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Wegmans now limiting the number of customers in stores 04/10/2020 09:02am • Wegmans is now limiting the number of customers in its local stores during the coronavirus outbreak. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin) Wegmans joins other grocery stores, including Giant and Safeway, in limiting the number of customers in its Washington-area stores at any given time. While Wegmans did no Stuck at home cooking? Try DoubleTree’s secret cookie recipe 04/10/2020 08:25am • DoubleTree by Hilton has released a bake-at-home version of its secret chocolate chip cookie recipe, the same cookies baked fresh and served warm to arriving guests at each of its hotels. (Courtesy DoubleTree by Hilton) They’ve been baked in space, handed out to 30 million guests a year and no Coronavirus pandemic forces Fairfax Co. to revise budget, eliminate proposed tax hikes 04/10/2020 07:05am • Taxes won't be going up in Virginia's Fairfax County after the county executive revised the proposed budget because of the coronavirus pandemic. And a new tax on movie, theater and concert tickets has been eliminated from the new Fairfax County FY 2021 Budget proposed by County Executive Bryan Hi Fairfax County considers early release of jail inmates during pandemic 04/09/2020 11:13pm • Fairfax County, Virginia's top prosecutor took a bold step toward reviewing who needs to be in the county's jail in hopes of reducing the number of people confined in a space that could easily become a breeding ground for the novel coronavirus. "We can do more, and we should do more," Commonwealt Prince William Co. school nurses answer hotline calls during coronavirus closures 04/09/2020 08:31pm • School nurses from Prince William County, Virginia, are volunteering with the Prince William Health District call center. "Since we aren't currently serving students in the school setting, it seems fitting that we serve them and their families in the communities at-large," said Glorya Jordan, Maryland boy spends savings to make care packages for seniors staying home 04/09/2020 08:26pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '59478a05-1daa-4f29-ac36-b3e1bfa21c88' }).render("564615362caa1596");}); Would you spend your life savings to help Coronavirus updates: Shoppers in Montgomery Co. must wear face covering starting Monday 04/09/2020 07:00pm • A supermarket employee at a Giant in Alexandria, Virginai cleans a self-checkout station. (Courtesy Shannon Finney/shannonfinneyphotography.com) The latest Starting on Monday, shoppers in Montgomery County, Maryland, will need to wear cloth masks or face coverings when they go to grocery stor Nearly 100 in Congress urge coronavirus pandemic funding for DC 04/09/2020 06:15pm • Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., asks a question of Corey Lewandowski, the former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Nearly 100 members of Congress are urging the House leadership t 'Quiet before the storm': Md. advocate concerned about domestic violence amid pandemic 04/09/2020 04:55pm • The new coronavirus pandemic is forcing many to be stuck at home and adding more stress into the mix. It’s a bad recipe for those already fearful of domestic violence. While stay-at-home orders are in place in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, "for many survivors, staying at home is not necessarily 12 Northern Virginia ABC stores to close temporarily 04/09/2020 03:41pm • The closures, which could last until at least April 30, come as stores deal with reduced staffing levels with some workers under self-quarantine. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/franticstudio) Twelve ABC liquor stores in Northern Virginia will close starting Monday, the state's Alcoholic Beverage Cont Predicting the peak of the coronavirus outbreak in Maryland is an inexact science 04/09/2020 03:17pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A statistical analysis suggests that COVID-19 deaths in Maryland and the virus’s impact on the state’s health system will peak late next Local construction sites among those pausing for coronavirus 04/09/2020 01:30pm • Construction has largely continued during the pandemic, but at some job sites here and across the country, it paused on Thursday. The pauses were for what are called "safety stand downs," or safety briefings that in this case are about the coronavirus. “The most important thing is that every Virginia governor seeks more data on how COVID-19 affects minorities 04/09/2020 08:26am • Part of trying to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus includes understanding who is most at risk. That's why Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is seeking more data on how COVID-19 is affecting minorities. Although the Virginia Department of Health is one from approximately a dozen states — in Leesburg woman who thinks she beat coronavirus offers advice 04/09/2020 07:01am • Amy Bobchek, of Leesburg, Virginia, thinks she has recovered from COVID-19. Now, she wants to help others. (Courtesy Amy Bobchek) While it may seem that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is an uphill battle, one Loudoun County, Virginia, woman thinks she won her fight with the disease and kept he Coronavirus pandemic triggers some local little free libraries to adapt 04/09/2020 06:31am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '700360b9-db42-451f-ac3a-42ff123bf685' }).render("11361536499b0fa8");}); Little free libraries are a growing phe