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    For sale: Move-in ready Howard County home with luxurious updates
    Tucked away in Ellicott City, you’ll love this home’s modern interiors and luxurious updates.
    Lost Ark Spiced Rum
    ‘Trailblazer’ Howard County distillery to close
    Columbia’s Lost Ark Distilling Company is shutting its doors.
    Residents of South Baltimore brave the downpour on December 11, 2024.
    Freezing rain causes icy roads, school closings across Maryland
    Parts of Maryland are under a winter weather advisory until 10 a.m. Thursday as freezing rain and sleet showered the area overnight and into the early morning.
    Starting March 3rd, no Howard County Public Schools students will be able to use their cellphones during the school day.
    5 things to know about Howard County’s school cellphone ban
    Howard County Public Schools students will not be allowed to even glance at their cellphones during the school day starting March 3, under changes recently approved by the school board.
    Manor Hill Brewing blanketed in snow on Wednesday Jan. 8, 2025. The brewery is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
    7 things to do in Howard County, from Ghoul’s Night Out to Super Bowl Sunday
    There is plenty to do in Howard County in the coming week, from celebrating Valentine’s Day early, to watching the big game Sunday with endless food.
    Howard County Police arrested three teens and seek one more in the shooting death of 17-year-old Lance Carrington, the department announced Wednesday morning.
    3 teens arrested in connection with 17-year-old’s death as cops search for another suspect
    Howard County Police arrested three teens and seek one more in the shooting death of 17-year-old Lance Carrington, the department announced.
    A new four-story medical office building known as 10285 Lakefront has opened on the downtown Columbia lakefront’s southern shore along Little Patuxent Parkway.
    Hate visiting the doctor? At least these Columbia exam rooms come with a lakefront view
    Columbia developer Howard Hughes has cut the ribbon on 10285 Lakefront, a four-story medical building along Lake Kittamuqundi.
    The most expensive public infrastructure project in Howard County history, the extended North Tunnel is a work in progress.
    County executive confident of Ellicott City flood project funding as work is poised to begin
    Neither solid granite nor uncertainty tied to President Donald Trump's federal funding freeze has stalled Howard County leaders’ plans to bore a mile-long tunnel from Ellicott City to the Patapsco River this fall.
    The vacant storefront that used to be the home of Williams Sonoma at The Mall in Columbia will soon house Uniqlo. Photographed on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
    At The Mall in Columbia, Williams Sonoma is out as Uniqlo prepares to move in
    Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo is opening a new storefront at The Mall in Columbia.
    Howard County Police are investigating two fatal collisions that occurred within hours of one another in the eastern part of the county.
    4 die in weekend crashes in Baltimore, Howard counties
    Two people died in crashes in eastern Howard County over the weekend, and two died in a single-vehicle crash in Baltimore County.
    Sriya Pothapragada has skydived 66 times and recently competed for Clemson University at the United States Parachute Association’s National Collegiate Skydiving Championship.
    This academic wanted to study extremophiles. Then she got into competitive skydiving.
    In the world of competitive skydiving, Ellicott City native Sriya Pothapragada considers herself a baby bird.
    Howard Community College’s Board of Trustees approved a $7.7 million five-year contract with CampusWorks, a higher education consultant company, to staff and manage the college’s human resources department.
    Howard Community College enters contract to outsource its HR department
    Howard Community College has entered into $7.7 million five-year contract with a higher education consultant company to staff and manage the college’s human resources department.
    The Woodstock Job Corps Center told the state it is closing and laying off 117 employees.
    Federal cuts mean 117 layoffs at Baltimore County’s Job Corps Center
    The U.S. Department of Labor is closing the Woodstock Job Corps Center in Woodstock, Maryland, following budget cuts to the youth career training program.
    By a 7-1 vote, the Howard County school board on Thursday approved stricter rules on cellphone use.
    Howard County students can’t use cellphones on campus during school day
    Come March, no Howard County public school students will be able to use their cellphones during the school day.
    For sale: Spacious Howard County home with modern updates and high-end finishes
    Located in Ellicott City, this attractive home is move-in ready with modern updates and high-end finishes.
    The Howard Community College held a rally before the college's annual convocation ceremony on Friday Jan. 24, 2025 to voice their frustrations over contract negotiations with administration.
    Faculty union calls on Howard Community College to ‘stop the stalling’ over contract talks
    The Howard Community College faculty union is speaking up about what it deems to be inaction and constant stalling by the college's administration to meet at the bargaining table.
    Harriet Tubman Cultural Center is hosting a Black history event on Tuesday.
    7 things to do in Howard County, from a Groundhog Day tea party to a Black history event
    From a Groundhog Day tea party to a Black history event celebrating Howard County residents, here are seven things to do for the week ending Jan. 5.
    The Wet Honey Lemon Pepper wings from Black Flag Social House.
    Flats or drums? These 4 Howard County spots will satisfy your chicken wing craving.
    With college basketball, the end of football season and baseball season on the horizon, every day is a good day to have chicken wings in Howard County.
    Richard Bright in 2012.
    Richard Bright, longtime Coppin State professor, always wanted to do what was right
    Richard Bright, a longtime Coppin State University professor, died Jan. 14 in his sleep. He was 89.
    A focus group recommended that the proposed Howard County public garden on the grounds of Longwood in Glenwood include living tribute areas to enslaved and Indigenous peoples who once lived on the land, among other features.
    Howard County’s public garden will honor land’s troubled past, focus group says
    Howard County’s focus group released its recommendation plans for the county’s first-ever public garden.
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