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This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Manassas city officials are looking ahead to what’s next for the city’s airport, with lots still to be done before commercial airlines can take flight. A recently proposed commercial flight agreement between the airport…

The Northern Virginia commercial real estate market saw 1.6 million square feet of office space occupancy gains in the second quarter, but Amazon’s HQ2, which opened in June to employees, accounted for 2.1 million square feet as employees moved into its Met Park campus in National Landing. Excluding Amazon’s contribution, the Northern Virginia region would…

A Thursday night shooting at a Fairfax County, Virginia, parking garage left a 37-year-old man dead, and police believe that the man who shot him might be his brother. According to Fairfax County police, officers responded to the top floor of a parking garage along Launders Street in the Arrowbrook Centre in Herndon just after…

Cannabis sales in Maryland exploded during the Fourth of July weekend, passing the $10 million mark, as the state entered its first weekend of legal recreational marijuana sales. Marijuana became legal for adult recreational use across Maryland on Saturday, July 1. Between Friday, June 30 and Sunday, July 2, the Maryland Cannabis Administration said total…

A death investigation is underway after a man being held at Fairfax County, Virginia’s Adult Detention Center died at a hospital. Todd Matthew Gleason, 51, was arrested on June 17 for an outstanding warrant for petit larceny and failure to appear on a felony offense. After his arrest, Fairfax County police said Gleason asked to…

A 14-year-old boy is dead and six other people wounded following a shooting at an Independence Day celebration in Salisbury, Maryland, early Wednesday morning, according to the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to a reported shooting shortly after midnight at a block party on Chippewa Boulevard, in the area of Kiowa Avenue, according to…

Listen to WTOP Traffic on the 8s for the latest on the roads. A three-vehicle crash left two people dead and another person injured, prompting authorities to close the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 in Stafford County, Virginia, for hours Wednesday morning. The crash, which involved a tractor-trailer, happened near the Centreport Parkway (136-mile marker)…

George Washington Hospital’s dermatology program is targeting health disparities in D.C. by offering telehealth appointments to people in Wards 7 and 8. The university opened a teledermatology “health desk” in Ward 8 last year, in part thanks to a $250,000 grant from Pfizer, according to a news release. The free clinic connect patients with telehealth doctors…

Everyone in the D.C. area has access to a designated driver this Fourth of July, thanks to the Washington Regional Alcohol Program’s SoberRide program. The nonprofit is paying up to $15 on the Lyft app for residents celebrating with alcohol on July Fourth to get home safely. The program will begin at 4 p.m. Tuesday…

Todd Watkins was the man who was responsible for making sure the fleet of school buses for Maryland’s largest school district ran on time. And in 2021, he struck a deal that was lauded as the biggest single-district transition from a diesel-powered to an electric-powered school bus fleet. On Friday, Watkins, 56, entered a guilty…

This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Mohammed Choudhury submitted a letter of intent to seek another term, the state Board of Education confirmed. Saturday marked the deadline for Choudhury to inform the board whether he…

An employee of the public school system in Fairfax County, Virginia, was arrested on Friday and charged with possession of child sexual abuse material. Aaron Matthew Bett’s arrest comes months after an anonymous tip was submitted to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in March alleging a video with abusive content had been…

Three Maryland counties are reporting difficulties with their emergency call centers connecting with Verizon Wireless customers Officials in Montgomery, Prince Georges and Charles counties have all confirmed a regional Verizon issue causing a disruption of 911 services. If you are having an emergency, you can use the following phone numbers: Charles County Sheriff’s Office: 301-609-3499…