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1 day ago | wusa9.com | Scott Broom

The automated plant sorting D.C.'s curbside recycling can handle 65 tons per hour. ELKRIDGE, Md. — The company that sorts curbside recycling for D.C. and Baltimore unveiled a cutting-edge $50 million recycling facility in Elkridge, Maryland on Wednesday. The facility, which began operations in late 2024, promises to dramatically improve the quality and efficiency of recycling for the District and surrounding areas, according to executives from WM, the plant operator.

1 day ago | wusa9.com | Ittai Sopher

The Democratic majority leader graduated from West Potomac in 1989. He said his three other children also graduated from the Fairfax County high school. FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — After a 16-year-old boy was stabbed at a Fairfax County high school Wednesday, Virginia political leaders said the attack had a personal impact. State Sen. Scott Surovell, who represents the Belle Haven community where West Potomac High School is, said his son was inside the school when the stabbing happened.

1 day ago | wusa9.com | Jess Arnold

The council is holding two days of hearings on the Peace DC plan starting Wednesday. WASHINGTON — The DC Council is holding two days of hearings on the new Peace DC plan aimed at reducing crime, recruiting public safety personnel, and making neighborhoods safer. The head of the Judiciary and Public Safety Committee, Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto, proposed this plan as a build on last year's Secure DC.

2 days ago | wusa9.com | Matt Gregory

Maryland's new 3% data and information technology tax will increase business IT costs and affect consumer prices starting July 2025. ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The budget season is over in Maryland, but WUSA9 wanted to look at how some of the new tax and fee increases will impact your wallet. To bail out a massive budget hole, this spring, lawmakers added several new taxes and fee increases paired with budget cuts. One of the biggest revenue drivers came from a new data and information technology tax.

2 days ago | wusa9.com | Ittai Sopher

The deadly wreck happened on the 12000 block of Waples Mill Road at an unfinished house that was under construction. Credit: WUSA9 / Sky9 Waples Mill Road in Oakton, Va. at around 5:20 p.m. on Tuesday. OAKTON, Va. — A woman was killed and a man was taken to the hospital after what the Fairfax County Police Department described Tuesday as a "construction accident" in Oakton.   The deadly wreck happened on the 12000 block of Waples Mill Road at an unfinished house.