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A D.C. bar defended by conservatives after alleged violations of the city’s vaccine and mask regulations faces suspension of its liquor license, officials said Thursday.

Metro says it will restore regular weekday bus service starting Feb. 7, as its employees recover from the omicron wave.

Metrobus service had been reduced to a weekend schedule due to large numbers of operators sickened from the omicron coronavirus variant.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is touting a new milestone in the transit agency’s installation of new, improved faregates at “nearly” 50% of Metro stations around the D.C. area.

Mayor Muriel Bowser has extended D.C.’s indoor mask mandate for another month, as COVID-19 cases are still high albeit rapidly dropping. D.C. residents and visitors will have to mask up in public, indoor spaces until at least Feb 28.

Mayor Muriel Bowser has extended the District's indoor mask mandate through Feb. 28, in part to coincide with cold winter temperatures likely to facilitate the spread of COVID-19 by keeping people inside.

With temperatures plummeting into the teens, volunteers in D.C. headed out Wednesday night to survey how many people were sleeping on the streets as part of an annual effort to measure homelessness.

DC fans of restaurateurs Keith McNally and Stephen Starr will be excited by this news.

The D.C. State Board of Education (DC SBOE) recently approved a resolution that the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) will take into consideration as it mulls how to revamp the DC School Report Card, a tool District…

Former residents of Ward 6 who reside in the Navy Yard vicinity appear not to be overly concerned about becoming a part of Ward 8 as redrawing the boundaries for advisory neighborhood commission districts takes shape.

On Tuesday, Jan. 25, longstanding concerns about insufficient COVID-19 mitigation in D.C. schools resulted in scores of disgruntled students to either stay home or leave their respective school grounds during lunch hour.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the launch of a direct cash assistance program for new and expectant parents in wards 5, 7 and 8 on Jan. 13.

In an effort to better prepare incoming nurses for the medical field that awaits them during this unprecedented time, the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) will attempt to transform how nursing students are taught to treat…

Small business owners in D.C. who are struggling to stay afloat amid the staffing shortage created by the omicron variant and the “great resignation” are getting a boost through grant funding.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued an executive order Wednesday extending the limited public health emergency in the District until Feb. 15 and the indoor mask mandate until the end of February.

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser will extend the District’s indoor mask requirement until the end of February, she announced Wednesday, rather than allowing the mandate to expire at the end of the month.

D.C.’s newest queer cafe and lounge, As You Are Bar, is one step closer to opening. Its owners on Tuesday reached an agreement with its Barracks Row neighbors over noise and safety concerns.

At lunchtime, 17-year-old Jabari Paul steers clear of the cafeteria at his D.C. high school.

By the end of this year, D.C. should have its first live theater dedicated to watching and playing professional video games, or esports.