer Aldi has signed a lease for a new store at White Flint Plaza, replacing a Shoppers Food Warehouse that closed at the Montgomery County shoppi