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Chantal’s remnants bring heavy rain, risk of flash flooding to Baltimore
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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July 7, 2025
Parts of Maryland are under a flood watch Monday as remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal move across the region. The National Hurricane Center downgraded Chantal to a tropical depression over the weekend as the storm moved through the Carolinas. As...
Maryland Gamers Embracing Mobile Casino Apps for On-the-Go Play
Eye on Annapolis - Maryland
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July 3, 2025
Mobile casino apps are rapidly becoming the new must-have for anyone who enjoys casino games but would prefer to stay home. Whether biding your time before a meeting in Rockville, or relaxing after a golden day at the Ocean City Boardwalk, these...
New flag hoisted in Maryland after 2-year-long redesign competition
WBAL TV - Maryland
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July 7, 2025
A new flag now flies over Howard County government buildings after a two-year redesign process.County officials raised the new flag on Monday. This comes after a commission solicited, received and evaluated submissions to redesign and modernize...
Violence against healthcare workers on the rise, Maryland nurse fighting for protections
FOX45 - Maryland
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WASHINGTON (7News) — We count on them during our worst moments, but many of us don’t realize the constant threat faced by healthcare workers: savage attacks from the very people they’re trying to help. They are five times more likely to be injured...
A Little Maryland History
Eye on Annapolis - Maryland
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July 7, 2025
It is believed that people lived in Maryland as early as 12,000 years ago. The main occupations of the Native Americans were hunting, fishing, and, to a lesser extent, agriculture. By the time European colonization of America began, the Algonquin...
Update: Friends of Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
The Chestertown Spy - Maryland
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July 7, 2025
Our advocacy efforts to protect Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge in the face of ongoing staffing and budget cuts have brought a strong and unified response from local government officials, business associations and grassroots groups. The...
St. Mary’s College Of Maryland Names Matthew Ennis Officer Of The Year
The Bay Net - Maryland
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July 7, 2025
ST. MARY’S CITY, Md. – The Office of Public Safety announced that Special Police Officer (SPO) Matthew Ennis has been selected St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Officer of the Year. The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County, the Department of Aging &...
Maryland Coastal Bays Program announces new 10-year comprehensive plan to protect local bays
47 ABC - WMDT - Maryland
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July 2, 2025
DELAMRVA. – The Maryland Coastal Bays Program has signed a new 10-year agreement with partners and officials. The agreement aims to protect and restore the coastal bays in Worcester County and surrounding areas. The plan specifically focuses on...
Maryland DNR Launches 2025 Waterfowl Blind Lottery
The Southern Maryland Chronicle
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July 2, 2025
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has launched its annual online lottery for waterfowl blind site licenses for the 2025-2026 hunting season. From July 16 to July 29, 2025, Maryland hunters and riparian landowners...
$646,947 for Wilkes schools withheld
Wilkes Journal-Patriot - North Carolina
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North Carolina joined 23 other states and the District of Columbia in suing the federal government on Monday for withholding $6.8 billion approved by Congress in March for K-12 and adult education. The frozen funds include $165 million earmarked...
How a DC Couple Built a Sustainable House On a Budget
Washingtonian
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July 7, 2025
For a young couple on a budget, buying a first home together, especially in a desirable neighborhood, can rival the search for Bigfoot: an impossible quest for a mythical object. Jack Becker and his now wife, Maddie Hoagland-Hanson, had the added...
Tropical rainstorm to drench Gulf Coast as renewed flood threat hits Northeast and Midwest
KTBB - Texas
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July 16, 2025
Posted/updated on: July 16, 2025 at 6:50 am (NEW YORK) -- A tropical threat on the Gulf Coast has a 40% chance for development into a tropical depression in the next 48 hours, according to the National Hurricane Center. The system, which could...
Baltimore-area water restrictions lifted after "wettest May since 2018," DPW says
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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Several Maryland counties lifted voluntary water restrictions after the region saw record rainfall in May, according to the Department of Public Works (DPW). Residents in Baltimore, Harford, Howard and Carroll counties were under a water...
New York man’s body found after going missing in Maryland reservoir
KTVZ - Oregon
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July 6, 2025
Click here for updates on this story PIKESVILLE, Maryland (WJZ) — A New York man who went missing on Thursday, July 3, while swimming with friends in a Maryland reservoir was recovered on Saturday afternoon. After a massive search and rescue...
Popular pizza brand's 1st Lehigh Valley shop coming soon to Whitehall, 2nd local spot to follow
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. - An Ohio-based pizza brand, with more than 1,200 locations worldwide, is expanding its footprint at a Lehigh County shopping center, which is set to welcome two other new tenants in the coming months. The first Lehigh Valley...
Maryland Democrats will have a Contested Primary – not a Coronation by Clayton Mitchell
The Chestertown Spy - Maryland
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July 2, 2025
“Speak out, you got to speak out against the madness You got to speak your mind, if you dare.” Crosby, Stills, and Nash (“Long Time Gone”) By any measure, the Democratic primary for governor in 2026 should be a contest and not a coronation. Yet...
Smith Island residents try to save Chesapeake Bay home amid climate change
CBS News
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This is an updated version of a story first published on Dec. 1, 2024. The original video can be viewed here. Smith Island doesn't sit in the middle of Chesapeake Bay, so much as it bobs there. Time marches on while the land recedes, turning to...
Texas floods reveal limitations of disaster forecasting under climate crisis
The Guardian
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July 6, 2025
The ongoing challenges of forecasting extreme weather during the era of the climate crisis have been brought to the fore again amid catastrophic flash flooding in the “hill country” region of Texas. As of early Sunday, hundreds of rescuers are...
Maryland plans MARC expansion into Virginia and Delaware as ridership surges
WUSA 9 - Washington D.C.
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July 1, 2025
Maryland plans to expand MARC train services into Virginia and Delaware, making the trips faster and more frequent. BALTIMORE — Maryland is reviving plans to expand MARC train service into Virginia and Delaware, the state Department of...
Maryland Court Affirms Ban on Commissioner’s Vote
The Southern Maryland Chronicle
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July 1, 2025
CHARLES COUNTY, Md. — The Appellate Court of Maryland affirmed a permanent injunction on June 30, 2025, barring Charles County Commissioner Thomasina O. Coates from voting on matters related to County Administrator Mark Belton’s employment. The...