Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services responded to a call regarding a person on the Metro tracks at the Forest Glen Metro station in Silver Spring.
When responders arrived they found an injured person on the tracks, but the person had not been struck by a train or shocked by the third rail, according to our public safety reporter Cordell Pugh.
The National Weather Service updated its maps overnight, increasing potential snow totals for most of the area.
Per the maps, all of MoCo is in the 1-2” range for snowfall tomorrow morning. The “reasonable worst case scenario” map is now at just about 2 inches so confidence is increasing for 1-2” all around.
Rain is expected to develop overnight and change to a very brief period of sleet before the changeover to snow around 5am on Thursday morning. It should snow for a few hours, leaving anywhere between a coating to 3 inches of snow.
In the latest maps from the National Weather Service, they are still expecting less than an inch for most of the area, but have raised the “reasonable worst case scenario” totals to 2-4 inches for MoCo.
MCPS sent out a letter to the community announcing that 16 schools will begin virtual learning on Thursday, January 20th.
Earlier today, during a meeting with the Montgomery County Council, Interim Superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight announced that additional schools would be going virtual and that the schools would be named in a message that would be sent out later in the day.
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 18, 2022
More Than 180,000 Have Enrolled For 2022, An All-Time High
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today announced that open enrollment will continue on Maryland Health Connection through February in light of the ongoing public health emergency. A record number of Marylanders—181,603—have enrolled in coverage for 2022 through the state’s health insurance marketplace. A surge of new enrollees fueled the 9% increase over a year ago.
The Montgomery County Council is now tentatively scheduled to vote next week on the proposed “vaccine passport” for businesses.
At today’s meeting, the Council held a public hearing and discussion on the resolution that would require restaurants, bars, fitness centers and other establishments to require customers to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 before entering indoor areas, as proposed by County Executive Elrich.
Montgomery County announced today that the afternoon test kit distribution will now begin at 5pm.
Additionally, you can now get free at-home COVID-19 test kits delivered from COVIDtests.gov. Each household is eligible to order four free kits.
Expands Summer SNAP Program To Support 50,000 Children in Low-Income Families, Increases Monthly SNAP Benefit For 27,000 Seniors Boosts Support For Food Banks, Launches New Nonprofit Business Accelerator Program
Press Release from the Office of Governor Hogan:
Metro to focus on root cause analysis and technology solutions prior to return of 7000-series railcars
Metro General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Paul J. Wiedefeld said last week that he will not resume the placement of 7000-series trains into passenger service for about 90 days to allow Metro engineering and mechanical experts time to focus on root cause analysis and acquire technology to measure 7000-series wheelsets.