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With Food Donations Needed, Scouts Step Up

With Food Donations Needed, Scouts Step Up

Scouts in the National Capital Area Council have seen their area-wide Scouting for Food totals increase -- up to 675,000 pounds of food last year from 520,000 in 2009 -- but need still outpaces donations.

October Snowfall NOT a Sign of What’s to Come

October Snowfall NOT a Sign of What’s to Come

An unusual October snowfall in the Washington metropolitan area left residents wondering if they would be buried in more snow than in recent years.

Fire Prevention Week Kicks Off

Fire Prevention Week Kicks Off

This week is National Fire Safety Week, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission is spending it testing out fire safety hazards at their new facility in Rockville.

Tribal Ceremony Welcomes Health Exhibit to NIH

Tribal Ceremony Welcomes Health Exhibit to NIH

A traditional Native American dance celebration and ceremony welcomed the opening of the Native Voices exhibit at the National Library of Medicine Wednesday.

Rockville Tackles Deer Population Problem

Rockville Tackles Deer Population Problem

The start of fall in Maryland brings a change in the weather, falling leaves and increasing encounters with deer. In Montgomery County, officials say they're trying to cope with an overpopulation of deer which has also resulted in an increase in Lyme disease.