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MoCo Government

85% Of Montgomery County’s Total Population is Fully Vaccinated, Per the CDC

By MCS Staff

893,213 people in Montgomery County are now fully vaccinated, which is 85% of the total population, according to CDC data (1,050,929 residents have received at least one dose).

The 85% metric was initially going to be used to end the indoor mask requirement in Montgomery County, but the Montgomery County Council, acting as the Board of Health, met on the morning of January 4th and voted to terminate the existing Board of Health regulation that was scheduled to end the indoor mask requirement when Montgomery County reached an 85% vaccination rate.

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MCFRS

MCFRS Responds to Call For Injured Person on Forest Glen Metro Tracks

By MCS Staff

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.

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MoCoSnow

Projected Snow Totals Slightly Increased in the Wednesday Morning Update on Potential Thursday Morning Snow

By MCS Staff

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.

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Tuesday Night Update on Potential Thursday Morning Snow

By MCS Staff

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.

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Education

16 MCPS Schools to Enter Virtual Learning on Thursday, January 20

By MCS Staff

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.

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Maryland

Governor Hogan Announces Extension Of Open Enrollment Through Maryland Health Connection

By MCS Staff

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.

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MoCo

Updated Hours for COVID-19 Test Kit Distribution at Montgomery County Public Libraries; Free Tests Now Available by Delivery From Government

By MCS Staff

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.

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Maryland

Governor Hogan Announces “Historic Investments in Public Health and Human Services, Record Funding For Local Health Departments”

By MCS Staff

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:

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WMATA

Metro 7000-Series Trains Will Not Return to Passenger Service for About 90 Days

By MCS Staff

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.

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Burtonsville

Eun Yang, Paint Branch High School Alumna, Celebrates 20 Years at NBC Washington

By MCS Staff

Eun Yang, who grew up in MoCo and is a morning news anchor at NBC Washington, is celebrating 20 years with the network. Yang was born in Seoul, Korea and grew up in the right here in Montgomery County. She graduated from Paint Branch High School (1991) in Burtonsville and then earned a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Maryland in 1995.

Per the Montgomery County Commission for Women, Yang began her broadcast journalism career while at the University of Maryland. She worked as a reporter for “Maryland Update,” a program on the University’s cable channel, and then moved to TV- 58 where she freelanced as a special projects reporter for Asian- Pacific American affairs. In 1995, she worked full-time as a WUSA-TV production assistant while finishing her last year at the University of Maryland. She was a “reporter trainee” for a year when the station started its weekend-morning newscast. She remained at WUSA-TV for six years, working her way up to a substitute anchor.

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