Category Archives: Local News

Jennifer SchultzWMAL.comUPDATE: service has been restored.Washington — (WMAL) The red line train service is shut down between Gallery Place and Dupont Circle due to fire department activity at t...

Steve BurnsWMAL.comWASHINGTON – (WMAL) A group of the region’s foremost budget experts is out with its recommendation to keep Metro alive and well far into the future: A new dedicated tax ...

ANNAPOLIS — (AP) Gov. Larry Hogan plans to eulogize his father at a funeral this weekend. Lawrence Hogan Sr.’s funeral will take place Saturday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Annap...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/238/2017/04/26165101/WED-PM-DC-Airbnb-Regs-Wrap-1.mp3 WASHINGTON — (WMAL) It was an overflow crowd at a D.C. Council meeting Wednesday ab...

Steve BurnsWMAL.comUPDATE 4:07 pm : Metro says it received over 500 absence requests for Friday. It has denied all of them.Here is a statement from Metro:“Metro received nearly 500 advance absen...

Joelle FredmanWMAL.comhttps://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/238/2017/04/26153803/dorothy-mcauliffe-for-congress-wrap-1.mp3 VIRGINIA — (WMAL) Virginians may see another McAuliffe on their ballots...

FALLS CHURCH, VA –. (AP) Authorities are closing parts of the Capital Beltway and Interstate 66 in northern Virginia overnight Wednesday and Thursday as part of the I-66 Express Lanes project.Th...

Steve BurnsWMAL.comhttps://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/238/2017/04/26061819/Steve-for-web-terror-drill-.mp3WASHINGTON – (WMAL) Police and fire departments conduct drills regularly to practice all k...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) It’s not a new Beyonc song. But it’s destined to be a big hit. The pop star has announced four college scholarships in honor of the one-year anniversary of her ...

WASHINGTON — (AP) The National Park Service says 61 million people visited its monuments, memorials and other sites in the Washington area last year. That’s an increase of nearly 5 million...