Western Maryland

Hagerstown had never seen a mayor like Tekesha Martinez: a Black woman and poet who grew up in foster care. Ahead of the 2024 election, national politics seeped into her city.

U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin will leave office in January. It’s a moment of significant transition for Maryland, one with far-reaching consequences. You could see that as he traveled the state in the early days of his farewell tour.

Wisp Ski Resort is opening its slopes in Western Maryland on Friday for skiers and snowboarders.

Maryland State Police are investigating the death of a person who was incarcerated at a state prison as a homicide, they announced Wednesday.

Buckel, 53, a Republican who represents Allegany County, entered an Alford plea to one count of driving while impaired by alcohol and received probation before judgment.

Gov. Wes Moore on Friday evening shared that he had “grave concerns” about the controversial Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources lifted the statewide burn ban that was put in place Nov. 1 to help prevent the spread of wildfires amid dry conditions.

Federal prosecutors are dropping the machine gun conspiracy case against Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, weeks after a jury acquitted his co-defendant.

Small-town charm meets big-city attention as Cumberland’s relocation program goes viral.

Democrat April McClain Delaney narrowly won a U.S. House seat in Maryland’s most competitive congressional race that came to focus on reproductive rights and the economy.

A 48-year-old from Anne Arundel County left scrap tires strewn across an industrial property in Western Maryland. He has pleaded guilty to 17 environmental crimes, authorities say.

The Public Service Enterprise Group unveiled a planned route for new transmission lines that the company says would address resident concerns.

The way the US Ghost Adventures markets itself in some cities is so similar to longer-running local ghost tours that customers become confused, owners say.

For its 25th anniversary, a look back at "The Blair Witch Project," the Maryland-filmed movie that became one of the most successful and influential horror films of all time.

Frederick County and its namesake city are changing. Since Ben Cardin was first elected to the U.S. Senate, this community has emerged as a key to victory in the race between Angela Alsobrooks and Larry Hogan.

Cumberland, like other small cities in Maryland, has experienced a post-pandemic revival thanks to an influx of residents who work remotely. The Western Maryland mountain town is shoring up its historic downtown.

A male inmate died at Allegany County state prison on Friday, Aug. 9. Another unnamed inmate is a suspect.

No one seems to want a proposed 70-mile power transmission line that would run through Carroll, Frederick and Baltimore Counties. And no one seems to know exactly how to stop it.

Louis Giles has been working for three years to put a new gravestone in place for Samuel Neale, a Black Maryland veteran who worked as a steward and a medical assistant to a surgeon during the War of 1812. On Saturday, Giles completes that mission.

David S. Lapp, the people’s counsel, wrote a letter voicing his worries about a proposed 70-mile power line to the managers of PJM Interconnection LLC, the utility that manages the power grid infrastructure in Maryland and 12 other states.