Local officials — many of whom have waited years as the redevelopment of downtown Columbia has been debated and discussed, and pondered and pitched — say they ar ...

It determines if schools can accommodate new residential developmentThe Howard County school board is scheduled to reconsider Tuesday a measure that would determine which sc ...

Speeding is so bad on Furrow Avenue that resident Tom Albert said cars have veered off the road, knocking down mailboxes and clipping hedges, and forcing joggers to jump out ...

The Metropolitan Downtown Columbia designed to include 380 luxury apartments, retail space, at least 675 parking spacesThe master developer of Columbia's Town Center aims to ...

Washington College's Manion 'at a loss for words' with literary winKathryn Manion was "at a loss for words" Tuesday night — shortly after being honored for her way wit ...

He will take up Dyer's motion to dismiss when hearing resumesThe administrative law judge hearing the Howard County school board's case against fellow member Allen Dyer said ...

Vandals struck at River Hill High School this past weekend in what the school's principal described as something students had intended to be a senior prank but instead cause ...

Proposed store in Columbia wouldn't be the only such store owned by someone related to employees of the chain ...

Administrative hearings on removing Allen Dyer from his seat on the Howard County Board of Education are now set to last to the end of June. ...

Ross Kennard is among the school of minimalist runnersRoss Kennard's "barefoot shoes" will play an integral role in the Columbia Triathlon next weekend, when the 53-year-old ...

New Howard County department to play growing roleHoward County must act soon to improve its public transit options, the county's new transportation chief says, arguing that ...

Police say teens' homemade explosives are no laughing matterPolice say teens' homemade explosives are no laughing matter ...

Howard County monastery is a lunch stop on tour May 19This coming week offers a chance to visit two worthy Maryland landmarks. The normally off-limits Gibson Island Club wil ...

He has hopes of becoming an art teacherWhen Mark Chewning was a kid, he dreamed of being an artist. But at some point, the Baltimore resident's dream became all but dormant, ...

Officials try to reduce response times amid economic constraintsWhen units from Ellicott City's fire Station 8 roll out on a cardiac arrest call, each crew member already kn ...