The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch in effect 6:15 p.m. Thursday until 7 a.m. Friday for the following areas:

• THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
• IN MARYLAND THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES
• IN CENTRAL MARYLAND ANNE ARUNDEL HOWARD MONTGOMERY PRINCE GEORGES
• IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND CARROLL FREDERICK WASHINGTON IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND CECIL
• IN NORTHERN MARYLAND BALTIMORE BALTIMORE CITY HARFORD IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND CALVERT CHARLES ST. MARYS
• IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 33 COUNTIES
• IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA ALBEMARLE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG GREENE KING GEORGE NELSON ORANGE SPOTSYLVANIA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA ARLINGTON CITY OF ALEXANDRIA CITY OF FAIRFAX CITY OF FALLS CHURCH CITY OF MANASSAS CITY OF MANASSAS PARK CULPEPER FAIRFAX FAUQUIER LOUDOUN PRINCE WILLIAM STAFFORD IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA CITY OF WINCHESTER CLARKE FREDERICK MADISON PAGE RAPPAHANNOCK SHENANDOAH WARREN
• IN WESTERN VIRGINIA AUGUSTA AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES AND THE CITIES OF HARRISONBURG, STAUNTON, WAYNESBORO
• IN WEST VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES
• IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA
• HAMPSHIRE HARDY
• IN PANHANDLE WEST VIRGINIA
• BERKELEY JEFFERSON MORGAN

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ALEXANDRIA, ANNAPOLIS, ARLINGTON, ARNOLD, ASPEN HILL, BALLENGER CREEK, BALTIMORE, BEL AIR, BERRYVILLE, BETHESDA, BOWIE, CALIFORNIA, CAMP SPRINGS, CATONSVILLE, CHANTILLY, CHARLES TOWN, CHARLOTTESVILLE, CHESAPEAKE BEACH, CLINTON, COLLEGE PARK, COLUMBIA, CROZET, CULPEPER, DAHLGREN, DUNDALK, DUNKIRK, EDGEWOOD, ELDERSBURG, ELKTON, ELLICOTT CITY, ESSEX, FAIRFAX, FALLS CHURCH, FALLSTON, FALMOUTH, FREDERICK, FREDERICKSBURG, FRONT ROYAL, GAITHERSBURG, GERMANTOWN, GLEN BURNIE, GORDONSVILLE, GREENBELT, GREENFIELD, HAGERSTOWN, HARRISONBURG, HARRISONBURG, HAVRE DE GRACE, HERNDON, HUNTINGTOWN, JOPPATOWNE, LAUREL, LEESBURG, LEXINGTON PARK, LURAY, LUSBY, MADISON, MANASSAS, MANASSAS PARK, MARTINSBURG, MCLEAN, MOOREFIELD, NORTH BEACH, ODENTON, ORANGE, PARKVILLE, PAW PAW, PIKESVILLE, POTOMAC, PRINCE FREDERICK, RANDALLSTOWN, RESTON, ROCKVILLE, ROMNEY, SEVERN, SEVERNA PARK, SHENANDOAH, SHEPHERDSTOWN, SILVER SPRING, SOUTH GATE, SPOTSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE, ST. CHARLES, STANARDSVILLE, STANLEY, STAUNTON, STAUNTON, STERLING, STRASBURG, SUITLAND-SILVER HILL, TOWSON, WALDORF, WARRENTON, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON, WAYNESBORO, WAYNESBORO, WESTMINSTER, WINCHESTER, WINCHESTER, WOODBRIDGE, AND WOODSTOCK.

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WASHINGTON – The deputy director of D.C.’s Department of Buildings, Caroline Lian, has resigned following a Board of Ethics investigation that revealed she had been working a separate full-time job with Freddie Mac during her telework days.

Lian, who also served as a Falls Church City Council member, allegedly participated in council business while on the clock for the District of Columbia. The investigation led to Lian being fined $25,000, and she is no longer part of the D.C. or Falls Church government.

Her resignation from the Falls Church City Council became effective on Thursday, following revelations about her failure to properly report outside employment. The City of Falls Church confirmed her resignation, which was prompted by an article published in The Washington Post on Wednesday. The article detailed findings from the District of Columbia’s Board of Ethics and Government Accountability Office, revealing that Lian had not accurately disclosed her outside employment.

“The Post article prompted the City to review Ms. Lian’s most recent annual Financial Disclosure, known as the ‘Virginia State and Local Statement of Economic Interests,’” said Mary Catherine Chase, spokesperson for the City of Falls Church. “Upon review, the City discovered that the former council member listed only Freddie Mac as her employer and did not disclose her employment relationship with the District of Columbia. Following procedures set forth by state code, the City has relayed this information to the Commonwealth’s Attorney for investigation.”

Daniel Gleick, Press Secretary for the District of Columbia’s Department of Buildings, stated, “The Department of Buildings has accepted the employee’s resignation effective immediately, and she is no longer employed by District government. The Department of Buildings is committed to our mission of serving D.C. residents, businesses, and visitors, and will be taking additional steps to ensure that all employees follow required practices.”

The investigation into Lian’s financial disclosures and outside employment is ongoing.

A Washington, D.C., government official has resigned after the city’s ethics board found she had been secretly working a separate full-time job and serving as an elected official in Virginia on government time.

Caroline Lian earned $175,000 per year as deputy director of the District of Columbia Department of Buildings while also earning a six-figure salary at Freddie Mac, according to a report from the District of Columbia Board of Ethics and Accountability.

Lian, who joined the DOB in 2022, reportedly maintained a hybrid work schedule at the agency, coming into the office on Mondays and Fridays and working remotely the rest of the week.

Meanwhile, she worked the opposite schedule as a risk management director at Freddie Mac, coming into the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays while working remotely on Mondays and Fridays, according to the settlement agreement signed by Lian.

She failed to report her employment with Freddie Mac on her financial disclosure statement for 2022 and 2023, according to the ethics board.

Lian also served as a city councilwoman in Falls Church, Virginia, on a part-time basis. Although she disclosed her position on the city council to the DOB, the ethics board found she attended council meetings while still reporting a full day’s work in D.C. on more than 10 occasions.

“The Department of Buildings has accepted the employee’s resignation effective immediately and she is no longer employed by District government,” a DOB spokesman said in a statement.

Under the terms of the settlement, Lian has agreed to pay a $25,000 fine and attend ethics training.

The report comes after District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser in January ordered city employees to limit their remote work to one day per week.

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“It’s about the services that we provide to our residents, and we are a local government, and we need to be there to do that,” Bowser said.

The DOB spokesman said the department “will be taking additional steps to ensure that all employees follow required practices.”