Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh announced Thursday that President Donald Trump would be holding a “virtual radio rally” on the Friday edition of his show.  Limbaugh, who was taking the day off as part of his treatment for lung cancer, made the announcement in a prerecorded message at the beginning of his regular program…

It's being touted by the Virgin Group as the next step in transportation. A high-speed system in which a capsule travels through an enclosed tube at nearly 700 mph- and it will locate in West Virginia. Construction for the Hyperloop Certification Center could begin in by the middle of 2021.  The facility will be located on 800 acres in Grant and Tucker counties. The State of West Virginia and Virgin Hyperloop held a media roundtable Thursday afternoon.  Governor Jim Justice…   It’s expected to be about six miles long with a curved track that features West Virginia’s geographical elements.  According to officials at…

According to a new Goucher College poll released this week, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris are set to carry Maryland by the largest margin in any presidential election since 1964.  The poll conducted from Sept. 30 to Sunday found that 61% of likely voters said they would vote for Biden, while 30% said they would vote for President Donald Trump. Mileah Kromer, director of the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center, told WBAL that given the political demographics of the state, it’s never been a question of whether the Biden-Harris ticket would carry Maryland, but rather…

The New Creek Fire Department reports that one person was injured and taken to Potomac Valley Hospital early Wednesday evening as the result of a structure fire on E&R Path off Hooker Hollow Road,. The fire, which was reported at 7:33 p.m., was contained to one room, but heat and smoke damage occurred throughout the upper level of the two-story residence. Keyser, Fountain, Burlington, Bloomington and Potomac volunteer fire companies also responded

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh announced Thursday that President Donald Trump would be holding a “virtual radio rally” on the Friday edition of his show.  Limbaugh, who was taking the day off as part of his treatment for lung cancer, made the announcement in a prerecorded message at the beginning of his regular program. Additional details are available on his website. You can hear Limbaugh’s program Monday through Friday on WCBC beginning at Noon.  

The Maryland State Board of Elections on Thursday laid out the ballot counting schedule ahead of Election Day. WBAL reports that though ballots being returned have been counted since Oct. 1., results of mail-in ballots and early voting will be embargoed until after vote centers close at 8 p.m. on Nov. 3. In the hours that follow, results from in-person Election Day voting will be released. Officials stressed that because many voters this year are voting by mail-in ballot, a complete count of voters will not be available on the night of the election. Mail-in ballots must be postmarked no…

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice on Wednesday announced the state will be the site of a $500 million development center for high-speed pod-and-tube transportation, after Virgin Hyperloop agreed to locate a certification facility on nearly 800 acres of land across Grant and Tucker counties. A hyperloop system, which is still in the developmental stage, has been touted by company owner Sir Richard Branson as a way to connect cities by utilizing transportation pods inside sealed tubes moving at speeds of 600 miles an hour or faster. Seventeen states were in the running to become the future site of the company’s first certification center, which will function as a research hub,…

Casinos in Maryland are seeing an increase in revenue for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic shut their doors for three months. The Baltimore Sun reported  that the casinos brought in more than $1.4 million during this past September than they did during the same month last year. The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Commission said the state’s six casinos made a combined $143,709,268 in September 2020 compared with $142,223,137 in 2019. That makes for a 1% increase.  Rocky Gap Casino in Allegany County made just over $5 million in September 2020, an increase of more than $247,000 from the same…

Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh and Governor Larry Hogan today announced that $8.7 million in funds recovered by the Attorney General, and an additional $3 million in general funds will be directed to the Maryland Legal Services Corporation to provide legal services to families facing eviction and other housing security issues.    As many national and local studies establish, counsel in eviction cases often means the difference between families staying in their homes or losing their homes.  Maryland Legal Services Corporation (MLSC) makes grants to nonprofit organizations that provide civil legal services for low-income Marylanders.  MLSC’s funds have been…

Governor Larry Hogan today announced the launch of the #MasksOnMaryland Challenge in partnership with the Maryland Department of Health (MDH). To support Maryland’s ongoing health and economic recovery, Governor Hogan is challenging all citizens, communities, local organizations, and businesses to participate by posting a picture or video of themselves wearing a mask to social media with the hashtag #MasksOnMaryland.  “Wearing a mask is the best way to keep ourselves and our families safe, and to keep Maryland open for business,” said Governor Hogan. “I wear my mask for my three daughters and four grandchildren. We are all in this together,…