In the early 1960s, developer James Rouse quietly cobbled together 14,000 acres of land in Howard County, telling few and using a number of shell companies to keep prices low. People speculated that the land was being used for a research lab or a giant compost pile.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball on Thursday announced steps to jump-start plans for a lakefront library and new affordable housing units in Columbia — top priorities on which there had seemingly been little progress.

A former Howard County hearing examiner is calling out the County Council for voting in closed session not to renew her contract, a decision that she says should have been made in an open meeting.

Seven things to do in Howard County, including Halloween-themed events and Fall Pop Concert.

The school system says unionized Zūm bus drivers passed out flyers to students, encouraging families to join their pay fight.

Preservation Maryland plans to restore the old Ellicott City jail while also not shying away from the jail’s racist past.

Two brand-new redistricting options could quell concerns at one school and reopen the floodgates at another.

Tersiguel’s French Country Restaurant is closing its doors after five decades on Ellicott City’s Main Street this December.

If approved, a redistricting plan would increase the portion of students living in poverty at a Columbia elementary school.

Zūm School Bus Services drivers, who handle roughly a third of the Howard County Public School System’s routes, authorized a strike Thursday.

The Howard County Public School System canceled its free flu and COVID vaccine clinics due to a lack of grant funding.

Seven things to do in Howard County from Thursday, Oct. 2, to Wednesday, Oct. 8.

Howard County Schools Superintendent Bill Barnes released a widely anticipated redistricting plan that tackles overcrowding at one elementary school but stops short of addressing swelling enrollment at another.

Before Bill Barnes, Howard County’s schools superintendent, presents his redistricting proposal to the county Board of Education on Sept. 25, here’s a refresher on the redistricting process.

This marks at least the third CVS to close in Baltimore this year.

Seven things to do in Howard County from Thursday Sept. 18 through Wednesday Sept. 24.

In Ellicott City, the placement of a peach sculpture has sparked controversy, while a nearby eggplant sculpture was accepted by the Howard County Historic Preservation Commission.

Select Howard County middle schools aren’t allowing students to carry backpacks from class to class. The teenagers have thoughts.

New data released by the U.S. Census Bureau suggests a harsh reality: it’s never been harder for young families to move to Howard County.

Julius Warren Jr., who owned what is believed to be the first Black-owned barbershop in Howard County, dies at 87