Category Archives: Local News

Dave Sweet WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) Sick of cooking while stuck in the house? You’re in luck. Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week will go on as scheduled. “People have been c...

Dave Sweet WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) The Washington Auto Show hopes to open up at 12 p.m. noon on Tuesday. The show was originally scheduled to open last Friday but was postponed due to the w...

Dave Sweet WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) The Smithsonian National Zoo will remain closed Tuesday in the aftermath of the weekend blizzard. They have been closed since Friday. (Photo: Smithsonian ...

Dave Sweet WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) WMATA restored rail transit services to over 20 stations that were previously unopened as of 11 a.m. Wednesday and then to several above-ground stations a...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) Metro will operate trains and busses with limited service Monday.Only underground metro trains will run tomorrow on the Red, Orange and Green Lines. The...

Daniela BersonWMAL.comROCKVILLE — (WMAL) The District of Columbia, Montgomery County, Prince George’s County and the City of Fairfax will not be collecting trash on Monday.Garbage collecti...

Daniela BersonWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) A U.S. Capitol Police officer died Saturday while shoveling snow outside his home.Vernon J. Alston, an officer on the Hill for almost 20 years, collapse...

Daniela Berson WMAL.com ANNAPOLIS, MD — (WMAL) Maryland Governor Larry announced today that Maryland emergency response teams are moving into recovery phase. During the snowstorm, emergency pers...

Daniela Berson WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) Humans aren’t the only ones playing outside in the snow today. Bao Bao, a panda at the National Zoo, kicked back with a sugar cane this morning....

Daniela Berson WMAL.com FREDERICK, MD — (WMAL) Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has closed all of I-270 and I-70 from I-81 in order to clear the interstates of snow. The highways will re-open at 7 ...