Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford joined a hike at Patuxent River State Park on Jan. 1, 2020, kicking off a record year for state park attendance. Photo by Joe Andrucyk           Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced a 45 percent increase in final attendance for Maryland State Parks in 2020 compared to the previous record-setting visitation attendance in 2019. In 2020, Maryland State Parks welcomed 21.5 million visitors, compared to 14.9 million in 2019.  In addition, State Parks reported a record 292 capacity closures across 11 parks statewide last year. By…

Deep Creek Voluneer Fire Department units were dispatched to Marsh Hill Road for a dog that fell approximately 10 feet into an overflow pipe. Engine 31 along with Garrett County EMS responded. Upon arrival units were met by the owners of the pup and were directed where to go. Engine 31 crew assembled ropes for rigging an attic ladder and flashlights and began the half mile hike to the location. Once on location it was realized the overflow pipe was in the middle of the frozen pond. Engine 31 crew approached cautiously and found a labradoodle at the bottom of…

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of February 6, 2021, there have been 1,983,050 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 124,190 total cases and 2,119 total deaths.   DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 93-year old male from Monongalia County, a 64-year old male from Mingo County, a 79-year old female from Upshur County, a 63-year old female from Pleasants County, a 69-year old male from Wood County, a 67-year old male from Wood County, a 71-year old female from Wood County, a 90-year old female from Wood County, a 73-year…

It has been almost a year since the Coronavirus pandemic began spreading in Allegany County- and at the forefront of the battle has been UPMC Western Maryland. The hospital’s new president, Michele Martz joined WCBC’s “Dave Norman Show” Friday to discuss the merger with UPMC, new specialty services available locally and COVID-19  

It has been almost a year since the Coronavirus pandemic began spreading in Allegany County- and at the forefront of the battle has been UPMC Western Maryland. The hospital’s new president, Michele Martz joined WCBC’s “Dave Norman Show” Friday to discuss the merger with UPMC, new specialty services available locally and COVID-19  

It has been almost a year since the Coronavirus pandemic began spreading in Allegany County- and at the forefront of the battle has been UPMC Western Maryland. The hospital’s new president, Michele Martz joined WCBC’s “Dave Norman Show” Friday to discuss the merger with UPMC, new specialty services available locally and COVID-19

It has been almost a year since the Coronavirus pandemic began spreading in Allegany County- and at the forefront of the battle has been UPMC Western Maryland. The hospital’s new president, Michele Martz joined WCBC’s “Dave Norman Show” Friday to discuss the merger with UPMC, new specialty services available locally and COVID-19

On Friday an officer from the Cumberland Police Department conducted a traffic stop in the 400 block of Columbia Street where they made contact with the operator Brian Kelvin Reddy II. A K-9 was requested which indicated a positive alert on the vehicle.  A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed several items of controlled dangerous substance paraphernalia. Reddy was placed under arrest and transported to the Cumberland Police Department. Once at the police station a quantity of suspected heroin, suspected fentanyl, and a sum of US currency were located on his person, which indicated the distribution of the controlled dangerous substances….

Since the launch of a new online COVID-19 Vaccine Interest Form on Wednesday, the form has received nearly 5,500 responses.  The joint effort by the Allegany County Health Department and UPMC Western Maryland is intended to streamline the process of scheduling vaccination appointments for individuals in the Governor’s priority groups as vaccine becomes available.    “The way the system works, individuals enter their name, age, city of residence, email address and phone number and answer a few basic health and occupational questions,” explained Brenda Caldwell, Public Information Coordinator for the Allegany County Health Department.  “That information goes into a database…

The full Maryland congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone, today continued to urge U.S. Postal Service leadership at all levels to resolve persistent and widespread delivery delays. In new correspondence to the district managers of the Capital and Baltimore districts, the federal delegation cites numerous reports from constituents of “serious, persistent mail delivery delays” involving both letters and parcels.      “Packages have been delayed while mail has been delivered to the wrong addresses or not…