Montgomery Community Media

The school year will begin with virtual learning for MCPS students on August 31. According to Superintendent Jack Smith, students are expected to start gradually returning to classrooms sometime in November, depending on the status of the COVID-19 health crisis. Meanwhile, county leaders say the process relies heavily on local case number data. During his […]

Según reportó el periódico The Washington Post en un artículo, los datos más recientes muestran que los 200,000 residentes hispanos del condado de Montgomery representan más de dos tercios de las nuevas infecciones, a pesar de que son sólo una quinta parte de la población del condado. Los defensores atribuyen la disparidad en parte a […]

Detectives of the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) are continuing to investigate the burglary of a CVS Pharmacy in Germantown. At about 11:36 p.m. on June 25, officers responded to a burglary alarm caused by forced entry through the CVS’ vestibule. Surveillance video shows that the male suspect tried to gain entry into the store’s […]

El estado de Maryland descubrió una “empresa criminal masiva y sofisticada” de fraude de seguro de desempleo, anunció el gobernador Larry Hogan en una conferencia de prensa, el miércoles. El Gobernador dijo que el crimen involucra robo de identidad generalizado y más de 47,000 reclamos fraudulentos por un total de más de $501 millones de […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics Thursday morning the Maryland Department of Health reported 16,056 cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, which is an increase of 70 from the 15,986 cases reported Wednesday. Since the first case in March, 725 county residents have died from COVID-19. There were no new deaths in the last 24 hours. More Montgomery […]

Ridge Road at Bloom Drive in Damascus is temporarily closed in both directions due to a two vehicle collision involving a pick up and dump truck. At around 9 a.m. Thursday, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Squad responded to the incident. MCFRS Emergency Medical and Integrated Healthcare Services is evaluating one adult trauma patient to […]

The state of Maryland uncovered a “massive, sophisticated criminal enterprise” of unemployment insurance fraud, Gov. Larry Hogan announced at a press conference Wednesday.  He said the crime involves widespread identity theft and more than 47,000 fraudulent claims totaling over $501 million. Department of Labor Secretary Tiffany Robinson explained that the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program […]

During his weekly virtual media briefing on Wednesday, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich addressed continued COVID-19 testing efforts. “We continue to increase our testing…our target is to test as many people as we can possibly test”, Elrich said. The County Executive says although more than 145,000 residents have been tested, local officials are looking into […]

School officials plan to announce a date on which they hope students will begin phasing back into school on Aug. 6, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Dr. Jack Smith said at a media briefing Wednesday.  Smith emphasized that if COVID-19 cases increase dramatically and if trends change for the worse, MCPS may have to […]

Wednesday Montgomery County released an update on the public health metrics used to guide the reopening of businesses and services. There have been 15,986 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 […]