December 2021

Captain Cookie and the Milkman may soon be coming to a Cleveland Park storefront as it seeks to expand its footprint in the D.C. region.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday that city health officials are “closely” reviewing revamped COVID-19 guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The median price of a house or condo that sold in the District in November was $725,000, a new all-time high.

A key aim of the reforms to the District's child welfare system undertaken over the past three decades was preventing future deaths by setting up a system to review the circumstances surrounding all child fatalities in the District. But…

Many of the D.C. region's colleges and universities are now planning to start the spring semester virtually in response to the huge surge of Covid-19 cases sweeping the region and the nation.

Some who have completed Aspire see their businesses thriving, while others are finding that being an entrepreneur has many challenges.

Two additional D.C. universities will delay in-person instruction with the start the spring semester virtually due to the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the D.C. region.

D.C. Public Schools will require a negative coronavirus test for every student and staffer returning after the holiday break.

Metro’s oversight agency has ordered the transit system to pull all its 7000 Series railcars, which it has been gradually rolling out after an investigation into a derailment on the Blue Line that revealed a wheel defect.

They join other schools in the region in starting the new year online.

The commission directed Metro to overhaul its return-to-service plan for its 7000-series rail cars

The 7000-series trains will again be completely removed from service after the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) found Metro ran railcars that didn’t meet the required criteria.

Maryland and the District set records Wednesday for patients hospitalized with covid-19, as the region headed into a new chapter of the coronavirus pandemic, in which many people are safer from severe disease due to vaccines but the highly…

Universities across the region are starting the semester with virtual classes or delaying student return as COVID cases surge to record highs.

Elyn Zimmerman’s massive sculpture Marabar will move from the headquarters of the National Geographic Society off 17th Street, northwest, to a spot across the street from American University’s Katzen Art Center, the New York Times reports.…

Students and staff in the Washington D.C. public school system will need to test negative for COVID-19 in order to return to the classrooms from winter break next Wednesday.

Every student and staff member at DCPS schools and most charter schools will be required to report a negative COVID test before returning to the classroom after winter break.