February is a notoriously tough month in the legal profession, but brighter days are around the corner.

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THURMONT — Nestled in the Catoctin Mountains, just across the Frederick County-Carroll County line, sits Catoctin Mountain Growers Inc. — a 15-acre wholesale greenhouse operation in Detour started by Robert and Denise Van Wingerden in 1985. Catoctin Mountain Growers has ...

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The unprecedented warmth that ended last week with 16-degree lows in parts of our mountain region was especially unwelcome for us. We have 2 acres of wine grapes and Asian pears. Below 27 degrees is usually enough to do serious ...

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ROCKVILLE — A Dominion Virginia Power official told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Friday that two nuclear reactors shut since an Aug. 23 Virginia earthquake did not suffer functional damage and are ready to restart. David Heacock, President and Chief Nuclear ...

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DETROIT — General Motors Co. says it will close its two U.S. pickup truck plants for two weeks in July. The company says the temporary shutdowns are for maintenance, but the closures come as truck sales are slowing and GM’s ...

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TOLEDO, Ohio — General Motors says it will add or keep 4,000 jobs in the U.S. over the next year and a half. GM CEO Dan Akerson says that jobs will be added at 17 plants in eight states. He’s ...

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DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. says it has idled three overseas factories to conserve auto parts following last month’s earthquake in Japan. Assembly plants in Pretoria, South Africa, and Nanjing, China, will be down this week. Spokesman Todd Nissen ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew a little faster at the end of 2010 than the government had previously estimated, boosted by more inventory building and business investment in plants and equipment. But rising oil prices will likely limit growth ...

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The bad news for nuclear power projects across the United States and Maryland is more good news for the natural gas industry. Natural gas-fueled power plants have always been significantly cheaper to build, and now that commodity prices are low, ...

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