Howard County

Many Columbia residents and leaders are pushing back against proposals to turn over management of the village community association buildings and neighborhood centers to the Columbia Association.

Three years in, the Blueprint has become synonymous with budget cuts, leaving school leaders reconsidering how they spend every dime.

The Columbia Association is weighing proposals to take over the community buildings and centers that are now run by the planned community’s 10 villages. The recommendations are triggering a debate about Columbia’s future.

Here are some things to do in Howard County, including Trans Day of Visibility and the MACC Bash at Merriweather Post Pavilion.

Parts of Maryland, including Baltimore, will be under a fire weather watch Wednesday due to dry conditions and heavy winds, officials said.

Chicken + Whiskey closed its location at the Mall in Columbia this week, marking a tough period for Maryland's independent restaurant operators.

An Amtrak train passenger with measles traveled through Washington, D.C. last week, leaving some exposed to the airborne virus and at risk of infection.

As tensions continue to rise between Howard Community College’s administration and the full-time faculty union, the union is taking aim at an updated policy that restricts free speech and the right to gather on campus.

The theft impacts three green card applicants, setting one case back six months, the law firm says.

Lytos, a vodka brand founded by Towson alum Billy Fanshawe, is the first patented spirit to be made with electrolytes. Now, it’s sold across Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C.

Howard County Police arrested a fourth person in connection with 17-year-old Lance Carrington’s death, though the alleged shooter, a 16-year-old boy, remains at large.

Howard County Council is weighing a ban on hourly room rentals in an effort to curb human trafficking and prostitution.

Inside the highly coveted Gaither Hunt community, this home shines inside and out.

Benjamin Schmitt, president of the Howard County Education Association, says students with disabilities deserve fairness when it comes to educational funding priorities.

Development plans reveal the owner wants to put a gas station and convenience store on the famous little Maryland cemetery.

Seven Howard County events for the week ending March 26, 2025.

Howard County has picked a design by county resident Esen Paradiso to be the new county flag. It replaces a design that’s been in place since 1968.

As state leaders have come together behind four nominees to fill vacancies on the Howard Community College board, a bill that would aims to bring more transparency to the board has the support of the county's senators and delegates.

Baltimore students gave up their phones kicking and screaming, but now they report better grades and focus.