Kate Ryan

1 day ago | wtop.com | Kate Ryan

Montgomery County Council President Kate Stewart announced a plan that would cover nearly all of the $3.6 billion requested by the county school system in its 2026 budget while avoiding a tax hike. At a news conference Tuesday, Stewart said the council has agreed to tap into an employee retirement benefit fund on a one-time basis to cover 99.8% of what the school system has requested in its spending plan for the next fiscal year.

1 day ago | wtop.com | Kate Ryan

Twenty Montgomery County Public School students have been named National Merit Scholars. One of them, 17-year-old Quinn C. Parker, a senior at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School, plans on going into medicine, specifically neurosurgery. As Parker puts it, “I kind of gained my interest in the brain when my grandma got dementia. She suffered with it for five years.” She thought to herself that there has to be a cure for a disease that takes such a heavy toll.

2 days ago | wtop.com | Kate Ryan

It’s been in the works for years, but next month, Metro is rolling out its systemwide “Better Bus” overhaul. As part of the streamlined, consolidated service, WMATA is eliminating 527 bus stops — about 5% of the stops across the system that services D.C., Maryland and Virginia. According to the Better Bus website, Metrobus focused on stops that were bunched close together, had low ridership or posed safety issues given traffic and roadway conditions.

1 week ago | echolive.ie | Kate Ryan

It’s an unassuming warehouse on a Little Island industrial estate, but it’s alive with activity, forklifts, and people in high-vis carrying clipboards. Inside is rack upon rack of food destined for charities that run food banks and community outreach projects. This is a FoodCloud Food Hub, one of three in the country. From here, every week 10-15 tonnes of food are redistributed across Munster, equivalent to 30,000 meals for people in need.

1 week ago | wtop.com | Kate Ryan

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and dermatologists want people to know how to protect themselves against the most serious skin cancer — melanoma. According to the American Academy of Dermatology Association, nearly 9,500 people every day are diagnosed with skin cancer in the United States. But there are things you can do to protect yourself.