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The District has followed Montgomery County, Maryland, in setting up curbside pickup zones near restaurants to make it easier for customers to get their food and beverages to go.

The D.C. Department of Health confirmed Wednesday the District’s third death from the novel coronavirus.

D.C. officials are crying foul over a provision of the Senate’s $2 trillion recovery bill that gives each of the 50 states at least $1.25 billion in direct aid while providing D.C. with less than half that amount.

The $2 trillion federal coronavirus relief bill could shortchange the District by an estimated $750 million by treating the nation’s capital as a U.S. territory, even though Washington has more confirmed cases than many states.

Rocks were hurled through windows at Busboys and Poets as well as Turning Natural juice bar in Anacostia, and the culprits grabbed the cash registers. The incidents were, in the words of one owner, “such a small thing,” given worries over…

The District plans to open six emergency child-care facilities Thursday to serve the children of health-care workers during the coronavirus crisis, city officials said.

Men at Hope Village, a 300-bed halfway house in southeast D.C., say concerns over coronavirus have left them locked inside the facility without access to essential supplies and toiletries.

“As a society, we must do everything we can to reduce the transmission of the virus. Jails and prisons are super high-risk breeding grounds.”

TheatreWashington plans to distribute $500 grants to actors and theatermakers, and it hopes to double the amount of its emergency fund.

The lights are out at businesses across the region as a result of COVID-19 restrictions, but the percolators are still going at a handful of coffee shops.

With D.C. restaurants closed to on-site patrons in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, city transportation officials have set up 20 designated locations where residents and delivery workers can stand in their vehicles to pick up or…

The coronavirus and its economic fallout have already led developers to begin halting projects, but those still looking to move forward face new delays as government agencies adjust to working remotely.

For two weeks, we have been watching our lives, our economy, and our government dramatically change with the actions we need to take to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

More than a decade ago, the Washington National Cathedral purchased thousands of the now highly-sought N95 masks just in case the bird flu ever started wreaking havoc here. It didn’t.

The pandemic has changed how D.C. political candidates campaign for office, as would-be lawmakers forgo door knocking, meet-and-greets, and other events that bring them into contact with the voters they’re otherwise desperate to reach. But…

Effie Avner says his Metrobus is still packed these days.

Thousands of Americans are stranded overseas, stuck in place by quickly enacted airport closures and flight cancelations. Among them are U.S. citizens from the D.C. region who were locked down in El Salvador. Some travelers are elderly;…

With a mass-exodus of interns, WISH saw a way to help hospital staff fighting Covid-19.

Rebecca Lee Funk, the founder of District clothing retailer and community-activism hub The Outrage, considers giving back a key part of her business model: The 14th Street NW store donates to progressive causes using the money it has left…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday joined the governors of Maryland and Virginia in ordering the closure of some non-essential businesses such as salons, barber shops and tattoo parlors.