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The National Weather Service has issued winter weather advisories for the areas in purple for freezing rain on Tuesday.
Maryland weather: Bitter cold before wintry mix on Tuesday
A Canadian cold front will approach the region on Tuesday, and a winter weather advisory has been issued for most of Maryland.
Fog makes things vanish, including the Baltimore Harbor as seen from a pier in Canton. There are signs that the Chesapeake Bay in winter is increasingly foggy.
Why does it seem foggier along the Chesapeake Bay?
No one I know of studies Chesapeake Bay fog. It’s just the weather. But after spotting an increasing number of fog warnings on the Bay Bridge, maybe someone should.
Three men have been reported dead from cold-related illness in Maryland so far this winter season.
Maryland reports 3 cold weather-related deaths as winter begins
Three men have been reported dead from cold-related illness in Maryland so far this winter season.
Fog covers Fort McHenry on Tuesday before expected rain showers. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)
Rain and storms Wednesday before colder air arrives
Rain showers are expected to continue into Wednesday morning, potentially making the morning commute slower than usual.
Ana Rodriguez, organizer with CASA, protests outside of the Maryland State House for free healthcare on the last day of the legislative session on April 10, 2023.
Why is it so hard to get to Maryland’s state capital?
Annapolis is the center of power in Maryland, but it's not the easiest place to get to without a car.
Camp Small in 2023.
Camp Small is the Baltimore success story at the center of Thursday’s fire
Part of the city's zero-waste efforts, Camp Small makes and sells mulch, firewood, whole logs and its premium product: lumber.
Snow falls in the late night / early morning hours of February 17, 2024 in East Baltimore.
Baltimore might see snow this week, but just a dusting
A cold front is making its way to region, bringing with it a slight chance of rain and snow Thursday morning.
Wisp Ski Resort is opening its slopes in Western Maryland.
Wisp Ski Resort in Western Maryland to open slopes this week with snowfall expected
Wisp Ski Resort is opening its slopes in Western Maryland on Friday for skiers and snowboarders.
EPA Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz, center, speaks with community residents during a tour of Baltimore.
EPA’s mid-Atlantic regulator talks about Trump, coal dust and Chesapeake Bay
As Biden appointees prepare to make their exit, Trump has signaled plans to slash jobs and roll back regulations in agencies like the EPA.
The Domino Sugars sign just before sunrise.
Rain and wind forecast for Thanksgiving, with a cold blast to follow
Forecasters are predicting rainy, windy weather for the Baltimore area on Thanksgiving Day, with a cold snap to follow over the holiday weekend.
Eagles and other similar raptors at the Tuckahoe State Park in Queen Anne’s County want your unused and uncooked turkey necks and giblets.
Give your giblets! Raptors at Tuckahoe State Park seek Thanksgiving treats
Staff at Tuckahoe State Park want to give their six birds of prey your unused and uncooked turkey giblets.
A study from the Johns Hopkins University reconfirms what residents have long suspected: The black dust in Curtis Bay comes from coal.
Johns Hopkins researchers confirm Curtis Bay dust comes from coal
A study from the Johns Hopkins University reconfirms what residents have long suspected: The black dust in Curtis Bay comes from coal.
Rock Zang, owner of Chesapeake Smokehouse in Annapolis, looks over a row of smoked salmon fillets ready for packaging on Nov. 25, 2024.
Turkey is great, but Maryland should consider eating blue catfish for the holidays
Blue catfish won’t sit nobly at the center of your feast like a Norman Rockwell turkey, or come with lore like Maryland stuffed ham. It does have the element of abundance, though.
The hashtag #GIVINGNEWSDAY appears in white letters on a deep blue background. The v in the word "giving" appears as an orange heart, rendered from two separate pieces that are woven together.
Banner webinar: Meet our reporter covering the environment
Join Editor-in-Chief Kimi Yoshino and reporter Adam Willis for a free webinar about environmental journalism and what it takes to turn donations into revelatory reporting that puts people first.
Snow flurries in downtown Baltimore on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024.
Maryland sees its first snow of the season
The first snowfall of the winter in Maryland has seen just a couple of inches accumulating out west and only trace amounts sticking to the grass closer to Baltimore.
A person holding an umbrella walks down an alley in the rain.
Fire pit owners rejoice: Maryland lifts burn ban
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.
A simulation of what the Maryland Offshore Wind Project could look like once it is fully built out, viewed from the Ocean City boardwalk.
Maryland OKs wind power-related project in West Ocean City
Top state officials approved a permit Wednesday needed to begin an offshore wind project in the Delmarva Peninsula.
The sun rises over the Chesapeake Bay at the Susquehanna Flats. A report out Wednesday found that the bay’s dead zones returned to near-normal size this summer after shrinking to historic lows in 2023.
Chesapeake Bay ‘dead zones’ grew this year to near average after waning to historic low
The new survey comes as advocates for the bay are gearing up for a potentially pivotal meeting next month.
The windy conditions for the rest of the week may impact traffic on the Bay Bridge, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority.
Cold front to bring rain and gusty winds, with snow possible in parts of Maryland
The end of the year is approaching, and it’s starting to feel like it, too, with chilly, rainy weather, and for parts of the state, snow.
An Annapolis lawyer with a storied legal name wants the city to bow to an anonymous complaint that its City Dock flooding project didn’t properly get approval from the city’s own Historic Preservation Commission.
An Annapolis lawyer blocked one City Dock renewal. Now his son is trying again.
A legal challenge over the $100 million project to protect downtown Annapolis from climate flooding mirrors a legal a decade over the exact same space, many of the same ideas and even the same family of lawyers.
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