Category Archives: Local News

By Barbara Britt – WMAL.comBALTIMORE, MD – February 22, 2022The Maryland State Board of Education (MDSE) today voted to begin the process to end the statewide school mask mandate in Maryla...

By John Matthews – WMAL.comWASHINGTON, DC – February 22, 2022WASHINGTON – (WMAL)  If you find yourself stuck in Beltway traffic gridlock Wednesday afternoon, you can blame ̵...

Photo: Gov. Youngkin’s Office.By Heather Curtis – WMAL.comRICHMOND, VA – February 16, 2022Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed a bill into law Wednesday requiring school systems t...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - A three-judge panel overseeing a recount in a close Virginia Beach state House race upheld the Republican candidate's victory on Friday, a decision that also reaffirms the G...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - In a mixed verdict, a jury has awarded millions of dollars in damages against white nationalist leaders for violence that erupted during the 2017 Unite the Right rally in C...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Mayor Muriel Bowser's decision to ease mask requirements in the nation's capital has sparked a public debate about timing, with the majority of the D.C. Council pleading with her to ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) - Montgomery County Police are investigating after a man was found fatally shot in a mall parking lot on Wednesday night.Gaithersburg and Montgomery County police officers calle...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comAppointments to get kids 5 to 11 vaccinated are filling up quickly in Montgomery County. About 30 minutes after the county released its first appointment slots on Wendesday, they...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Republican Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin met with outgoing Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam on Thursday for a lunch with their wives at the executive mansion in Richmond, and in...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - Virginia Republicans hoped to ride the coattails of their gubernatorial nominee in Tuesday's down-ballot races, including one local contest whose winner is guaranteed to make ...