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A man is dead after a Monday logging accident in Hampshire County. According to the Hampshire County... Read Full Story

The Maryland Transportation Authority voted Thursday to approve plans for two new bridges to cross the Chesapeake Bay.  The two new spans... Read Full Story

The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved a $147 million dollar contract to build a new high court building for the state in... Read Full Story

The longtime administrator of elections for Allegany County, Diane Loibel, is retiring this month.  Loibel has served in that position for... Read Full Story

The MD Firefighter 50/50, a statewide fundraiser supporting local fire and EMS across Maryland has a jackpot tonight over $200,000. Proceeds from... Read Full Story

On Wednesday, December 17th, 2025, the Cumberland Police Department served a Criminal Summons on Eric Scott Divelbliss, 49, of Cumberland MD. The... Read Full Story

Bishop Walsh School is making a change in its semester exam schedule this year. Exams had been previously administered in mid-January, but BW... Read Full Story

During Tuesday’s Cumberland City Council meeting, police chief Jim Pyles recognized the promotion of two officers to the office of... Read Full Story

WCBC 1270AM keeps Cumberland area listeners informed on top news events 24 hours a day on the national and local levels. This week, the WCBC News... Read Full Story

Governor Moore had vetoed over 30 bills in the Spring including one establishing a reparations commission to look at possible remedies for slavery... Read Full Story

A resolution passed in the U.S. House of Representatives to honor West Virginia National Guard members Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe who were... Read Full Story

Wednesday, WCBC checked on rumors concerning downtown Cumberland’s surveillance system. Rumors abounded that it cost $3.2 million and was... Read Full Story

Deputies Wednesday conducted a traffic stop in the area of Route 135 in Westernport, Maryland at 6:52 p.m.. The vehicle’s operator did not... Read Full Story

A Wind Advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service from 6 a.m. till 7 p.m. Friday n Maryland, Central and Eastern Allegany and... Read Full Story

On Wednesday, December 17th, 2025, the Cumberland Police Department arrested Javas Chayton Bohrer, 24, of Cumberland MD. Bohrer was contacted by... Read Full Story

Almost all schools in the WCBC listening area have their last day of instruction Friday, December 19.  This includes Mineral County Schools,... Read Full Story

The Garrett County Health Department has confirmed a second case of Pertussis in less than a month, commonly known as whooping cough, in a... Read Full Story

Maryland’s Congressional Delegation met with NASA officials to discuss protecting and supporting Maryland-based efforts to advance American... Read Full Story

A new poll from the UMBC Institute of Politics surveyed 801 Maryland adults across the state, asking a range of questions of what they see as... Read Full Story

WCBC 1270 AM keeps Cumberland area listeners informed on top news events 24 hours a day on the national and local levels. This week, the WCBC News... Read Full Story

The Trump Administration has declared the drug Fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction, something that West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey... Read Full Story

Cumberland has changing needs in its community development and historic preservation staffing. With the departure at the end of the month of... Read Full Story

Allegany County’s outgoing Sheriff has decided he still wants some part in local government. Craig Robertson has filed to run for a position... Read Full Story