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Traveling this Fourth of July? Tips to help you through the traffic crush 06/30/2021 10:38pm • It's hard to predict just how intense the July Fourth getaway traffic will be around the D.C. region this year, but some tried-and-true strategies can help ease drivers' pain. Because last summer was lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, AAA Mid-Atlantic expects more than 1.3 million people in our area Life after the 1918 flu has lessons for our post-pandemic world 06/28/2021 04:45am • A widespread sense that time has split into two -- or pandemics creating a "before" and "after" -- is an experience that's associated with many traumatic events. That's the reflection of Elizabeth Outka, a professor of English at the University of Richmond and author of "Viral Modernism: The Infl Plan to widen Beltway and Interstate 270 suffers major defeat in key vote 06/16/2021 06:48pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. A regional transportation panel dealt a potentially crippling blow to one of the Hogan administration���s top priorities ��� the widening on WSSC water service back; Rockville Pike repairs underway 06/11/2021 07:42am • Water service is back for 119 WSSC Water customers after a 16-inch water main burst on Rockville Pike/Md. 355 Thursday afternoon. All nighter! New piece of 16-inch water main is in. Crews had to cut & replace 19 feet of pipe! Commuters, expect delays on Rockville Pike at Cedar Ln. in Bethesda Tokyo Olympics still undecided on fans -- or no fans at all 06/11/2021 06:33am • TOKYO (AP) ��� The question of allowing any fans into Tokyo Olympic venues is still being debated with a decision unlikely to be announced before the end of the month. This would be just a few weeks before the Olympics are to open on July 23. Fans from abroad have already been banned in what is sha Task force makes more suggestions for Prince George's Co. pandemic recovery 06/08/2021 05:45pm • A task force formed in May has made several new suggestions for how Prince George���s County can best recover from the pandemic. Tuesday���s report, titled "A Redefined Future,"��is the third from the Prince George���s Forward task force, and its focus is on longer-term action. The task force���s EXPLAINER: 5 key takeaways from the May jobs report 06/04/2021 03:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The American job market is in an odd place. Consider that in May, employers added 559,000 jobs. In ordinary times, that would amount to a blockbuster burst of hiring for one month, and the response would be an outpouring of cheers. These are not ordinary times. In the wake of a v Metro ponders how to best lure riders back after the pandemic 06/03/2021 08:49am • While some industries are seeing more of a post-pandemic rebound than others, Metro is still seeing only a fraction of the riders it used to before everything went upside down last year. With federal funding stabilizing its financial future for the next couple of years, the transit system has to Beach town businesses welcome visitors as they struggle to find employees 05/27/2021 04:11am • Funland in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, is open and preparing for the summer crowds, though it, like many other businesses along the ocean, struggle to find enough workers for the season. (Photo Chris Darr/Funland Rehoboth) Businesses near the Delmarva beaches and in the Outer Banks expect this sum Memorial Day weekend brings rain, wind and cool temps to DC-area beaches 05/26/2021 03:12pm • As Memorial Day Weekend quickly approaches, beach vacationers will probably want to pack warn and plan some indoor activities, as rainy, windy and cool weather will roll in throughout the holiday weekend at Virginia, Maryland and Delaware beaches. Maryland and Delaware Maryland and Delaware beache DC region's rush hour traffic is back 05/26/2021 05:05am • Drivers may have noticed that they are starting to hit the brakes more often on what were once non-congested D.C.-area roads. But the days of cruising during the pandemic era are likely over ��� rush hour is back. And it's not just heading into Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial summer kickoff. Work from the beach: How some made the most of telework 05/26/2021 04:10am • The view from Paz Magat's Ocean City getaway rental. The Wheaton resident is one of many who worked near the beach during the pandemic. (Courtesy Paz Magat) With working from home becoming the new norm during the pandemic, the lack of a change in scenery led some people to get a bit stir crazy. Condo and home rental market booming at Delmarva beaches 05/25/2021 04:02am • The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on the economies of the area and the nation, but for people who rent houses and condominiums at the Delmarva beaches, the desire for social distancing led to an uptick in bookings. ���I feel like people are very anxious to be coming to the beach,��� said Kim Loon Lifeguarding amid a pandemic: Ocean City lifesavers get ready for 2021 beach season 05/24/2021 03:58am • When Memorial Day weekend begins later this week, a team of close to 200 lifeguards will be back on duty, at 97 lifeguard stands set up along 10 miles of beach in Ocean City, Maryland. ���We���re really expecting a boom year for the Town of Ocean City,��� said Butch Arbin, who is captain of the O What���s the future of office space as more telework? DC-area planners weigh-in 05/23/2021 11:50am • More freedom to transform space as needed is the trend office development planners said they see coming to the D.C., area as more people get ready to return to the office. They talked about hybrid work spaces with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments during an Technical Advisory Com