Montgomery County to increase indoor dining time limit from 60 to 90 minutes
Montgomery County is amending their executive order that allows indoor dining to resume by increasing the dining time limit from 60 to 90 minutes and pushes back the start date to Sunday, Feb. 14.
Richard Montgomery High School left stunned after senior shot, killed over weekend in Columbia
The principal of a Montgomery County high school called the weekend shooting death of a student tragic as the school community struggles to deal with the devastating loss.
Richard Montgomery HS student shot and killed in Columbia
Police say the suspect and victim did not know each other.
First on FOX 5: Video shows confrontation before fatal officer-involved Gaithersburg shooting
The shooting happened Saturday morning on Maryland State Route 108.
Vaccine Hunters: Group of Montgomery County women work together to help seniors get vaccinated
Signing up to receive the coronavirus vaccine is difficult, especially for seniors. A group of women in Montgomery County wants to change that. They call themselves the Vaccine Hunters – Las Caza Vacunas, and they’re coming together to help people 75 and older get the vaccine.
Vaccines may not be available for Montgomery County Public Schools staff for up to 5 weeks: health officials
Montgomery County Public Schools teachers and staff might have to wait a little while longer to get vaccinated, according to county health officials.
Several workers exposed to elevated radiation levels at NIST Center for Neutron Research in Gaithersburg
Several trained radiation workers were exposed to elevated radiation levels on the Gaithersburg campus of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Neutron Research Tuesday morning.
Montgomery County Executive: 1-hour indoor dining limit idea came from a restaurant owner
In a regular Wednesday COVID-19 virtual news conference, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich told reporters the idea to implement a one-hour indoor dining limit came from a restaurant owner who was apparently dealing with people staying in their business for long periods of time. The responses from restaurant owners in the county on Wednesday include more frustration.
String of postal worker, delivery truck thefts investigated in Montgomery County, DC
Police and postal inspectors are investigating a string of at least four thefts or robberies of mail and delivery drivers in Montgomery County and D.C.
Montgomery County executive proposes 1-hour indoor dining limit
The newly proposed executive order that Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich submitted to the county council on Tuesday includes the resume to 25% max capacity on indoor dining, a 10 p.m. curfew on alcohol sales and consumption, and in what appears to be a new measure for the county, a one-hour limit to indoor dining.
South Africa COVID-19 variant identified in 2 Montgomery County residents
The South Africa variant of the novel coronavirus has been identified in two Montgomery County residents, according to health officials.
No prison time for Maryland Capital Crescent Trail attacker
A Maryland man who was caught on camera attacking people who were putting up Black Lives Matter posters along the Capital Crescent Trail will see no prison time.
FOX 5 gets more answers on Montgomery County’s continued indoor dining ban
Only on FOX 5, we are now getting more answers from a Montgomery County leader on why the indoor dining ban is still in place in the county, the only jurisdiction to still do so.
Hardware stores brace for DC's first potential winter storm in years
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Seniors in Montgomery County turned away from confirmed COVID-19 vaccine appointments
Senior citizens in Montgomery County are contacting FOX 5 after being turned away from getting the vaccine, which is leaving some of the most vulnerable in the community disappointed and upset.
President Biden visits wounded soldiers at Walter Reed
President Joe Biden visited wounded soldiers at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda on Friday during his first major trip beyond the White House since the inauguration.
Deadly Bethesda tunnel fire murder conviction overturned
A Maryland appeals court on Friday overturned a wealthy stock trader's conviction on a murder charge in the fiery death of a man who was helping him dig tunnels for a nuclear bunker beneath a home in Bethesda in 2017.
Montgomery Co Covid-19 Update with Council President
Montgomery County Council President Tom Hucker joined Fox 5 DC for an update on his county.
Montgomery County Public Schools moving toward school reopening, possibly by March 1
The superintendent and deputy superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools are now looking at how to potentially answer Maryland Governor Larry Hogan's call and reopen schools by March 1.
Montgomery County officials insistent on indoor dining ban
Dozens of restaurant and bar owners and operators in Montgomery County are continuing to express their frustrations about staying closed for indoor dining.