Washington Post: Fire and EMS departments grapple with long ambulance waits at hospitals amid latest…
The latest surge in coronavirus cases throughout the Washington region has fire and emergency medical service departments wrestling with a tangle of challenges including delays in returning ambulances back to service after hospital…
Washington Post: Hospitals, already under strain from covid cases, discourage ER visits for…
Hospitals in the greater Washington region are discouraging people who are asymptomatic or have mild covid-19 symptoms from seeking coronavirus tests in emergency rooms and urgent care offices, which are already struggling to treat…
Washington Post: D.C. had one of the lowest rates of coronavirus cases in the country. That has…
New York City was America’s first coronavirus epicenter. Then rural communities became the hub, the virus jumping from one region to another as months passed.
Associated Press: Defense secretary taking more authority for use of DC Guard
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Thursday it has streamlined the approval process for urgent use of National Guard forces in the District of Columbia, after months of study following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
DCist: Mosaic Theater Is Collecting H Street Residents’ Protest Stories And Turning Them Into Plays
Mosaic Theater Company is collecting stories from residents of the H Street neighborhood who experienced the 1968 riots in D.C. following Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, and who have reflections on the summer of 2020 protests…
WTOP: As drunk driving deaths in DC drop, some experts concerned ahead of New Year’s Eve
As many people prepare to celebrate the New Year this weekend, D.C. is seeing a positive trend: fewer drunk driving crashes, injuries and arrests.
Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C.’s increasing homicides should serve as a call to action for…
Three days into 2021, Kaailyah Rainey was with her mother on the way home from a family party when someone started shooting in the 3800 block of Wheeler Road in Southeast Washington. A stray bullet shattered the window of their minivan and…
Washington Business Journal: New tenant emerges for former Firehook Bakery spot in Cleveland Park
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.
WTOP: DC ‘closely’ reviewing new CDC guidance
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.
WTOP: New record high for DC median home selling price
The median price of a house or condo that sold in the District in November was $725,000, a new all-time high.
Press Release: Modified District Government Services for New Year’s Day
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 30, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Friday, December 31 and Saturday, January 1, District Government will…
District Links: DC sees record COVID-19 hospitalizations amid winter surge; DC’s child…
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…
Children at risk: City’s child fatality reviews don’t prevent future deaths as intended
Gabriel Eason’s name appeared in broadcast media and newspapers for a few weeks following his death in April 2020 and once again after the November arrests of his mother, Ta’Jeanna Eason, and her boyfriend, Antonio Dale Turner, for…
Eboni-Rose Thompson: Follow — and use — the science in deciding if and when to shift schools to…
We don’t need to just follow the science. We need to actually use it to make reasoned and transparent policy decisions.
The Bowser administration’s Dec. 29 coronavirus situational update included the announcement of expanded testing…
Washington Business Journal: Growing number of D.C.-area universities to start next semester…
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.
Washington Post: District funds help ex-offenders launch businesses. But the path has not been easy…
Some who have completed Aspire see their businesses thriving, while others are finding that being an entrepreneur has many challenges.
WTOP: American University and Georgetown University join other universities in delaying in-person…
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.
Washington Post: D.C. Public Schools will require a negative coronavirus test before students,…
D.C. Public Schools will require a negative coronavirus test for every student and staffer returning after the holiday break.
WTOP: Metro safety commission orders 7000 Series cars pulled from service again
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.
Washington Post: American, Georgetown universities will go virtual for January, citing covid-19
They join other schools in the region in starting the new year online.