The Wayside Inn, a 246-year-old bed and breakfast in Ellicott City, remains closed after a lightning-sparked fire damaged the building’s first floor and basement.

Lourdes Karina Pinto, a North Laurel resident, opened Tasty Empanadas in 2018 before expanding the food stall into a food truck.

The Sisters of Bon Secours USA sold a portion of its land to the Howard County Conservancy as a way to ensure it will never be developed.

With what began as a pandemic hobby, Candace Bell took her love of candlemaking and turned it into a business.

The Howard County Health Department announced Tuesday it has opened two free vending machines that dispense naloxone and other items.

Howard County voters handed Vanessa Atterbeary not only the Democratic nomination for county executive but also apparent wins for her allies in all five County Council races.

Here’s a look at how candidates fared in Howard County during Tuesday’s primary, aside from the county executive’s race.

A Howard County Circuit Court judge ruled in favor of allowing the eggplant and peach statues to remain on Main Street in Old Ellicott City.

A Columbia Association executive proposed turning one of the community’s 23 neighborhood pools into a splash park, sparking one of the most heated debates of 2026.

The next Howard County high school will be built at Troy Park, located at 6500 Mansion Lane in Elkridge.

The Howard County Office on Aging and Independence decided to end Rock Steady Boxing classes with little notice or reason. Then residents stepped in.

Columbia resident Wyketa Burgess, who was convicted for her role in the shooting of two teenagers outside a retail grocery store in Columbia on Oct. 12, 2024, was sentenced Wednesday morning.

After years of relying on parking lots and distant skateparks, Howard County skaters finally get a long-awaited new place to ride when Columbia's Blandair skatepark opens Friday.

The discord in the Columbia Association keeps escalating. Infighting is the order of the day, and ethics complaints are the new weapon of choice. Is it a generational shift, or a reflection of today’s political polarization?

Earth Funeral, a human composting company, is opening its first East Coast location in Elkridge. The process includes a deceased person being placed into a vessel with mulch, wildflowers and wood chips for approximately 30 days.

Residents against W.R. Grace & Co.’s pilot plastics recycling plant want to appeal a decision from the Howard County Board of Appeals.

For the first time in years, the Howard County Board of Education isn’t struggling with what beloved program or staff positions to cut this spring.

One resident likened the situation to a “civil war,” while others called it “taxation without representation.”

A Howard County judge rejected a motion by the three ousted members of the Columbia Association’s board of directors seeking to be reinstated ahead of Thursday night’s meeting.

A ransomware attack disrupted Canvas, an online platform used by schools and colleges across Maryland to manage grades, assignments and classwork, with hackers claiming access to billions of records.