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Coping with loss of sports due to COVID-19 changes 06/11/2020 07:55pm • Some sports fans who miss games are experiencing actual grief and bereavement, according to a D.C.-area counselor who offers advice for coping with the loss. "The lack of sports, not being able to watch sports on the TV or play sports in our communities … has caused a huge loss and certainly so Northern Virginia gyms ready to reopen for Phase Two 06/11/2020 06:40pm • As Northern Virginia enters Phase Two of the state's reopening plan on Friday, gyms in the region are preparing to open their doors once again. “We’re excited to be able to get people back in the gym,” said Justin Case, owner of Underground Athlete in Fairfax County. He said the stay-at- 'This virus is still with us': Northam advises caution as Va. continues reopening process 06/11/2020 05:15pm • FILE -- Serdar Basegmez, owner of Greener Cleaner in the Del Ray area of Alexandria, Virginia, left, has coffee with Paul Tuttle and Dan Stirk at St. Elmos Coffee Pub on Friday, May 29, 2020. (Photo by Pete Marovich for The Washingotn Post) Though Virginia is looking toward Phase Three of its re Hogan: Indoor dining to resume with restrictions on Friday 06/11/2020 07:49am • Citing a decrease in coronavirus numbers based on reopening metrics, indoor dining in Maryland may resume on Friday, with restrictions and capacity. Gov. Larry Hogan said in an update Wednesday that starting Friday at 5 p.m., indoor dining at restaurants can start at 50% capacity, with strict pub Bike boom continues as DC area moves toward reopening 06/10/2020 11:39pm • In the middle of coronavirus-related measures, there has been big jump in bicycle sales in April. And D.C.-area bike shops have been struggling to keep up with the demand. It's not unusual to see a spike in sales as the weather warms up, but this is different, according to Laurie Lemieux, preside DC area has lowest number of people experiencing homelessness since 2001 06/10/2020 09:58pm • The number of people experiencing homelessness in the D.C. area is the lowest since the region started keeping track in 2001. The 2020 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count of Homeless Persons report from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments includes data collected in January from nine area jur Elrich: Montgomery County likely to enter Phase Two 'sometime next week' 06/10/2020 02:14pm • Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said Wednesday that if the latest trends on COVID-19 hold, the county would be "likely" to enter Phase Two of the lifting of safety restrictions "sometime next week." Elrich made the announcement on the county government’s Facebook page Wednesday just aft DC not ready for Phase Two despite coronavirus progress; contact tracing ramps up 06/10/2020 02:05pm • D.C. is making headway on at least one metric it needs to see in order to start Phase Two reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials said Wednesday. There has been a nine-day decrease in community spread. A sustained 14-day decrease is one of the metrics that needs to be hit to move towar Virus pummels global economy, jobs - even without 2nd wave 06/10/2020 06:31am • PARIS (AP) — The virus crisis has triggered the worst global recession in nearly a century -- and the pain is not over yet even if there is no second wave of infections, an international economic report warned Wednesday. Hundreds of millions of people have lost their jobs, and the crisis is hit DC-area blood drives resume after pandemic-related postponements 06/10/2020 04:05am • Starting next week, community blood drives that were suspended in the D.C. area because of the COVID-19 pandemic will resume, and donors are needed. "We are so excited to be back, rolling out in our community starting June 15," said Heather Wade, of Inova Blood Donor Services, which supplies bloo DC-area Catholic churches can reopen for public masses with restrictions 06/09/2020 11:49pm • Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Washington will be allowed to reopen for public masses, but the gatherings will be extremely small. Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory has authorized parishes in D.C. and Montgomery and Prince George's counties to resume public masses, according to a news Hospitality and tourism leaders discuss way forward with DC-area reopening 06/09/2020 09:47pm • With the D.C. area gradually reopening in the upcoming weeks, hospitality and tourism leaders joined a webinar panel to talk about the current roadblocks for the industry’s recovery and how to keep businesses afloat during the process. Hosted by the Greater Washington Board of Trade, hospit 6 ways to help brain damage that can be caused by COVID-19 06/08/2020 10:48pm • People with serious cases of COVID-19 can develop mini blood clots in the brain that cause what are known as silent strokes, resulting in damage. A Northern Virginia neurologist believes damage affecting memory and thinking can be reversed. "If you have had COVID-19 infection and you've left the Prince George's County megachurch reflects on potential reopening plans 06/08/2020 09:42pm • Prince George's County, Maryland, has a number of churches, mosques and synagogues that bring in large numbers of worshippers each week. And while the county moves carefully toward further easing of the COVID-19 restrictions that were imposed starting in mid-March, one megachurch considers what i No indoor dining in Maryland's Phase 2? Disappointed restaurants want change 06/08/2020 08:46pm • People gathered outside Fisherman's Inn in Grasonville, Maryland, which is along the Eastern Shore, to urge Gov. Larry Hogan to act on Monday, June 8, 2020. (Courtesy Restaurant Association of Maryland) Owners and operators of some restaurants and event spaces in Maryland joined together Monday