The layoffs include staff photographer Darrow Montgomery, who’s worked at the alt-weekly since the 1980s.

The legislation comes as the region prepares to honor the lives of the five journalists killed last year in a brutal attack on the Capital Gazette newsroom.

It’s been a minute (221 days to be exact, but who’s counting?) since the site went dark, and we are overjoyed to be back to filling these pages with much-needed coverage of the District.

Jeffrey Anderson and Andy DelGiudice recently launched The District Dig to publish deep dives into D.C. stories.