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Valentine's Day gift guide for the local sports fan in your life 02/09/2021 06:01pm • Valentine's Day gift guide for the D.C. sports fan in your life originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonWith Valentine's Day right around the corner, it's once again time to take care of any last-minute holiday shopping for the most important person in your life.Instead of chocolates and te Long gun restrictions among four Maryland Senate veto overrides 02/09/2021 05:37pm • COLLEGE PARK, Md. –– The Maryland Senate overrode four vetoes from Gov. Larry Hogan, R, on Tuesday, including one that would require a licensed firearms dealer to facilitate most transactions involving rifles and shotguns. The four bills that the Senate overrode were part of a slew of legisla Montgomery Co. officials want mass vaccination site, press state on vaccine doses 02/09/2021 04:35pm • Montgomery County officials are calling for the state of Maryland to establish a COVID-19 mass vaccination site in the county amid "significant concerns" about how the state is allocating a still extremely limited supply of shots. County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles, who voiced his concerns a Union Market’s new The Gift Shop features Black-owned brands and designs 02/09/2021 08:57am • The Gift Shop's 1,700-square-foot space also doubles as the headquarters for Creative Theory Agency in D.C.'s Union Market. (Courtesy Creative Theory Agency) D.C.-based marketing firm Creative Theory Agency has opened The Gift Shop at Union Market, exclusively featuring brands and products from 2021's Best Cars for the Money, as picked by US News 02/09/2021 04:12am • When you’re shopping for a car, you’re generally looking to get not only a good deal, but also a good value. “Buying the least-expensive car on the lot can mean buyers end up with high ownership costs and a vehicle that doesn’t necessarily fit their needs,” said Jamie Page Deaton, execu Montgomery Co. officials: COVID-19 vaccine allotment down, with no 'good explanation' 02/08/2021 02:07pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, officials on Monday said that the county’s vaccine allotment last week from the state was down by about 1,000 from the week before, and “We do not have a good explanation” why. That was the word from the county's Health and Human Services Director Dr. Raymond Cr Car Review: The Land Rover Defender X is ready for snow — and anything else 02/08/2021 04:58am • My experiences off-roading have been limited but highly educational. Once, in the mid-2000s, I found myself at an off-road park in central Pennsylvania. It offered mud pits, crushed cars to drive over if you were so inclined (really), trails to drive on and streams to cross. At one crossing, a guy i Sterling man charged after chasing woman, pulling out firearm in Leesburg parking lot 02/06/2021 08:54am • A man has been charged after he pulled out a firearm and chased a woman in a Leesburg, Virginia, shopping center parking lot on Friday, according to police. Leesburg police said they arrested Esmaal Khalilpour, 60, of Sterling, Virginia, and charged him with abduction, displaying a firearm in the VIDEO: Armed robbery at Montgomery Co. pizza shop 02/06/2021 06:21am • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, said they are investigating an armed robbery at a pizza shop committed by the same suspects in two separate robberies in the D.C. region. The incident occurred on Sunday at about 2:22 p.m., as the three suspects entered the Papa John’s located at 1133 East Northern Virginia’s top 55+ active adult community 02/05/2021 10:11am • This content is sponsored by Van Metre Homes. It’s time for a fresh definition of what 55 and better living should be. It’s time for Birchwood at Brambleton, Northern Virginia’s top 55+ Active Adult community where your next great chapter is ready to begin. Located in Brambleton, Virgini DC wedding flower startup Poppy raises $1.7 million 02/05/2021 08:51am • Poppy founder Cameron Hardesty, who worked in the White House communications department during the Obama administration, also volunteered in the White House flower shop. (Courtesy Cameron Hardesty) Poppy, a D.C. startup with a mission of disrupting the wedding flower business by serving as a hig Penzance bets on rising online sales with big Md. warehouse 02/02/2021 09:54am • Penzance is planning to build a 825,000-square-foot warehouse in Williamsport, Maryland, near Hagerstown. (Courtesy Penzance) With the demand for warehouse space surging, largely because of swelling e-commerce sales, D.C.-area office and residential building owner Penzance is diversifying its po Amazon PenPlace plans in Arlington include nature-infused double helix tower 02/02/2021 08:00am • Amazon construction plans in Arlington, Virginia, made public Tuesday include a 350-foot-tall corkscrew tower with a nature trail on the outside that follows the building's curves as it reaches toward the sky. The PenPlace project aims to create a community uniting people and nature within an 18- 50 best hotels in US 02/02/2021 12:00am • From seaside resorts to glamorous urban hotels, these unique properties are the best in the country. With such a wide array of luxurious urban hotels, boutique lodges and beachfront resorts to choose from, it can be difficult to decide where to travel. That's why U.S. News did the work for you. U Plant-based Planta to replace Cafe Deluxe in Bethesda 02/01/2021 08:57am • Plant-based restaurant chain Planta offers plant-based salads, pizza, burgers and other dishes. (Courtesy Planta Restaurants) Toronto-based Planta, a plant-based restaurant chain with restaurants in Toronto and Florida, is opening its first U.S. location outside of Florida in Bethesda, Maryland.