Julie Strupp is a Digital News Producer for WAMU 88.5.
It’s amid a regional spike in coronavirus metrics.
A recent regional surge in COVID-19 cases has seen many jurisdictions encouraging locals to stay home.
Dec 23, 2020
Virginia Tallies Record Daily COVID-19 Caseload
Hospitalizations in the commonwealth are also at an all-time high.
Lawmakers and activists have been trying to get the museums built for decades.
Despite worsening metrics, Gov. Northam has declined to impose more restrictions, instead stressing “personal responsibility” at a press conference one week ago.
Nov 13, 2020
D.C. Hospitals Surpass 90% Bed Capacity For First Time Since Beginning Of COVID-19 Pandemic
The news follows several days of rising COVID-19 cases around the region.
One poll worker described the day as feeling “joyful.”
Oct 30, 2020
‘I Want Justice’: Karon Hylton-Brown’s Mother, Protesters Demand D.C. Police Accountability
Karen Hylton, Karon’s mother, stood outside the Fourth District station again Friday night asking to talk to police in hopes of getting some answers about her son’s death.
Hylton died Monday, three days after a moped crash following a police pursuit in Brightwood Park.
People coming into the District from a high-risk state must self-quarantine for two weeks.