WASHINGTON POST: Homeless activists gather Monday to protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices heard City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case centered on an Oregon city’s laws on people camping and […]
WTOP NEWS: A Prince George’s County Council member has reluctantly proposed an expanded curfew, saying there’s “no reason to have a 15-year-old or a 16-year-old” without a chaperone during the wee hours on a school […]
DBK NEWS: The University of Maryland’s campus food pantry saw a more than 60 percent increase in users between 2022 and 2023, according to pantry manager Larry Tumlin. The pantry, which offers students and staff […]
WTOP NEWS: More help is coming in downtown D.C. for residents and business owners who have questions or concerns about crime. The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) announced Tuesday that it was adding a team […]
WTOP NEWS: A Prince George’s County, Maryland, business owner wants you to think before you throw out that used dress or shirt. Sadiqa Brown, co-founder of New Digz Consignment, wants residents to know that donating […]
WTOP NEWS: The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a temporary, alternate channel for vessels involved in the clearing of debris at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, part of a […]
BALTIMORE BANNER: The day after the bodies of two victims were recovered from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the focus at the site of the wreckage turned from recovery to salvage. “This is not […]
WTOP NEWS: More than 12 hours after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning, six members of a road crew who were on the Baltimore bridge at the time it was rammed by a […]
WTOP NEWS: As part of a multimillion dollar rehabilitation project to address flooding issues, officials say 140 of D.C.’s famed cherry trees will be cut down along the Tidal Basin and Potomac River for construction. […]
MARYLAND MATTERS: State health officials have placed their bid for Maryland to be among the first participants in a federal program that will help fund state initiatives to improve patient outcomes and bridge inequities, while […]
MARYLAND MATTERS: In 1996, the Maryland General Assembly spent its entire legislative session debating a proposal to build a new state-funded football stadium in downtown Baltimore, along with plans to spend millions more on infrastructure […]
WTOP NEWS: A Calvert County, Maryland, Animal Control officer swooped in to save a bald eagle after a collision Saturday. A driver alerted Animal Control early Saturday that they collided with an eagle on Route […]
WTOP: Catching litterbugs in the act of dumping, trashing and polluting is at the heart of Prince George’s County, Maryland, using new “covert” cameras. Local leaders have complained about the litter and the outright dumping […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: The Walmart store on H Street in northwest D.C. will close at the end of the month, company officials said. Customers on Tuesday noticed signs announcing the closure. The store’s pharmacy will close […]
HYATTSVILLE WIRE: A multigenerational recreational center is planned for the former site of the Beth Torah synagogue in Hyattsville. The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission plans to use a wooded lot next to the synagogue building at 6710 […]
WTOP: Police in Prince George’s County, Maryland, have arrested and charged Patrick Wojahn, the mayor of College Park, with possession and distribution of child pornography. The mayor has since resigned. According to a news release, the […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks on Tuesday highlighted the minority developers who will play in the development of the Blue Line Corridor. Minority developers are leading the $769 million investment in the […]
WTOP: Maryland is still graduating a high number of students years into the COVID-19 pandemic, but younger students through that same stretch of time are struggling, particularly those that are now in middle school. That’s […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: As the Biden administration prepares to defend its student debt cancellation program before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, data shows that Black borrowers have the most to lose should the justices strike […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: Last week, Bladensburg residents were surprised to see a local church that was purchased last year by developers is being converted to a temporary homeless shelter. County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) was recently […]
BOWIE STATE ATHLETICS: The No. 4 seeded Bowie State Bulldogs will face the No. 5 seeded Elizabeth City State Vikings during the quarterfinal round of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Women’s Basketball Tournament Thursday, Feb. […]
MARYLAND MATTERS: Young people are emerging as advocates in the crisis of youth homelessness in Maryland. In Prince George’s, Baltimore, Frederick and Howard Counties, those efforts are focused at Youth Action Boards, which work to […]
