One Year Later: Northern Virginia skating community honors Potomac crash victims
Holding back a sudden swell of emotion, Alexis Winch paused to take a breath. “It’s been hard,” the 11-year-old Ashburn figure skater said Tuesday of the fallout from the Jan. 29, 2025, crash of American Airlines Flight 5342. “Some people left the rink, some even quit. It’s just like – you’re losing a lot of people....
Chance of Snow During Evening Commute in Much of Maryland and Northern Virginia
With cleanup efforts still underway from recent winter weather, the National Weather Service is flagging a potential curveball for parts of Maryland and Northern Virginia. Forecasters say there is a 20-30 percent chance for light snow Wednesday afternoon into the evening, which could coincide with the evening...
200 chickens euthanized, other animals recovered by Prince William police after Haymarket FBI raid
Prince William County police euthanized approximately 200 chickens earlier this week due to poor health and contagious upper respiratory infections following the FBI's Jan. 21 raid at Haymarket's Rancho Los Cerritos farm that led to the arrests of the farm's manager and owner on drug and gun trafficking charges. Lt....
‘Essential water use only’ alert issued for 3rd day in Maryland
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — WSSC Water has continued its directive to limit water use to essential purposes only for its 1.9 million customers in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. The essential-water-use-only request was initially issued at 11:15 a.m. on Jan. 27. WSSC Water emphasizes that the water...
‘Poop Water’ Hits Prime Time As Colbert Takes On Potomac Sewage Spill After Week...
It made it to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Colbert devoted part of his monologue to the ongoing sewage overflow impacting Maryland, DC, and Virginia, joking that a “small geyser of poop water is flooding into the Potomac River,” a line he credited to “Little Richie Dom, age eight,” before pausing for applause...
Lands’ End Permanently Closes
Lands’ End is at 1667 Rockville Pike in Congressional Plaza has permanently closed. Lands’ End, founded in 1963 in Chicago as a mail-order yachting supply business, has since grown into a national retailer known for its apparel, outerwear, uniforms, luggage, and home goods. Federal Realty recently announced that...
Amazon Fresh closing in Rockville
The Amazon Fresh grocery store at 15790 Shady Grove Road at the 270 Center will permanently close this Sunday, February 1, 2026. Amazon is closing all of its Amazon Fresh and Go grocery stores across the country, as a very expensive experiment with Amazon-branded physical grocery stores by the retail giant concludes....
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Alert: Banana Supply Tightens in Maryland–Virginia Stores
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Banana shortages are being reported across parts of the Mid-Atlantic this February, with shoppers in several states noticing higher prices and sporadic gaps on grocery shelves....
Massive Sewage Spill Is Causing Dangerous E. coli Levels Near Arlington
Bacteria levels are nearly 12,000 times over the limit deemed safe for human contact. A sewage pipe burst is causing a massive pollution problem. The burst has resulted in millions of gallons of waste entering the Potomac River each day, AP reported. On January 19, a 72-inch sewer pipe collapsed...
Maryland Board of Education denies appeal by MCPS, says electric bus contract is illegal
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — Maryland's State Board of Education just upheld its decision on the $168 million electric bus contract awarded to Highland Electric Fleets by the Montgomery County Public School District. Last fall, the state board called the deal illegal, saying the district violated its own...
