WTOP: GWU starts new ‘highly accurate’ coronavirus test
George Washington University launched a new coronavirus testing protocol Thursday — a “highly accurate” one that can provide results within a day or two.
Yearly Archives
2020
DCist: D.C.’s New Eisenhower Memorial Opens After A Bumpy, Two-Decade Journey
The city’s newest memorial honoring the presidential and military legacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower is filled with sounds of jackhammers, pounding concrete, and idling bulldozers. It’s a Friday afternoon, less than a week before it is set to…
Washington Business Journal: Bowser says D.C. businesses need additional federal stimulus to survive
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday the District has spent nearly $1 billion on pandemic-related costs in the six months since the first case was recorded in the District. That spending has hamstrung the city’s ability to offer…
Meredith Tomason in The Post: D.C. can make its streets safer for everyone
My life changed on a perfectly sunny October morning in 2018 when my mother stepped out to buy a hairbrush and never came back. She was struck by the driver of a pickup truck while crossing at 15th and H streets NW, with a new hairbrush in…
WTOP: DC reveals more insight to contact tracing, considers hybrid return to schools in November
A D.C. health official urged more residents who tested positive for coronavirus to better help contact tracers complete necessary interviews within three days.
WTOP: Capital Jewish Museum, set to open in 2022, will incorporate first DC synagogue
After more than a decade of planning and anticipation, construction now can begin on the Capital Jewish Museum in downtown D.C.
DCist: Businesses In D.C.’s Majority Black Neighborhoods Waited 10 Days Longer For Federal Aid
At the start of the pandemic, when shutdown orders went into effect, many businesses faced a frightening scenario: revenue came to an abrupt halt while expenses continued to pile up. But the businesses that most needed help had to wait the…
DCist: PARK(ing) Day Is Back And Bringing Nine New Parklets to D.C.
Local parks have become increasingly popular over the past few months, and D.C. is about to get a bunch more. PARK(ing) Day, an annual event that brings pop-up parks to the District, will return on Sept. 18.
WTOP: DC reveals more insight to contact tracing, preps for future vaccine
A D.C. health official urged more residents who tested positive for coronavirus to better help contact tracers complete necessary interviews within three days.
Washingtonian: DC Mayor Bowser Wants Kids Back in School on November 9
The city is working with public and charter schools to make hybrid learning happen.
DCist: D.C. Is Introducing New Coronavirus Metrics To Make It Easier For The Public To Understand
On Thursday, D.C. officials said they are introducing new, easier-to-understand metrics for the public to better track the spread of the coronavirus.
WTOP: Election 2020 DC voter guide: What to know
D.C. residents won’t only be casting a ballot for the U.S. president this November amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
DCist: Three Weeks Into The Academic Year, Thousands Of D.C. Students Still Haven’t Enrolled In…
About 4,500 fewer students are enrolled in D.C. schools this academic year compared to the same time last year, officials said, as schools across the city try new ways to reach families during the pandemic.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: A requiem for all the mom-and-pop shops shut down by the pandemic
“Wagner Opticians,” she said, answering her mobile phone with a crisp office voice.
Washington Post Editorial Board: The D.C. Metro could be unrecognizable next year
DRASTIC SERVICE cuts are ahead for the D.C. area’s transit system as officials face a loss of roughly a tenth of the network’s current operating revenue. For a fuller grasp of the potential meltdown facing Metro — second in subway…
City Paper: Landlords Don’t Want the D.C. Council to Extend Its Blanket Eviction Moratorium
Landlords are fighting a legal battle against D.C.'s ban on eviction filings. A judge will eventually decide whether the moratorium violates their constitutional rights.
Washingtonian: Ben’s Chili Bowl Will Host Its First-Ever Pop-Up With Kwame Onwuachi
The former Kith and Kin chef will add Trinidadian flavor to the classic half-smoke
DCist: D.C. Mutual Aid Groups, A Lifeline For Many During The Pandemic, Face Dwindling Funds And…
Miriam Perlacio lived in Ward 2 for 15 years, and remembers how much her neighbors supported her after she immigrated to this country from Peru. She spoke to DCist/WAMU as she was setting up a clothing swap in the Logan Circle neighborhood…
Washington Post: Contact-tracing challenges hurt D.C.’s efforts to control virus’s spread, health…
A lack of information from some D.C. residents who test positive for the novel coronavirus is hurting the city’s efforts to corral the virus’s spread, officials said Thursday.
WTOP: DC preps for future coronavirus vaccine roll out
D.C. is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and updating its data systems to prepare for the possible roll out of a coronavirus vaccine.