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(Washington, DC)  —  A new Metro memorial honors workers who died in the line of duty.  The 12-foot-tall granite pylon now stands at the Metro Center station.  It’s inscribed with the names of all 26 people who died on the job in the agency’s 35-year history.  At the bottom of the memorial, the inscription reads, “Dedicated […]

(Washington, DC)  —  Pepco says the utility has been preparing for this latest round of winter since Sunday.  According to spokesman Clay Anderson, Pepco is making some changes in the way it handles this icy storm, compared to the last round of winter weather.  The utility says it will have three staging areas for the […]

(Washington, DC) — Here are the latest school and government closings and delays for Tuesday, February 1, 2011. SCHOOLS: VIRGINIA: Loudoun County schools — 2 hour delay Stafford County schools — 2 hour delay MARYLAND: Kent County schools – 2 hour delay, no morning pre-school Anne Arundel County schools — 2 hour delay Howard County […]

(Washington, DC)  —  President Obama told foreign leaders Sunday he supported an “orderly transition” in Egypt to a government more responsive to its people.  The announcement came in a call to the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel and Great Britain about the unrest roiling Egypt.    The President’s statements appear to leave wiggle room for […]

(Washington, DC)  —  Federal officials have closed the case on a fatal shooting involving U.S. Park Police officers DC’s Trinidad neighborhood.  According to the U.S. Justice Department, there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against the detectives involved in the fatal shooting of Trey Joyner.  Joyner was shot and killed by plainclothes […]

An alleged bank robber was shot and killed Friday morning during a dramatic hostage situation outside of a Capital One Bank on University Boulevard East in Takoma Park, Md. Chopper4 captured the hostage situation as it unfolded at about 9:30 a.m. at the corner of New Hampshire Avenue and University Boulevard, just as the alleged […]

(Montgomery County, MD)  –Montgomery County residents are being warned about downed wires following Wednesday’s snowstorm  .  Although many of the wires are dead due to area power outages, Fire Captain Oscar Garcia says to treat every downed wire as if it is live.  He says anyone who sees a fallen wire should call authorities and […]

(Undated) — Hundreds of thousands of people in the area are waking up this morning the same way they went to bed — in the dark. Pepco says well over 184-thousand customers in DC and suburban Maryland are in the dark thanks to last night’s snowstorm that knocked down tree limbs and power lines. It’s […]

Via Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission: As a precaution, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) has issued a Boil Water Advisory (BWA) for customers served by WSSC in a large portion of Prince George’s County south of Central Avenue and Route 202 (Landover Road). To view the area impacted and determine affected customers click on Boiled […]