Frederick County (Virginia)

International Association of Administrative Professionals The International Association of Administrative Professionals, or IAAP, recently announced that Donnell Householder of Cumberland, Md., earned certified administrative professional certification....

The Potomac District of Ruritan National is comprised of 45 Ruritan clubs in parts of Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Frederick County has seven Ruritan clubs. Ruritan is considered the leading community service organization in the United...

A program to stimulate homebuilding by granting exemptions from Washington County’s excise tax on residential construction has been expanded and extended. The county commissioners later this month are to hold a public hearing on reducing the tax...

Police said a 22-year-old man who led them on a high-speed pursuit in Virginia and West Virginia late Monday night and early Tuesday morning later admitted that he was fleeing in a pickup truck that he stole from a hospital in Maryland. Matthew Michael...

A late-season storm was forecast to bring the first significant snowfall in Baltimore in two years Wednesday, prompting worries about travel difficulties and power outages from the wet, heavy flakes and strong wind. The National Weather Service forecasts...

It may be known as the Nation's River, but here where the Potomac carves its way between Maryland and Virginia, ownership is up for grabs. Again. A court battle that pits a group of property owners against two small paddling and tubing companies seeks...

A man was in custody in Eastern Regional Jail early Tuesday after police pursuing a stolen pickup truck from Virginia into West Virginia brought the vehicle to a stop in Martinsburg, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release....

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller testified Wednesday that Maryland's shortage of funds for transportation projects is a crisis that needs to be addressed now. Appearing before the Senate Budget & Taxation Committee, Miller said his proposed...

Editor’s note: This is one in an occasional series of stories about findings and recommendations in the Hagerstown and Washington County Economic Development Strategic Plan. “Location, location, location” is an old real estate adage...

Washington County’s share of a statewide plan to reduce nutrient and sediment discharges to the Chesapeake Bay is estimated to cost the county $1.1 billion through 2025. That number was greeted with ridicule and disbelief when it was mentioned...

Washington County was king of the region’s real estate market before the recession, posting more in total sales than any Tri-State-area county west of Frederick. But in the past two years, Washington County has lost its crown, with sales growing...

African-Americans have been part of the American story from the founding of our nation. Men and women of African ancestry have been instrumental in forging the great nation we have today. For too long, racism and prejudice obscured the rich history of...