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Elias Alexander performs at the Maryland Folk Festival Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in Salisbury. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
May 7, 2026

Salisbury won’t host Maryland Folk Festival in 2026

The City of Salisbury has announced that the Maryland Folk Festival will not take place in 2026 due to funding challenges.

Howard University’s commencement ceremony in May 2025. (Shedrick Pelt/For The Washington Post)
Apr 30, 2026

HBCUs in MD join group teaming up to pursue top research status

Two historically Black colleges and universities in Maryland are among 15 that have united to pursue the nation’s highest research status in partnership with leading research universities.

Maryland State Police cruiser (USA Today Network)
Apr 29, 2026

2nd highway worker killed on job in MD within days

A worker was killed while working on a maintenance project on Route 13 in Somerset County, the state's second such on-the-job death within days.

The 2026 World Brewing Cup was held in Philadelphia on April 22, 2026. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Apr 24, 2026

MD breweries win medals at World Beer Cup

Breweries in Maryland earned medals across multiple categories at the 2026 World Beer Cup, one of the beer industry's most prestigious competition.

Newborns explore their pen during lambing and kidding season at UMES Extension's Small Ruminant Farm in April 2025. (Todd Dudek/UMES Extension)
Apr 24, 2026

UMES vet school: Where does accreditation stand?

The University of Maryland, Eastern Shore’s planned school of veterinary medicine is preparing to complete its next major step toward accreditation status.

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Apr 22, 2026

Former MD school social worker sentenced for child porn charge

A former social worker at a Maryland high school has been sentenced for the promotion/distribution of child pornography.

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Apr 14, 2026

$970.9K medical malpractice verdict might be largest in Talbot County history

A jury last week awarded a $970,900 verdict to a man who was permanently injured after an alleged mistake during a surgery went uncorrected.

Environmental chemist Leah Griffin (center), who leads the team at the county’s PFAS lab, is joined by (from left) William Smith Jr., Superintendent of Laboratories for the Harford County DPW Division of Water and Sewer; Lawrence Slattery, Chief of Operations for the division; County Executive Bob Cassilly; and Auther Hannon III, senior computer engineer for the division. (Harford County)
Apr 9, 2026

Harford is first in MD to operate state-certified PFAS testing lab

Harford is the first county in Maryland to operate its own lab certified by the Maryland Department of the Environment to test for PFAS.

U.S. Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland pauses while speaking to members of the press after a press conference introducing the newly formed Maryland Freedom Caucus. (Giuseppe LoPiccolo/Capital News Service)
Apr 9, 2026

Rep. Andy Harris is a long-term incumbent, but Democrats hope to beat him in 2026

Democrats running for Congress in Maryland’s 1st District are less focused on their primary opponents right now than on the incumbent they want to face in the fall – Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Harris.

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Apr 8, 2026

The Daily Record launches MD500 list of top business leaders

The MD500 magazine releasing in late July will recognize Maryland’s most influential leaders across business, law, government and more.

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Apr 7, 2026

Montgomery County judge denies police union’s challenge to transparency law

A Montgomery County judge rejected a local police union's efforts to block the release of an officer's disciplinary records and deem some Maryland police-accountability reforms unconstitutional.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) in September 2025. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post)
Apr 7, 2026

93 pounds of cocaine seized in drug investigation in MD

More than 93 pounds of cocaine was seized as part of the dismantling of a Maryland trafficking ring with ties to a Mexican drug cartel, officials said.