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Local News April 22, 2024

Activists at Supreme Court Protest Move to Penalize Homelessness

by Kyle Swenson

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 […]

Local News April 18, 2024

PGC Council Introduces Voluntary Curfew Legislation Ahead in Time for Summer Months

by John Domen

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 […]

Local News April 17, 2024

UMD Food Pantry Sees 60% Increase in Need

by Irit Skulnik

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 […]

Local News April 9, 2024

Concerns About Crime in Downtown DC? Talk to the People Wearing Red Shirts

by Nick Lannelli

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 […]

Local News April 8, 2024

PGC Company ‘New Digz’ Offer a More Sustainable Way to Sell, Buy Clothes

by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant

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 […]

Local News April 1, 2024

A Channel Has Opened for Vessels Clearing Wreckage at the Baltimore Bridge Collapse Site

by The Associated Press

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 […]

Local News March 28, 2024

Recovery Efforts at Key Bridge Shift to Salvage Operation

by Hugo Kugiya

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 […]

Local News March 26, 2024

Search For 6 Missing Construction Workers Continues After Baltimore Key Bridge Collapse

by Jessica Kronzer

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 […]

Local News March 21, 2024

140 Iconic DC Cherry Trees to Be Removed for 3-Year Repair Project at Tidal Basin

by Jessica Kronzer

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. […]

Local News March 20, 2024

Md. Health Officials Have Applied for New Federal ‘AHEAD Model.’ Here’s What It Means.

by Danielle J. Brown

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 […]

Local News March 18, 2024

Another Legislative Session, Another Late, High-Priced Debate Over Sports Venues

by Josh Kurtz

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 […]

Local News March 13, 2024

Bald Eagle Rescued from Car Grill After Collision in Maryland

by Thomas Robertson

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 […]

Local News January 11, 2024

Maryland Among States Joining the New Summer Meal Program for Low-Income Kids

by Ashley Murray

MARYLAND MATTERS: Children from low-income families in 35 states, four tribes and all U.S. territories will now receive permanent food assistance during the summer months when schools are closed, leaving children in 15 states excluded […]

Local News January 10, 2024

DC-Area Airports Set Daily Rainfall Records

by Tucker Barnes

FOX 5 DC: Washington, D.C. area airports set daily rainfall records Tuesday as a powerful storm moved across the region. Tucker Barnes said 2.24 inches was reported at Reagan National Airport, 1.76 inches was reported at […]

Local News January 4, 2024

Eagle Harbor Activists Hope Federal Aid Will Help Boost Environmental Restoration

by Shifra Dayak

MARYLAND MATTERS: James Crudup has vivid memories of traveling to Seagull Beach in Charles County during his teenage years. “I remember that water being just as clear as if we were in Florida…that’s the way […]

Local News January 4, 2024

TGI Fridays Shutters Five D.C.-Area Restaurants in Two Weeks

by Michael Neibauer

WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL: TGI Fridays has culled the herd in Greater Washington. TGI Fridays has shuttered five D.C.-area restaurants in two weeks, four in Northern Virginia and one in suburban Maryland. The restaurant chain announced […]

Local News January 2, 2024

‘Favorable Conditions’ for Winter Storm This Weekend in DC Area

by Abigail Constantino

WTOP NEWS: The full force of winter could be coming to the D.C. region early in 2024, with an evolving storm system that could result in snowfall in parts of the area this weekend. Here’s […]

Local News December 29, 2023

Bowser Administration Confident DC Crime Lab Won’t Lose its Accreditation Again

by Neal Augenstein

WTOP NEWS: Now that the D.C. crime lab’s forensic biology and forensic chemistry units have gotten their accreditation back, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration said it’s confident it won’t be lost again. The ANSI National Accreditation […]

Local News December 29, 2023

Baby Charm is Here! Mayor Brandon Scott and Fiancée Hana Pugh Welcome Baby Boy

by Emily Sullivan

BALTIMORE BANNER: Mayor Brandon Scott and his fiancée Hana Pugh welcomed his first child on Tuesday. “Last night, we were blessed with the healthy and safe arrival of baby Charm,” Scott wrote Wednesday in a post on […]

Local News December 28, 2023

Initiative Aims to Bring Breath of Fresh Air to Disinvested Communities

by Rosanne Skirble

MARYLAND MATTERS: Corliss Billips has lived in Baltimore near Morgan State University for 48 years. It’s where she’s owned her home, raised three children, and recently retired as a fraud investigator for the city’s state’s […]

Local News December 27, 2023

What’s Open, What’s Closed in the DC Region on New Year’s Day 2024

by Jessica Kronzer

WTOP NEWS: Get your champagne and noisemakers ready — it’s almost time to ring in 2024. But to help with celebrations, here’s what you need to know about closures around the D.C. area on New […]

Local News December 27, 2023

New Monument Honoring Black Revolutionary War Soldiers Planned for Maryland State House

by Bryan Sears

WTOP NEWS: A new monument honoring Black Revolutionary War soldiers is being planned for the Maryland State House grounds. The monument stems from a proposal by Steven X. Lee, an adjunct history professor at Stevenson […]

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