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Heather Mizeur, former Takoma Park City councilmember and former state delegate representing Montgomery County, announced she is challenging Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD. 1) in 2022. In a video Thursday, Mizeur said Harris’ actions on Jan. 6 prove he should not represent the 1st district, which includes the Eastern Shore and parts of Baltimore, Harford and […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics for Jan. 28 The Maryland Department of Health reported 326 new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County Thursday morning. The county’s cumulative case count is currently 58,011. Montgomery County recorded two new coronavirus-related fatalities Thursday, bringing the death toll to 1,250. The county has a rolling seven-day average of 5.63% for positive COVID-19 […]

What started as 19 options to reduce traffic congestion on I-270 and I-495 has boiled down to one. State highway officials chose their preferred alternative which would add high-occupancy toll lanes in both directions on both roads. The Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration recommended adding toll lanes across the American Legion Bridge north […]

Initial claims for unemployment filed by Montgomery County residents rose slightly during the week ending Jan. 23. Last week, 4,844 residents filed initial claims, according to the Maryland Department of Labor (DOL). That is an increase of more than 300 new claims as compared with the prior week’s filings, which ended on Jan. 26. During that […]

County Executive Marc Elrich announced that Montgomery County is teaming up with Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) to begin vaccinating eligible residents and Montgomery County Public Schools employees this week. The aim of the initiative is to vaccinate as many teachers as possible to prepare for schools to reopen. The announcement comes as Gov. Larry Hogan […]

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that overall COVID-19 vaccine allocations to states will increase from about 8.6 million doses to about 10 million beginning next week. The weekly increase will last for three weeks, said the White House. The Washington Post reported that according to senior Biden administration officials, the increase will primarily come from […]

A Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services inspector revisited the Clarksburg Tavern and determined it was no longer in violation of county and state orders concerning COVID-19. According to the report, the inspector visited the Tavern on Jan. 22 and determined that it was in compliance.  At the time of the visit, according […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics for Jan. 27, 2021 The Maryland Department of Health reported 359 new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County Wednesday morning. The county’s cumulative case count is 57,685. Montgomery County recorded eight new coronavirus-related fatalities Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 1,248. As of Wednesday, 26 schools in the state are reporting COVID-19 cases, […]

Montgomery County can only administer as many doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as it receives and with limited supplies, that is not enough, according to county officials. While the county boasts of administering 95 percent of the doses it receives weekly, it ranks near or at the bottom of counties in Maryland for administering the […]

El lunes, el representante de los Estados Unidos Jamie Raskin (D-Md.8), y gerente principal del juicio político, llevó a ocho gerentes de juicio político de la Cámara al Senado para entregar un artículo de juicio político contra el expresidente Donald Trump. La Cámara de Representantes votó el 13 de enero para acusar al ex presidente […]