A now-closed paper mill in Western Maryland is accused of polluting the North Branch of the Potomac River by improperly dumping “pulping liquor,” which sparked complaints over the summer. Luke Paper Mill, in Allegany County, manufactured paper products until its ...

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The widow of a Cumberland man who died shortly after his release from the local jail claims in a lawsuit that staff members were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs and caused his death. James Stevens died less than 20 ...

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Police are investigating the death of an inmate found unresponsive in his cell at a western Maryland maximum-security prison.

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Western Maryland is joining the legal battle to hold drug companies accountable for the opioid epidemic, with several jurisdictions filing suit in federal court Friday. Allegany County and two of its cities, Frostburg and Cumberland, filed racketeering lawsuits in U.S. ...

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The Allegany College of Maryland is set to get a new building where prison employees will be trained.

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CUMBERLAND — A register of wills for a Maryland county has been indicted on charges that she stole more than $4,000 from office accounts. News outlets report that State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt said Thursday that Rebecca D. Drew, the ...

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LAS VEGAS — The iconic Stratosphere Casino in Las Vegas is being bought by the owner of Rocky Gap Casino in Maryland. Its new owners, Golden Entertainment Inc., announced Monday that the fixture on the Vegas Strip skyline is one ...

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CUMBERLAND — Cumberland officials have voted to end standing agreements for mutual aid between the city and Allegany County for emergency ambulance calls. The Cumberland Times-News reports that the mayor and city council voted Tuesday to terminate the agreement due ...

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Lawyers for a Catholic high school girl say they’ve reached a tentative settlement with the Archdiocese of Baltimore in a civil lawsuit alleging she was preyed upon by a lesbian soccer coach. Attorney Al Scanlan told The Associated Press in ...

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CUMBERLAND — A judge is close to effectively killing a controversial wind farm proposal in western Maryland. The Cumberland Times-News reports that Chief Public Utility Law Judge Terry J. Romine issued a proposed order Wednesday, finding that the project’s potential ...

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