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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.

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor March 25, 2020 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the District Department of Health (DC Health) published information for residents…

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.

Good Wednesday afternoon. DC residents can expect a wireless emergency alert on their cellphones tonight from the DC government urging them to stay at home and ensuring that they know about the impending closure of nonessential businesses…

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.

The three kindergartners logged on. One was in pajamas. They squealed when they saw each other. The teacher, Epernay Kyles, greeted each of them by name. She said hello to the children who couldn’t log on to Zoom, the videoconferencing…

Metro is closing more than a dozen stations for an indefinite period beginning Thursday morning.

Metro is taking the dramatic step of closing 19 stations in an effort to save dwindling cleaning resources to combat the coronavirus, while also protecting more of its employees from potential exposure to the virus, the agency announced…

Local officials in the D.C. region are moving swiftly to alleviate the economic hardship caused by the novel coronavirus, dipping into reserves to fund relief packages for local businesses and proposing additional resources for health-care…