Kalahari Resorts and Conventions, home to America’s Largest Indoor Waterparks, broke ground in Spotsylvania County, Virginia — its fifth resort — back on Friday, October 20, 2023. Now we know that Kalahari is expecting a 2026 opening. The location is less than 75 miles south of DC and approximately 80 miles south of central Montgomery County, MD.
The Washington Commanders announced that they hosted 20 local prospects for a “local pro day” on Tuesday, April 9th. The players all have ties to the DMV, “Most of the other 19 prospects invited to Ashburn, Virginia, either played high school football in the DMV or attended college in the area.” Full list of players below:
Local radio station DC101 started its “DMV Pizza Bracket” last month with 32 local restaurants nominated for a tournament that is decided via votes on the radio station’s Instagram account. Four Montgomery County restaurants have made it to the Final Four (the initial bracket can be seen above).
NASA will be broadcasting live as a total solar eclipse moves across North America today (April 8, 2024) traveling through Mexico, across the United States from Texas to Maine, and out across Canada’s Atlantic coast (link below).
Three Black Brant IX sounding rockets will be launched for the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) mission from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility launch range in Virginia during the solar eclipse. The launch window is set to open on April 8, 2024, at 2:40 p.m. EDT.
April is Autism Acceptance Month, and for the second year in a row, Metro has partnered with the Autism Transit Project to highlight the special bond children with autism often have with mass transit systems. In acknowledgment of that connection, Metro invited 25 children with autism to record boarding and safety announcements that will be played throughout the Metrorail system the entire month of April.
MoCo native Stefon Diggs has been traded to the Houston Texans, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The four-time Pro Bowler grew up in Gaithersburg and attended Good Counsel High School in Olney, where he played football and ran track. He will go on to play with second-year quarterback CJ Stroud, who excelled in his first NFL season last year.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), “strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible later this afternoon into the evening, especially across areas along and south of the I-66 corridor and points westward. Main threats will be large hail, damaging winds and an isolated tornado possible.”