From the Maryland Reporter website:

WEEKEND CAMPAIGNING Ehrlich, O'Malley spend weekend out and about on the campaign trail, the Associated Press reports in The Carroll County Times. Don Aines from the Hagerstown Herald Mail reports on Ehrlich's appearance at the Washington County Ag Expo...

Having arrived as FEMA Administrator from a top emergency management post in Florida, Craig Fugate knows a thing or two about hurricanes and other major disasters.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has had its share of problems. One thing Fugate has focused on is getting FEMA up on th...

By Patrick Madden

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is tapping a prosecutor in the D.C. Attorney General's office to take over the District's juvenile justice agency. Former Deputy Attorney General Robert Hildum replaces Marc Schindler as the new interim head. Fenty says Schindler's six month appoint...

BALTIMORE (AP) Maryland's gubernatorial candidates hit the weekend campaign trail, braving temperatures in the 90s to court voters. Former Gov. Robert Ehrlich was in Washington County on Saturday, where he had lunch with fire and rescue personnel before visiting the Washington County Ag Expo + Fa...

By Jessica Gould

College isn't just about learning new things; it's also about meeting new people. One nonprofit in D.C. is urging students to make the most of the opportunity.

At a District of Columbia College Access Program seminar, Michael Andrews is giving students a glimpse of wh...

By Patrick Madden

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is tapping a prosecutor in the D.C. Attorney General's office to take over the District's juvenile justice agency. Former Deputy Attorney General Robert Hildum replaces Marc Schindler as the new interim head. Fenty says Schindler's six month appoint...

BALTIMORE (AP) Maryland's gubernatorial candidates hit the weekend campaign trail, braving temperatures in the 90s to court voters. Former Gov. Robert Ehrlich was in Washington County on Saturday, where he had lunch with fire and rescue personnel before visiting the Washington County Ag Expo + Fa...

By Jessica Gould

College isn't just about learning new things; it's also about meeting new people. One nonprofit in D.C. is urging students to make the most of the opportunity.

At a District of Columbia College Access Program seminar, Michael Andrews is giving students a glimpse of wh...

BALTIMORE (AP) Baltimore officials say bulk trash collection, which was suspended at the end of June because of budget concerns, will resume in August.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says that starting Monday, residents can call 311 to schedule bulk trash collection, which will resume Aug....

WASHINGTON (AP) Nearly 9,000 customers in Maryland are without power after thunderstorms toppled trees and branches, bringing down electrical wires. A Pepco spokesman says utility lines at locations in Bethesda, Potomac and Rockville were affected.

WASHINGTON (AP) D.C. officials are seeking...

By Cathy Carter

A team of Alexandria teenagers are spending their summer gathering information about their community. Sixteen-year-old Grand Roberson is at the Boston Market in Alexandria's West End. She's here to conduct an interview with the store's supervisor. It's all part of her job as...

BALTIMORE (AP) Baltimore officials say bulk trash collection, which was suspended at the end of June because of budget concerns, will resume in August.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says that starting Monday, residents can call 311 to schedule bulk trash collection, which will resume Aug....

WASHINGTON (AP) Nearly 9,000 customers in Maryland are without power after thunderstorms toppled trees and branches, bringing down electrical wires. A Pepco spokesman says utility lines at locations in Bethesda, Potomac and Rockville were affected.

WASHINGTON (AP) D.C. officials are seeking...

By Cathy Carter

A team of Alexandria teenagers are spending their summer gathering information about their community. Sixteen-year-old Grand Roberson is at the Boston Market in Alexandria's West End. She's here to conduct an interview with the store's supervisor. It's all part of her job as...

WASHINGTON (AP) A White House spokesman says BP's ruptured oil well is leaking at the top, along with seepage about two miles away.

Robert Gibbs also says officials are monitoring bubbles that can be seen on an underwater camera.

Leaks could mean the cap on the well has to be opened t...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Virginia is set to hold hearings on plans for high-speed rail between Richmond and Raleigh, N.C. Hearings on the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor will be held in Richmond tomorrow, in Petersburg on Wednesday and on Thursday in McKenney.

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) Local transport...

By Jessica Gould

More than 5,000 Ahmadi Muslims have come to the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia to celebrate their community and promote their message of peace.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has millions of members across the world. Ahmad Chaudhry is one of them, and he sa...

By Meymo Lyons

Maryland may soon allow condemned prisoners to choose their own spiritual advisor to accompany them in the execution chamber when they die.

Most of the 35 states with capital punishment allow an inmate to meet with the clergy of their choice in the hours before an execu...

By Cathy Duchamp

I met Mary Young at the John Booth senior center in Baltimore’s Highlandtown. She says her house has ceiling fans but no air conditioning. So, does anyone check in on her when it gets hot?

"My neighbors and my niece that live right around me," she says. "They come ove...

By Jonathan Wilson

Today, much of the nation's landscaping industry united in Northern Virginia to do its part to care for America's most sacred ground: Arlington National Cemetery.

Vietnam Veteran Jim Barrett is watching a crew of workers roll a high-tech plow back and forth on a pat...

From the Maryland Reporter website:

WEEKEND CAMPAIGNING Ehrlich, O'Malley spend weekend out and about on the campaign trail, the Associated Press reports in The Carroll County Times. Don Aines from the Hagerstown Herald Mail reports on Ehrlich's appearance at the Washington County Ag Expo...

Having arrived as FEMA Administrator from a top emergency management post in Florida, Craig Fugate knows a thing or two about hurricanes and other major disasters.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has had its share of problems. One thing Fugate has focused on is getting FEMA up on th...