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Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich announced during a Wednesday afternoon media briefing plans for Phase 2 reopening. If county COVID-19 data trends continue, Elrich, accompanied by county Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles and county Emergency Management Director Dr. Earl Stoddard during the briefing, said the next phase of reopening would likely begin the week of […]

Black Lives Matter protesters gathered by the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) 1st District station in Gaithersburg on Wednesday. A few protesters said they asked officers who were congregated by the main building to join and listen in on what was being said. Eventually, a few came and stood nearby. “I’d rather have them in […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics Wednesday morning the Maryland Department of Health reported 13,124 cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, which is a 1.2% increase from the 12,968 cases reported Tuesday. Since the first case in March, 633 county residents have died from COVID-19. This is an increase of five deaths since Tuesday, according to the […]

Montgomery County and Maryland State Police responded to a collision on southbound I-270 near Falls Road Tuesday around 7:15 p.m. The crash involved five vehicles. Four people were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Maryland State Police assisted with the lane closures, according to a spokesperson for the state police. Maryland Emergency Medical Services, […]

Extremely high temperatures are expected to be met with severe storms Wednesday afternoon in Montgomery County. Weather forecasts are projecting a possible hail storm, with wind gusts reaching up to over 2o miles an hour. Temperatures are expected to peak in the upper 90s with high levels of humidity throughout the afternoon as well. According […]

A shooting in Silver Spring Monday is being investigated by the Maryland National Capital Park Police, Montgomery County Division. According to police, there is no evidence that anyone was struck. However, they believe the shooting may not have been random. An unknown shooter fired approximately seven to eight rounds toward five unidentified black males at Edgewood […]

El concejal del condado de Montgomery, Will Jawando, presentó una resolución para declarar el racismo como una emergencia de salud pública, en una reunión del Concejo el martes. El concejal Jawando mencionó que “los problemas de salud racial han estado en curso y que son aún más obvios en este momento”. “Las disparidades de salud […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Will Jawando introduced a resolution to declare racism a public health emergency at a council meeting Tuesday.  He discussed the killings of black people, like George Floyd, by police officers.  “It’s long past time we focus on the direct link to these deaths and these poor outcomes: racism,” Jawando said. He brought […]

Although the number of people going to the hospital with COVID-19 is decreasing, patients stay for longer periods of time which helps explain why the acute care bed capacity metric falls behind others.  Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles discussed this ?? at a county council meeting Tuesday. The three-day average for acute care […]

The Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection has warned of increased phishing scams that take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic and teleworking conditions. On Tuesday, the Office of Consumer Protection issued a warning via Twitter that cyber criminals have been “ramping up malicious phishing scams.” The global pandemic, coupled with the new norm of teleworking, […]