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Not many public schools offer any kind of shop class anymore, and some students are missing out on early training that could spark an interest in carpentry and lead to a good-paying career as a result.

The District will lift its current mask mandate Nov. 22, removing the requirement for masks to be worn inside most businesses but retaining it for public transportation and some other public settings.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia will lift its indoor mask requirement starting next week, as local COVID-19 infection cases continue to trend downward.

Mayor Muriel Bowser announced D.C. will lift its current mask mandate next Monday, citing the effectiveness of vaccines in preventing most hospitalizations and deaths.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser will lift the District’s indoor mask mandate on Monday, she said during a briefing on Tuesday.

Starting next Monday, D.C. will no longer require mask-wearing in most business settings, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Health director LaQuandra Nesbitt announced Tuesday.

Washington’s local mask mandate, one of the strictest in the nation since late July, will relax greatly beginning Monday, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Tuesday.

Additional protected bicycle lanes have been added to the final plans for the massive reconfiguration project of one of D.C.’s most convoluted intersections.

The District is dropping the mask mandate in most indoor settings as of Monday, saying that the third wave of COVID-19 infections peaked locally in mid-September and has declined since then despite a recent plateau.

Elementary and middle school students in D.C. showed academic progress last school year despite remote learning — but growth rates were still far lower than before the pandemic, according to a study released Tuesday.

D.C. neighborhoods historically populated by residents of color have higher amounts of fine particle pollution and higher rates of disease, according to a recent NASA Earth Observatory study.

Anacostia’s transformation is bringing new sit-down restaurants, businesses, and development to a historic and underserved community.

A new mixed-use development has opened on the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Good Hope Road in Southeast, D.C., and the city hopes it will turn into a gateway for business opportunity and job growth.

The District reached a grim milestone Monday, matching the homicide count from 2020 with another month and a half still left in 2021. The News4 I-Team has been tracking gun violence across the District, on pace to have the highest number…

A final design has been presented for one of DC's most famous and dangerous intersections.

With temps dropping into the low 30s overnight, the District and Montgomery Country are activating their respective hypothermia alerts for the first time this winter. The National Weather Service says wind speeds could reach 18 mph.

Founders Jo McDaniel and Rach Pike just signed a lease for the former District Soul Food and Banana Cafe space.

Alan Banks thought that if he kept moving, people wouldn’t know he didn’t have any place to go.

The tallest building in downtown Washington, besides the Washington Monument, is a monument to another president: Donald J. Trump. Now, the gold letters on the Trump International Hotel could be removed for good: the Trump Organization is…

Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick and student protestors announced a conclusion to more than a month of protests outside of the Blackburn University Center.