A West Virginia man was charged with murdering three co-workers at a Maryland machine shop as well as attempted murder and other charges, authorities said late Friday.

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FBI officials announced they've identified a woman whose dismembered body was found last month at a Western Maryland park near Camp David.

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A Frederick County man and his 2-year-old son were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide along the Appalachian Trail in western Maryland early Friday, state police said.

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Maryland is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit over a controversial natural gas pipeline that was filed after the Maryland Board of Public Works refused to grant permission to drill under the Western Maryland Rail Trail. Columbia Gas ...

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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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ANNAPOLIS — A coalition of a half dozen environmental groups say they will boycott a state hearing on a proposed natural gas pipeline, calling the Maryland Department of the Environment’s review “illegitimate.” State regulators are scheduled to host a hearing ...

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  Third in an occasional series on rural Maryland Editor’s Note July 19, 2017: An earlier version of this story used an incorrect name for a manufacturing plant that once operated in Allegany County. The plant was run by the Celanese ...

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A high school teacher in Frostburg faces allegations he had sexual contact with a second female student.

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The Democratic congressman says he'd like lawmakers to focus on improving transportation, attracting more business, and expanding broadband Internet access throughout western Maryland.

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(AP) Some of the world’s top whitewater paddlers are starting their final training in Western Maryland for the Canoe Slalom World Championships to be held there later this month. The training sessions at the Adventure Sports Center International in McHenry ...

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