Police/Crime/Fire

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.… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

Walmart, Best Buy, and Starbucks have announced that customers will be required to wear facemasks in stores. Starbucks and Best Buy are enforcing their masks policies starting July 15 and… Read More

En junio, las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS) lanzaron encuestas, para padres de familia y personal, en las que pedían información sobre la educación para el semestre de… Read More

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics Wednesday morning the Maryland Department of Health reported 15,986 cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, which is an increase of 103 from the 15,883 cases reported… Read More

Cubre bocas, distanciamiento social, quedarse en casa; estas son algunas de las sugerencias que los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades -CDC- recomiendan para evitar contraer COVID-19. Otra… Read More

Montgomery County entered Phase 2 of reopening on June 19, allowing many residents to finally get back to work. However, some businesses are still waiting to open, as the county… Read More

The Montgomery County Council held its first round of interviews for its new police advisory commission Monday. On Tuesday, Councilmember Nancy Navarro tweeted a screenshot of the session, saying, “we… Read More

In June, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) launched parent and staff surveys asking for input about education for the fall semester.  On Tuesday, results were shared at a Board of… Read More