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This week, Costco announced that healthcare workers and first responders have priority access to enter their warehouses. With a membership card and official identification, healthcare workers and first responders will not need to wait in line to shop at Costco. In recent weeks, Costco has implemented numerous procedures in response to the ongoing coronavirus health […]

Beginning Friday, April 3, Costco will allow only two people – a member and one guest – to enter the store at a time. The changes were made for the safety of members and employees and to help with social distancing, according to Costco. Costco has been getting a lot of attention recently due to […]

Across Montgomery County, residents are preparing to bunker down for a blizzard that is forecast to hit our area on Friday and Saturday. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Willie James Inman stopped by Kefa Cafe in Silver Spring to talk with local residents about their winter weather preparations.

It’s that time of year again, holiday season is in full swing and the stress of buying gifts for loved ones might be weighing on some consumers. An easy solution to that problem may be gift cards. CardHub reports that gift cards are one of the most sought after type of present for a ninth […]

Here are five things to know today, March 12, in Montgomery County: 1. A Montgomery Blair High School student won one of three first place prizes in an Intel Science Talent Search. 2.Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett is scheduled to recognize March as Middle Eastern American Heritage Month for the first time in the county. 3.The terrific […]

The Montgomery County Board of Appeals on Wednesday denied Costco a special exception to put a 16-pump gas station in Wheaton. The board voted unanimously in favor of adopting an earlier report from Martin L. Grossman, hearing examiner and director for the Office of Zoning and Administrative Hearings. Grossman recommended denial of the special exception […]

Costco should not be given a special exception to construct a 16-pump gas station on its property in Wheaton, according to  a hearing examiner with the Montgomery County Board of Appeals. The report by Martin L. Grossman, hearing examiner and director for the Office of Zoning and Administrative Hearings, was released late last week. According to the […]

Maryland Governor-elect Larry Hogan today visited a Costco wholesale regional distribution center in Frederick County for a meeting with national and local Costco managers and a couple-hundred employees about improving the business climate in Maryland. John Thelan, senior vice president of depot operations for the Costco Wholesale Corporation, gave the Governor-elect a presentation and a […]

“21 This Week” host Casey Aiken previews this week’s show. Aiken and the panelists will discuss Governor Martin O’Malley’s agenda, his Presidential ambitions and the recently opened Costco in Wheaton. Take a look. “21 This Week” airs on Sundays at 11 a.m. and again at 7 p.m. on Channel 21. Don’t miss it! Learn more […]

UPDATED 5:45 p.m. 4/10 Montgomery County’s newest Costco opened its doors at 8 a.m. to thousands of people and some minor problems. “We had thousands of people, holiday season volumes,” said Pat Fahey, Costco’s general manager in Wheaton. “We were a lot busier than we thought.” According to Fahey, there were some minor power problems […]