WAMU: The National Zoo Reopens After Pandemic Closure
The Smithsonian National Zoo reopened its gates to the public Friday for the first time since closing at the start of the pandemic.
Washington Post: Zoo reopens to the delight of children and the relief of parents
Aundrea Wilcox and her husband, Matt, packed up their three kids and the double stroller and the umbrellas, jumped in the car and in the rain drove 60 miles from their home in Fredericksburg to be at the National Zoo when it reopened…
DCist: D.C. Cites More Than 40 Restaurants For Violating Phase Two Reopening Rules
The city’s Alcohol Beverage Regulation Administration on Wednesday released a list of restaurants cited for violating the agency’s Phase Two reopening orders that went into effect on June 22. ABRA has inspected more than 150 establishments…
DCist: Bowser Pushes For More Polling Places To Open In D.C. For November’s Election
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has proposed a bill that would require at least 80 polling places be open for the November election, though she says she would rather see the D.C. Board of Elections open all 144 polling places that are used during…
DCist: Former Howard University Associate Director Pleads Guilty To Defrauding School Of Over…
A former associate director at Howard University plead guilty on Friday to defrauding the school of more than $100,000.
Washington Post: Kennedy Center cuts nearly 30 percent of its administrative staff
The Kennedy Center laid off 64 employees and shed an additional 47 vacant positions on Friday, representing nearly 30 percent of its administrative staff. The cuts came a day after officials unveiled a performance schedule that will be…
District Links: DC sets quarantine rule for travelers; how city lost nearly $54M via its trash…
TGIF. Beginning next Monday, DC will require people coming from "high-risk areas" to self-quarantine for 14 days, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced today. While the city hasn't released a list of places under the order — Maryland and Virginia…
UrbanTurf: A 9-Unit Mixed-Use Project Proposed Near DC’s Starburst Intersection
A new residential development is planned just off DC's Starburst Plaza.
Washingtonian: DC Now Requires a Quarantine for People Who Travel to Covid Hot Spots
Anyone who engages in non-essential travel to one of the listed areas will have to quarantine for 14 days
Washington Business Journal: Bowser imposes 14-day quarantine for those who had nonessential travel…
People coming into D.C. from areas with high risk of Covid-19 infection will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days, according to a new order issued Friday by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.
WTOP: Smithsonian’s National Zoo welcomes visitors back
The National Zoo reopened Friday, one of two Smithsonian institutions to begin welcoming visitors again since the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown that began in March. Some things have changed, though.
DCist: Bowser Orders Mandatory Self-Quarantine For Nonessential Travelers From ‘High-Risk’ Areas
Beginning on Monday, July 27, people traveling into D.C. from what the city is calling “high-risk areas” will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days.
Washington Post: Bowser says people coming from coronavirus hot spots must quarantine for 14 days…
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Friday said people coming from coronavirus hot spots must quarantine for 14 days when arriving in the city.
WTOP: Nonessential travelers to DC from ‘high-risk areas’ will need to self-quarantine
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a new order Friday requiring people coming to the District from “high-risk areas” after nonessential travel to self-quarantine for 14 days.
DCist: Power Restored At United Medical Center After Heavy Overnight Storms Caused Outage
Power was restored at United Medical Center around 10:14 a.m., according to spokesperson Toya Carmichael, bringing the facility back to 100 percent operational. The facility experienced a limited power outage beginning at 8:56 p.m last…
Washington Post: D.C.-area lightning display astonishes onlookers: ‘Never seen an electrical storm…
The intense storms also produced flooding rain.
Press Release: Norton Amendment to Fund Law School Clinics to Address Backlog of VA Disability…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 24, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that her amendment to provide $1 million for law school clinical…
Deadspin: D.C. Protesters Turn to ‘Midnight Yoga’ to Cope with Police Violence
Saturday night marked another session of “Midnight Yoga” on Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington D.C.
The DC Lineup for this weekend: Nats, nature and … more nature
A delayed start to the baseball season makes these past couple of days in July feel a bit like the start of spring — well, except for the weather. Nature and recreation are fittingly the themes in the DC Lineup for this weekend, July 24 to…
UrbanTurf: A Small Landlords Trade Group Calls for Emergency Rental Assistance in DC
One month after the Small Multifamily Owners Association (SMOA) launched in DC, the trade group is launching a campaign for emergency rental assistance.