Community issues

The Trump presidency creates uncertainty, angst among international adoptees.

A pattern that played out nationally also held in Maryland. Trump performed better in almost all of its 23 counties and Baltimore than he did four years earlier.

Baltimore County firefighters are battling a three-alarm blaze that broke out Saturday evening at a recycling plant in Dundalk.

The longest-serving state’s attorney in Harford County history died at his home Friday morning of cardiac arrest.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company is currently repairing an underground gas leak that is shutting down access to the Mayo Peninsula in Anne Arundel County.

Officials canceled the parade because of the freezing temperatures expected to blast the Baltimore area.

Whether you’re relaxing or looking to participate in a day of service, there are plenty of ways to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day in and around Baltimore.

Sharonda Huffman, a Democratic activist, has launched her campaign for one of two new Baltimore County Council seats.

The most important thing to understand about electricity in Maryland may be that everyone wants more of it. Or maybe the most important thing is that few people want to live near it. Not power plants. Not power lines. Not solar or wind farms. We’re about to see if that's how people feel about batteries.

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Maryland’s state attorney general joined a dozen others in calling out Walmart for joining other companies in rolling back its commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

As emergency crews responded to a submerged vehicle, they didn’t have access to a boat with ice-breaking capabilities because it has reportedly been in Baltimore for repairs.

Clifton T. Perkins will get new leadership after the state’s psychiatric hospital CEO made threats to staff.

Federal prosecutors are now supporting early prison release for former Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force Detective Daniel Hersl, citing his terminal cancer diagnosis.

There’s a chance of snow this weekend before temperatures are expected to drop to the single digits next week due to a blast of arctic air.

Angela D. Coleman wants to build eco-friendly duplexes at affordable prices for renters. She planned 22 units for a development in Middle River.

The U.S. Department of Education and the Howard County Public School System have reached an agreement on how to resolve antisemitic harassment in the county schools.

Stanley Weiman, a fixture of the Baltimore theater community who accumulated a dedicated following through his years on stage, died Jan. 8 of heart failure. He was 90.

The court found that Baltimore County used the wrong calculation when it valued the pensions of those transferring into the county system from other local governments.

Laurie Schwartz will retire on June 30 as president of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, a role she has held since the nonprofit’s creation in 2005.