33+ min ago   (1402+ words) Summer is nearly over, folks. Though some area school districts have only been back in session for a week, all public schools in the D.C. area will be closed for Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 7. Here’s what else you need to…...

8+ hour, 28+ min ago   (441+ words) In 2019, Christopher Stewart started paying students in D.C. to work in a school library and learn about the field. The concept is similar to a paid internship, with students helping with research and shelving books. The goal is to increase students…...

9+ hour, 59+ min ago   (372+ words) A federal judge got an update Thursday at a hearing on the plan for the Trump administration’s major renovation at East Potomac Golf Course, and the public found out that a lot more trees have been taken down than anyone…...

10+ hour, 17+ min ago   (388+ words) The effects of April’s catastrophic freeze are showing up at local orchards, where the chance to pick your own apples is slim this year. In a recent social media post for Germantown, Maryland’s Butler’s Orchard, Tyler Butler offers what he…...

11+ hour, 40+ min ago   (195+ words) The Trump administration said Thursday that excavation work will start over the next two weeks on the site where it plans to build a towering, gilded arch, a project that is facing a lawsuit and that critics say will disrupt…...

13+ hour, 16+ min ago   (416+ words) This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Read the story at Maryland Matters. Justices on the Supreme Court of Maryland had questions for both sides during two hours of arguments Thursday on whether a…...

14+ hour, 5+ min ago   (208+ words) Two Montgomery County Public School students brought weapons to the Magruder High School campus in Derwood, Maryland, Thursday morning, police said. Montgomery County police said it happened in two separate incidents around 8:45 a.m. While the school was investigating reports of a…...

13+ hour, 45+ min ago   (759+ words) Billed as “the world’s largest” celebration of global Black music and culture, Afro Plus Fest is taking over 35 acres outside Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, from Friday through Sunday. The three-day lineup includes artists like Tems, Ayra Starr, Davido, Wizkid…...

15+ hour, 21+ min ago   (115+ words) Micah Sam, of Brandywine, was charged with possession of explosive material with intent to create a destructive device and conspiring to create an explosive device, according to online court records. A lieutenant in the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office was…...

16+ hour, 2+ min ago   (118+ words) One person is dead after a three-vehicle crash in Prince George’s County, Maryland, late Wednesday night, police said. Prince George’s County police wrote in a social media post that the collision happened on Maryland Route 210 near Palmer Road just before…...