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Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Serena McIlwain (center) and Land and Materials Administration Director Rick Kessler (left) testify in support of a bill that would allow her agency to let chicken growers begin construction on new poultry houses amid delays in issuing a new permit for the industry....

Several stores at the Clarksburg Outlets were damaged after a fire broke out on Friday, according to the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.

Fairfax County officials are pledging more outreach in their efforts connecting panhandlers with services to stabilize their lives and get them off the streets. “We want to drive people who have need to organizations that can help,” Board of Supervisors Chair Jeff McKay said at a Feb. 10 meeting of the Board’s Health...

Before Maryland lawmakers opened the 2026 legislative session in January, the state’s land conservation programs were already facing a $75 million shortfall over the next three years. It’s a familiar story, conservation advocates say. In 1969, Maryland became the first state to set aside a consistent, dedicated...

A former Laurel police chief on Friday was sentenced to 55 years in prison for setting three fires at two Clarksburg properties owned by his stepson and daughter-in-law between 2016 and 2020. David Michael Crawford, 74, of Ellicott City, is already serving two consecutive life sentences plus 75 years for...

Fairfax County is mourning one of its own. Firefighter Brandon Winfield died Thursday, February 12, 2026, following a brief illness, according to the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. Winfield served Fairfax County for 20 years after being hired in 2006 as a member of Recruit Class 121. At the...

NOTE: The Office of the Governor shared the following press release:. Extension of price collar through 2030 will save consumers across the region an estimated $27 billion, building on the Moore-Miller Administration’s comprehensive strategy to lower energy bills and ensure grid reliability. ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Governor...

A delivery driver is being credited with helping save an elderly woman from a house fire in Harford County, Maryland.The Amazon driver was making a delivery near Creek View Court in Whiteford when she noticed a home on fire and immediately called 911. As emergency crews were on the way, the driver saw an 84-year-old...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland General Assembly has introduced the No Kings Act (HB 550), a proposal that would allow individuals, under certain circumstances, to file civil lawsuits in Maryland state courts against federal law enforcement officers for alleged constitutional violations. HB 550 was introduced on Jan....

Officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called shortly before 9:15 a.m. on Feb. 12 to the hospital in the 2300 block of Opitz Boulevard in Woodbridge, where there were reports of a disorderly woman. Police say Woodbridge resident Jessica Clare Smallfield, 40, was acting erratically and locked...