Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County leaders continue to look into expanding COVID-19 testing for residents. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich says he recently met with leaders from both the Latino and African American communities to see how the county can address some disparities and bring testing deeper into communities. There have been reports of an increase in the […]

Los miembros del Concejo del Condado de Montgomery, Gabe Albornoz y Nancy Navarro, planean presentar el 21 de julio una asignación especial: “Por Nuestra Salud y Bienestar”, una iniciativa que busca proporcionar servicios sociales y de salud relacionados con COVID-19, diseñados para atacar las necesidades de los residentes latinos del condado. En todo el país […]

The Montgomery County Department of General Services and Office of Procurement made a purchase of nearly $15 million for personal protective equipment [PPE] within the past month, according to county leaders. Office of Emergency Management Director, Dr. Earl Stoddard says this is a continuous effort to make sure that the county is prepared amid the […]

Montgomery County Councilmembers Gabe Albornoz and Nancy Navarro are planning to introduce a special appropriation on July 21 to create Por Nuestra Salud y Bienestar (For Our Health and Wellbeing), an initiative to provide health and social services related to COVID-19 that are tailored to the needs of the county’s Latino residents. Across the country […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics Friday morning the Maryland Department of Health reported 16,153 cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, which is an increase of 97 from the 16,056 cases reported Thursday. Since the first case in March, 728 county residents have died from COVID-19. This is an increase of three since Thursday. More Montgomery County […]

A driver was killed and a passenger severely injured in a crash July 16 in Takoma Park that police believe began as an assault. Takoma Park Police responded to Walnut and Eastern avenues after hearing sounds of a car crash at 10:50 p.m. They found a 1997 Subaru that had crashed into a tree and […]

A Gaithersburg man was arrested and charged with attempted second-degree rape and second-degree assault of a woman he was tattooing in his home.  Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) detectives arrested Corey Antonio DeVaul, 28, on Sunday. On Saturday, an adult female called police to report that she was sexually assaulted by DeVaul as he tattooed […]

Thursday Montgomery County released an update on the public health metrics used to guide the reopening of businesses and services. There have been 16,056 cases and 725 deaths in the county since the first three cases were confirmed in March. The county health department is tracking three categories of information including the number of COVID-19 […]

Maryland’s federal legislators announced July 16 the awarding of almost $400,000 for firefighters in Montgomery County to continue purchasing personal protective equipment. Montgomery County will receive $357,800 and the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad will receive $45,780 through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Assistance to Firefighters – COVID-19 Supplemental program. “Each and every day, Maryland’s firefighters […]

If non-compliance with COVID-19 guidelines continues in bars and restaurants, Maryland may have to reconsider the reopenings it’s allowed so far, Gov. Larry Hogan said at a press conference Wednesday.  “At this point we’re trying to crack down on the bad apples without killing the entire industry and all those folks that work there and […]