• CDC COVID-19 Community Level: Low • Percent of Allegany County Population Fully Vaccinated (based on CDC data): 56.7% • New COVID Cases This Week: 88 (cumulative total 20,097) • Additional Deaths This Week: 0 (cumulative total 378) • Cases Per 100,000 People: 17.85 (Maryland: 12.49) • Positivity Rate: 9.75% (Maryland: 8.12%) Daily statistics can be found at https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/. Counts are updated by 11 a.m. each day. The Allegany County Health Department continues to offer free drive-thru COVID testing at the Allegany County Fairgrounds on Mondays from 2-7 p.m. and on Wednesdays and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m….

Expressions, Allegany College of Maryland’s student literary magazine, was named Best Magazine in 2022 by the Community College Humanities Association as part of its annual literary magazine competition. Original essays, fiction, poetry and artwork of 30 Allegany College of Maryland students were featured in Expressions.   “Expressions was chosen the top National Magazine from among thirty-four literary magazines submitted from community colleges in five different geographic regions across the country: Eastern, Southern, Central, Southwestern, and Pacific West. The Best Magazine category is judged holistically on the criteria of aesthetics, correct editing, ease of navigation, and strength of student work,” said…

Governor Larry Hogan Friday announced statewide preparedness efforts as the remnants of Hurricane Ian move up the mid-Atlantic, leading to coastal flood and gale warnings in the region. Earlier this week, the governor announced the deployment of an Incident Management Team to the State of Florida to assist with the response. “In addition to sending personnel to Florida to help with the response to Hurricane Ian, we have been preparing on all fronts to deal with the remnants of the storm,” said Governor Hogan. “As we always emphasize with potential flooding events, it is critical for drivers to avoid rising…

On September 29th, 2022 officers of the Cumberland Police Department served an Arrest Warrant on Marquis Lamar King. The Arrest Warrant was issued by the Circuit Court as a Criminal Indictment. King was remanded to the Allegany County Detention Center where he was held without bond. Arrest: Marquis Lamar King, age 25, Cumberland Maryland. Charges: Three Counts of Distribution of a Controlled Dangerous Substance, Three Counts of Possession With Intent to Distribute, Three Counts of Possession Not Cannabis    

After being suspended for most of this year- it appears Christopher Biggs will soon be officially out as Allegany County’s Department of Emergency Services EMS chief. Biggs was appointed to the post in  2019 and has since experienced a myriad of problems including his alleged involvement in a major deer poaching case in West Virginia;  and accusations from EMS union representatives of “questionable integrity”.   Shortly after news of the deer poaching case broke in January, county officials issued a statement announcing that Biggs was suspended from his job for an “alleged violation of law”. While not at liberty to divulge…

The Cumberland Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in a hit and run investigation. The incident occurred in the 100 block of Polk Street at approximately 10pm on September 29th, 2022. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Cumberland Police Department.

The president of Mountain Maryland Trails is concerned that potential plans for the former Luke mill location could create a roadblock for the proposed construction of a hiking and bicycling trail in the Georges Creek area. MMT president Larry Brock says he has heard speculation that a business looking to locate at the mill site plans to utilize the Georges Creek railroad lines for transportation. If that project were to come to fruition, Brock believes it would kill plans for a trail extending 7.5 miles from the Great Allegheny Passage in Frostburg along Georges Creek railroad lines to Barton… Brock…

WBAL reports a new Maryland law takes effect this weekend that requires motorists to move over when any vehicle is on the side of the road displaying hazards or flares. The state's newly expanded "Move Over" law takes effect Saturday, and officials with AAA said it will save lives…                                                          AAA1  Maryland is the eighth state in the nation to expand the slow-down/move-over law to include any vehicle on the side of the road with its hazard lights on or road flares displayed – not just for emergency vehicles, service vehicles and tow trucks… According to data from the Insurance…

Three weeks to the day that he underwent a double heart  bypass operation, WCBC’s Dave Norman returned to the airwaves to host his show Thursday morning. Now in his 46th year of hosting the show, the man nicknamed “the morning mayor” received a slew of welcome back calls including one from Cumberland Mayor Ray Morriss… Morriss said listeners, whether they agree with Dave or not, have missed his takes on local, state and national issues…

Allegany County Emergency Management reports a single vehicle accident on Interstate 68 East near Frostburg. One person reported injured. Units from Frostburg and Shaft and Maryland State Police responded to the scene.