Four of five secondary schools in the Cumberland area need major improvements in order to continue to operate in the next decade, according to a team of experts hired to help the county configure future classrooms. Full Story »
Cumberland continues negotiations with the United Food and Commercial Workers, the International Association of Fire Fighters and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in an effort to reduce costs and account for a $1.3 million budget deficit. Full Story »
The second winter storm in four days smacked the tri-state area Tuesday night with several inches of snow topped with a thin coat of sleet and freezing rain. Full Story »
Frostburg’s new snow-moving truck was just a tad late to get into Tuesday night’s plow party, but was to be ready late Wednesday in the event a second storm wave struck the Mountain City. Full Story »
Don’t mind Joyce Bishoff if she is a bit perplexed. Full Story »
The Garrett County Health Department is opening up H1N1 vaccines to the general population. Appointments for vaccinations at the Oakland office are available for various days throughout December. Full Story »
Both seasonal flu and H1N1 flu vaccine will be available to the general public Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Allegany County Fairgrounds Multiuse Building. Full Story »
Mineral County’s upcoming H1N1 vaccine clinics, by appointment only, have been expanded to include healthy people ages 25 to 64 and people 65 and older with underlying health conditions. Full Story »
Enforcement actions announced by the Maryland Department of the Environment on Wednesday for alleged violations of requirements for water, land and air and radiation management include the following area projects. Full Story »
Delegate LeRoy Myers wished everyone a “Merry Christmas” at the annual prelegislative breakfast with the District 1 delegation to Annapolis.It might be difficult, however, to get into the holiday spirit after the discussion he and his fellow lawmakers led Wednesday at the annual event at the Holiday Inn sponsored by the Allegany County Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee. Full Story »
More than $98 million in Maryland Medicaid claims were paid without the use of safeguards built into a computerized system designed to stop inappropriate payments to medical providers, state auditors reported Tuesday. Full Story »
Work on a West Virginia wind power project has been halted by a federal judge who sided with environmentalists’ claim that the project would harm an endangered bat. Full Story »
Wilma’s Doll House will hold another open house Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m. Full Story »
Fifteen junior and senior students enrolled in the new culinary arts program at the Career Center recently hosted a group for lunch to show off their culinary skills and talents. Full Story »
Like so many Ohio kids raised on football, Brady Quinn developed a strong distaste for everything Pittsburgh Steelers. Full Story »
A LaVale native is being honored for his heroism more than 60 years ago in the small village of Grandmenil, Belgium. The act, for which the late Cpl. Richard F. Wiegand received the Silver Star posthumously, took place during the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes Forest early Christmas morning in 1944. Full Story »
State budget cuts, future and looming, are spearheading local officials to request the Allegany County Bureau of Police to police the Georges Creek Valley town of Westernport and its estimated 2,100 residents. Full Story »
Chances have increased in Maryland for the arrest of thieves who steal property and then sell it to unsuspecting pawnbrokers, precious metals dealers or vehicle salvage yards. Full Story »
A group of about a dozen citizens will begin discussing the future of Allegany County’s secondary schools this evening as part of a several-month study of how to best accommodate children and the community. Full Story »
Frostburg State University cheerleading Captain Kelly Gauvin, left, and 9-year-old Emily Thomas rehearse a dance number Sunday afternoon during the annual FSU Cheer and Dance Clinic in the auxiliary gymnasium at the Frostburg campus Full Story »
A Frostburg woman was killed in a Bedford County accident early Saturday afternoon on Interstate 99. Full Story »
A Stoystown woman kept herself alive for nine hours after the vehicle she was operating slid off the roadway and tumbled down a steep embankment. Full Story »
The failing economy threatened to reduce the take from Western Maryland Food Bank's Bags of Plenty program, but thanks to the help of the employees at CBIZ's Cumberland office, the damage was minor. Full Story »
Maryland remains the wealthiest state in the nation, but income and health gaps are still a concern for blue-collar families here, a new report suggests. Full Story »
Former Westernport resident Kenneth Nine, of Temple, Texas, recently shared with his family members a feature story published by the Temple Daily Telegram about his memories during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Full Story »
Jackass Penguins take a walk at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Japan. AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye
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