Howard County

I recently caught up with state Sen. Sarah Elfreth over coffee, days after she won the Democratic nomination for Congress in Maryland's 6th District. She recently adopted a puppy named Ollie and thinks often of the late House Speaker Mike Busch, who encouraged and inspired her.

Competitive flag football is coming to Howard Community College next year.

Seven things to do in Howard County from May 16 to May 22, including Wine in the Woods and a Bike to Work Week celebration.

The 3rd Floor Cocktail Club, a speakeasy tucked away in Judge’s Bench in Ellicott City, aims to cater to “cocktail nerds” in Howard County and beyond.

See 2024 election results for the Howard County School Board race in Maryland.

See primary election results for Maryland's 3rd congressional district, which includes all of Howard County, the northern portion of Anne Arundel County and a small piece of Carroll County.

Six candidates will advance out of the primary election for seats on the Howard County Board of Education.

Red Lobster restaurants in Gaithersburg, Columbia, Silver Spring and Laurel have officially closed — but the equipment and furniture inside the Maryland locations is up for grabs.

The Pentagon has awarded the Applied Physics Laboratory $12 billion over the past decade, making Hopkins the largest university recipient of Defense Department money.

Howard County celebrated Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with the third annual AAPI festival at Merriweather Park.

Democratic voters — early voting is over and election day is Tuesday — have to decide not just who is better for the job, David Trone or Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks. They have to decide if his spending so much of his own money to win an election is, well, right.

Savage Mill may be a small section of Howard County, Maryland, but it is rich with local businesses and restaurants.

Montgomery County is the beast that beats them among Maryland’s local governments. Its budget proposal is a whopping $7.1 billion, more than the combined spending plans for Anne Arundel, Howard and Frederick — plus seven of the state’s 16 smaller counties. Why should you care? What happens there affects the rest of us.

Howard County teachers held a rally outside the school board meeting Thursday to voice their frustrations over contract negotiations with the school system.

Several thousand people are expected to attend for the third annual Asian American and Pacific Islander Festival this weekend at The Chrysalis at Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods, which is free to the public.

Here are some great things to do in Howard County for the week starting May 9.

Winning an election is all about numbers. Where will Maryland’s U.S. Senate candidates find their votes?

“She has all that you would want in someone to represent you in Congress,” Cardin said during a stop in Annapolis Monday.

Merriweather Post Pavilion have attracted big names in music to the newly renovated facilities thanks in part to a backstage pool.

From food trucks to food hall stalls to brick-and-mortar restaurants, there’s no shortage of taco spots defining the Howard County culinary landscape.