Garrett County

Tropical Storm Hanna could bring heavy rains and high winds to Maryland on Saturday, but forecasters predict the region will be spared the storm's brunt. The Baltimore area and Eastern Shore could see 3 inches to 5 inches of rain in places and 50-mph...

Just as they did in the 1980s, human ingenuity and Mother Nature are working together to solve the energy crisis. There is an Appalachian energy boom from West Virginia to New York, exemplified by a group of farmers and other landowners who expect to...

A storm packing heavy winds and rain struck two Western Maryland communities yesterday evening, causing an undetermined number of power outages and downed trees, state police in Garrett County said. At least 15 houses in Accident and Friendsville, in the...

There are wonderful things to see and learn about everywhere you turn in Maryland. From Antietam National Battlefield to the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse. From the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to the Appalachian Trail.Even the Patterson Park Pagoda is...

David Hill's forehead is gashed, his fingernails are caked with grease, the outline of a Copenhagen tobacco tin is traced in filth on the pocket of his mud-drenched T-shirt - and he couldn't be happier, because he is drilling another well. "It's a real...

Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend called it a "tiny little office" being picked on by an aggressive U.S. attorney. But the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, which finds itself tangled in a federal investigation over at least one grant...

Garrett County residents took the weekend's storm in stride - despite what is believed to be a record-setting 4 feet of snow. State highway officials, who for years have measured snowfall at Keysers Ridge, recorded 49.5 inches. The National Weather...

Everybody knows Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County is Maryland's premier lakefront location for fishing and water sports. With 3,900 acres of water and 65 miles of shoreline, the only larger place Marylanders go for water-related activities is downy...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Because of the overwhelming number of inquiries from baltimoresun.com readers, The Sun's Frank Roylance has joined Michael Stroh in answering your questions about cicadas. Betty, Baltimore: When will the cicadas surface? How long will they...