Category Archives: Local News

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Newly empowered Democratic leaders in Virginia are pledging to let local governments remove Confederate monuments. However, Gov. Ralph Northam said Thursday that he’s ...

RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia General Assembly convened Wednesday, led for the first time in more than two decades by Democrats who promised to enact a litany of changes. The House quickly elected Eile...

Juan Herrera WMAL.com WASHINGTON - D.C. council member Jack Evans announced his resignation in a letter to council Chairman Phil Mendelson on Tuesday. Evans said he would officially resign on Jan. 17....

GREENBELT, Md. - A former Maryland state lawmaker is scheduled to be sentenced Friday for misusing campaign funds for her personal benefit.Tawanna Gaines, a Democrat who had served in the Maryland Hou...

ASHBURN, Va. (AP/WMAL) – Ron Rivera has been introduced as the new coach of the Washington Redskins.Owner Dan Snyder says Rivera can bring a culture change to the organization, and that the new ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland's governor has indicated that he'll continue to allow refugees into the state. The Capital Gazette reports that Gov. Larry Hogan's office released a letter on Wednesday that ...

WASHINGTON (AP/WMAL) – The Redskins have hired Ron Rivera as their new coach.Rivera spent the past nine seasons with the Carolina Panthers and took them to the Super Bowl in 2015. The 57-year-ol...

SUFFOLK, Va. - Online retail giant Amazon has bought 87 acres of land in southeastern Virginia. But the company isn't revealing why. The Virginian-Pilot reported Monday that the company bought the lan...

ASHBURN, Va. - Washington Redskins team president Bruce Allen was fired Monday after a tumultuous and loss-filled decade with the NFL team once coached by his father.Owner Dan Snyder announced the mov...