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HerbaFi latest shop to open in Maryland’s growing medical pot industry
May 18, 2018

HerbaFi latest shop to open in Maryland’s growing medical pot industry

The dispensary is located in downtown Silver Spring, adjacent the Metro station, and will be open seven days a week.

Maryland transportation secretary halts most Purple Line work
Mar 21, 2018

Maryland to preserve bridge as symbol of segregation history

SILVER SPRING — A historic railroad bridge that served as a lifeline for a segregated African-American community just outside the nation’s capital is being torn down to make way for […]

Former AP photographer Max Desfor, of Md., dies at 104
Feb 20, 2018

Former AP photographer Max Desfor, of Md., dies at 104

Former Associated Press photographer Max Desfor, whose photos of the Korean War helped win him a Pulitzer Prize, died Monday. He was 104.

National Aquarium joins plastic pollution fight
Feb 14, 2018

Association of Zoos & Aquariums adds wildlife trafficking program

The Association of Zoos & Aquariums, a nonprofit professional association based in Silver Spring, has absorbed The U.S. Wildlife Trafficking Alliance.

Former Discovery Communications employee files discrimination suit
Jan 11, 2018

JLL tapped to handle Discovery HQ sale

JLL’s Capital Markets will handle the sale of the Discovery Communications’ 540,000-square-foot headquarters in Silver Spring. Discovery announced on Tuesday its intention to move to New York City in 2019 […]

Former Discovery Communications employee files discrimination suit
Jan 9, 2018

Discovery moving HQ from Silver Spring to New York

Discovery Communications is moving its headquarters from Silver Spring to New York City by 2019. The relocation is dependent on the Discovery’s acquisition of Scripps Network Interactive. A national operations […]

This Sept. 21, 2017, file photo shows The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) building in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Dec 20, 2017

EPA to Md. nonprofit: Superfund task force left little paper trail

In response to a lawsuit from a non-profit advocacy group in Maryland, the Environmental Protection Agency says an internal task force appointed to revamp how the nation's most polluted sites are cleaned up generated no record of its deliberations.

Want to see underwater at national parks? Md. firm streams 4K video
Dec 7, 2017

Md. documentary streaming video firm adds new way to get into homes

CuriosityStream, a documentary streaming channel and on-demand provider based in Silver Spring, is now available on the live and on-demand streaming television service, Sling TV.

Nov 8, 2017

Guards at Md. federal building accused of extorting colleagues

SILVER SPRING — Four security guards at a Washington-area federal center have been accused of selling weapons certifications to other guards who needed to pass weapons tests. The guards, who […]

Md. firm launches bio-scaffold for implantable cardiac device
Nov 6, 2017

Md. firm launches bio-scaffold for implantable cardiac device

Aziyo Biologics Inc., a regenerative medicine company, recently launched a new product to be used with cardioverter-defibrillators implanted under the skin.

Oops: Court says man won’t get mistaken $2.7M severance
Oct 30, 2017

Plea agreement reached in embezzlement of PTA funds

ROCKVILLE — The former treasurer of a PTA group in Maryland’s largest school system has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors following an investigation into the alleged embezzlement of PTA […]

Dockless bikeshare is coming to Maryland city
Oct 4, 2017

Dockless bikeshare is coming to Maryland city

One of China's top dockless bike systems will expand into a Maryland city following a recent launch in Washington, D.C.