Maryland Governor Larry Hogan this week attacked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a fellow Republican, over the Sunshine State's new law placing limits on discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom. Hogan dismissed the Parental Rights in Education bill – dubbed the 'Don't Say Gay' bill by critics – as 'absurd' and criticized DeSantis for getting into a public spat with the Walt Disney Company over the matter. Appearing on CNN, Hogan called out Florida's governor over an apparent double-standard in his treatment of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic versus threatening Disney for not toeing the line now……

With demolition of the former Allegany High School on Sedgwick Street getting underway this month, attention now turns to how best to utilize the land once that job is complete.  Nearly 100 years old, the  high school was shuttered after a new Allegany was constructed on Haystack Mountain in 2018. The school is owned by the county with the commissioners awarding the demolition project to a Culpeper, Virginia  firm with a bid of close to $678,000. The county secured $2 million in state grants for the prep work, including asbestos removal, and the demolition. County Commissioner David Caporale tells WCBC…

With just a week left in the general assembly session, Maryland lawmakers have agreed to let voters decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana at the ballot box in November. The Maryland House voted 94-39 for a constitutional amendment already approved by the Senate. The House also voted 89-41 for a separate measure that takes steps to implement recreational marijuana, if voters approve, but it leaves matters of licensing and taxes for lawmakers to decide next year. According to a new Goucher College poll released last month, voters in Maryland support legalizing recreational marijuana by a 2-to-1 margin. Pollster Mileah Kromer…

Today,  U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) will meet with President Biden’s nominee to serve on the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. During the meeting, the Senator will discuss with Judge Jackson her background, experiences, and qualifications to serve on the court, including her connections to Maryland. 

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan  approved  a new congressional map Monday  after a judge struck down a previous map and supporters of the original withdrew their appeals of that decision.  Attorney General Brian Frosh, a Democrat, said the case was settled over the weekend. “Both sides have agreed to dismiss their appeals, and our state can move forward to the primary election,” Frosh said in a statement. Democrats, who control the Maryland General Assembly, approved a quickly redrawn congressional map on Wednesday, five days after a judge struck down the one lawmakers approved in December as unconstitutional for diluting Republican votes. It was…

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) is now accepting registrations for the Adopt-A-Highway Spring Statewide Cleanup set for Saturday, April 23. Co-sponsored by the WVDEP and the state Division of Highways, the Adopt-A-Highway program is administered by the WVDEP’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP) and improves the quality of the state’s environment by encouraging public involvement in the elimination of highway litter.   Since the program’s inception in 1988, state citizens have cleaned up close to 70,000 miles of state highways and roads during annual spring and fall Adopt-A-Highway events. Individuals, families, churches, businesses, schools, civic organizations, government…

This month's property managers and landlords meeting will be at the HRDC Senior Center on Virginia avenue on April 11th at 3:00pm. The Allegany Health Department will provide a special program on drug information and training on Naloxone. HRDC will also be explaining information on the housing choice voucher program.

On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at approximately 12:46 PM, officers of the Cumberland Police Department responded to a residence in the 600 block of Princeton Street for a disturbance.  Upon officers’ arrival, they contacted the resident who advised that Aaron Soules was at the residence.  It was known to police that the resident had a Protective Order against Soules and he was not allowed to be there.  While speaking with the resident, Soules ran out of the rear of the residence.  Officers ordered Soules to stop and he continued to flee on foot, attracting the attention of multiple neighbors in…

On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at approximately 2:17 AM, officers of the Cumberland Police Department responded to the area of Fayette Street at N. Lee Street to check on the well-being of a subject laying in the roadway.  Upon their arrival, they located the subject and observed that he had visible injuries.  It was discovered that the subject was a victim of a strong-arm robbery.  The suspect stole currency and property from the victim. During the course of the investigation, police were able to locate the suspect and identify him as Randy Nelson Jr.  Nelson was arrested and transported to…

Comments came out last week that the Centers For Disease Control had lengthy discussions over pandemic policies with representatives of teachers unions prompted us to ask West Virginia Governor Jim Justice if he believed CDC policies were based on politics rather than science…