One scientist hopes his Eastern Shore fishing derby boosts the fish fight.

In a letter sent to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Maryland says the state won’t make the correction requested and doesn’t plan to reissue a permit.

If the water overtakes Crisfield, some may stay. But many more wonder: Is a community that experiences costly floods every day still a community?

A second attempt at an organized Baltimore harbor swim this summer was called off due to persistent rains, and organizers don’t plan on trying again this summer.

Harbor Splash is a milestone in the vision of Mike Hankin, a Baltimore County businessman and philanthropist who has championed a swimmable harbor for more than 15 years.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week told Maryland regulators that an air quality permit issued for an offshore wind project near Ocean City was not valid.

The Chesapeake Bay Program is working on its fifth plan to restore the bay by year's end.

When nearly 200 family, co-workers and friends came together Saturday at DreamLife Worship Center in Randallstown to honor Dontae Melton Jr., a somber mood was often broken by celebrations of life.

At least nine people, including two children, have died from heat-related illness so far in 2025 — more than twice as many as this time last year, according to Maryland data.

Patuxent Research Refuge’s North Tract in Laurel has cut visiting hours. Could the Trump administration could close it entirely?

Opponents of a contentious power line planned for rural Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick counties are appealing a court order that grants developers access to their land to survey the project route.

Electric vehicle sales already lagged far below Maryland’s benchmarks, and so far the state isn’t fighting to preserve the policy, targeted by Republicans.

The proposed Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project would cross some 400 different properties across the three counties.

The event, meant to showcase the harbor’s safety for swimming and recreation, will instead take place July 19.

Environmentalists discuss the question in decidedly different ways.

A Baltimore nonprofit is among three that the judge says should be able to use the funds to distribute grants.

Johns Hopkins Hospital initially estimated the spill was around 200 gallons before revising that figure to 2,000 gallons and, finally, reporting Friday that it totaled 5,000 gallons.

Scientists say the Chesapeake Bay is still improving, even if this year’s grade marks a step back.

The diesel, used to power backup generators on the Hopkins medical campus, flowed into stormwater drains.

Officials said that roughly 18,000 gallons of water have been removed from the Inner Harbor, though it remains unclear how much of the 2,000 gallons of red-dyed diesel fuel that spilled a day earlier were included.