Patients with referrals can come to the vehicle emissions inspection center in Silver Spring for drive-thru COVID-19 testing. The site opened on Tuesday, and Montgomery County Chief of Public Health Services Dr. Travis Gayles hopes to have the capacity to test 100 people each day the site is open.

First-grader Cavanaugh Bell of Gaithersburg says he just wants to help those in need during this health crisis and that’s why he started making COVID-19 Care Packs. Cavanaugh attends Spark Matsunaga Elementary School in Germantown. He says his grandmother has asthma, and helping her during the coronavirus pandemic prompted him to want to help others […]

During a virtual media briefing Wednesday, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich suggested wearing a face mask if you’re out where other people are to slow the spread of COVID-19. He said we should do whatever we can to help ourselves until vaccines and treatments are created.

La instructora Jenny Osoria, propietaria y fundadora de Danzatone habla sobre la importancia de mantenerse activos en esta época de cuarentena, no sólo por la salud física sino también mental. Por ello, su contribución en medio de la crisis ha sido ofrecer sus clases de danza y tonificación de manera virtual, y más allá de […]

An early morning storm swept through a neighborhood in Bethesda leaving downed trees, cars damaged, and power outages on Wednesday. Clean-up crews responded to the area of Newport Road and Earlston Drive and were met with a significant amount of damage. Some parked cars and power lines were damaged by the fallen trees. Neighbors compared […]

Three Eastern Middle School students won first place in this year’s StudentCam national video documentary competition open to students in grades 6-12 contest. Over 5,300 students participated in the competition which was organized by C-SPAN television network. Students were asked to create a 5-6 minute-long documentary that addressed the theme, “What’s Your Vision in 2020?” […]

Montgomery County Councilmembers met Tuesday afternoon virtually. The COVID-19 health crisis not surprisingly dominated the meeting. Some specific topics of discussion included: An update on council operations. Although the Council Office Building is closed, officials continue to find ways to engage with the public during this health crisis There’s a new way people can submit […]

Hogan’s Latest Coronavirus Action: Racial Data, Baltimore-Washington Corridor Deemed COVID-19 Hotspot, Strike Teams for Nursing Homes Gov. Larry Hogan announced at a press conference in Baltimore Tuesday that he’s directed Maryland Department of Health’s Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities to start offering racial and ethnic breakdowns for all of the state’s coronavirus cases. […]

A drive-thru COVID-19 testing site opened in White Oak on Tuesday. At the vehicle emissions center on Industrial Parkway in Silver Spring, the site is open to all Maryland residents who have an appointment. To get an appointment, residents must first see a healthcare provider. If the provider decides the patient should be tested, they […]

Officials with WSSC Water say they’ve seen a significant increase in wipes found in the pipes compared to this time last year. And they are urging residents to stop flushing the wipes down the toilet and instead dispose them with other garbage. Within the past month since the COVID-19 pandemic began impacting this area, there’s […]