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Maryland commerce department asks business owners to consider state's work-sharing program 07/17/2020 04:38pm • Kelly Shulz, Maryland's commerce secretary, asked businesses to consider getting people back to work on at least a part-time basis by taking advantage of the state's work-sharing program during a webinar with Montgomery County Council President Sidney Katz on Friday. It's part of the state's unem 'Answer the call': Fairfax Co. urges residents to help out contact tracers 07/17/2020 01:53pm • Fairfax County, Virginia, is urging residents to pick up the phone as the health department ramps up contact tracing to fight the coronavirus. "For us to successfully box the virus in, we need everyone to respond to our calls and follow the instructions and guidance for staying home and away from Fairfax Co. business leader calls new virus regulations 'PR move' 07/17/2020 10:00am • A business leader in Fairfax County, Virginia, said state officials were passing the buck with new regulations that threaten hefty fines if businesses do not follow rules related to the coronavirus pandemic. The regulations, which were approved Wednesday by the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Bo U.Va. to require negative COVID-19 test for returning students 07/17/2020 05:00am • Students returning to the University of Virginia for the fall semester will be required to take a mandatory coronavirus test before they are allowed back, the university said Thursday. A free test kit will be provided to students and they will be asked to self-administer the test about a week bef Questions linger over plans to go back into Montgomery County school buildings 07/16/2020 11:48pm • As school districts across the D.C. region make plans for the start of the school year, the president of the Montgomery County Education Association in Maryland said teachers would prefer to be back with their students. "Gosh, teachers really want to get back and work with kids in the classroom. MedStar Washington Hospital Center sees record number of heart transplants during pandemic 07/16/2020 09:12pm • When the pandemic caused hospitals in New York and elsewhere to stop performing heart transplants, donated hearts were diverted elsewhere, which led to record numbers of transplants in D.C. "Many of those hearts … were available to us and for our patients, and we took advantage of that," said c Tenant advocates fear 'tsunami of evictions' in DC 07/16/2020 08:11pm • Losing a job and looking for a new one during the pandemic is a struggle that many D.C. residents are currently facing. When paychecks do not come in, many are finding it difficult, if not impossible, to stay current on rent. That fact has tenant advocates worried about what will come when the fr How should schools reopen? Experts outline complex road ahead 07/16/2020 04:51pm • The lack of in-person education has hurt students across the U.S., a group of experts from Johns Hopkins University agreed, but the process of reopening schools for the upcoming academic year presents an array of issues that must be confronted to ensure the safety of students, school staff and famil DC Public Schools decision delayed; high school athletics postponed 07/16/2020 03:30pm • Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday that the decision on how D.C. Public Schools will start the year has been delayed until July 31. Bowser cited trends in the District's COVID-19 data that are "not ideal." "We know that the situation with this virus is changed. And has been volatile in thi DC, Maryland, Virginia report another large jump in coronavirus cases 07/16/2020 02:04pm • D.C., Maryland and Virginia recorded more than 1,600 new coronavirus cases over a 24-hour period, marking another jump in cases Thursday. In the past two days, the three jurisdictions have recorded more than 3,500 new cases and nearly 50 deaths. "The warning lights are all blinking right now," Prince George's Co. schools CEO details grading, communication plans for school year 07/15/2020 11:50pm • Families with children in Prince George's County, Maryland, public schools received answers to their questions last night about the school system turning entirely to online learning for the first half of the upcoming school year. Nearly 14,000 Prince George's County residents dialed into a Wednes Popup picnic parks in North Bethesda encourage eating takeout outdoors 07/15/2020 08:20pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, is opening free, temporary picnic spaces in North Bethesda to encourage people to support local restaurants and eat their takeout in a safe, outdoor environment during the coronavirus pandemic. The four "pop-up picnic parks" are located in the Pike District and adhere Montgomery County continues enforcing coronavirus-related restrictions 07/15/2020 05:58pm • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan directed local governments on Tuesday to enforce public health requirements for businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic, specifically bars and restaurants across the state. Now Montgomery County plans to step up the enforcement. County Executive Marc Elrich said at a new Virginia first state to adopt COVID-19 worker safety rules 07/15/2020 05:00pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia officials have passed temporary new workplace safety rules designed to protect employees from the coronavirus, becoming the first state to adopt such measures. The Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board voted Wednesday to approve rules for businesses that include s DC emergency order to be extended; uptick in coronavirus infections 07/15/2020 01:53pm • As parents await information on what their children will face for the new school year, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday that she will extend D.C.'s state of emergency order. "We will extend it and we will likely extend through what the Council has already authorized. And that's through October