Friendsville News

How much is a mile of clean water worth? An economic impact study jointly funded by Garrett County, state agencies and the Appalachian RegionCommission aims to find out.

A Maryland man will spend more than two years in prison for taking a bribe from an inmate while working at a federal prison in West Virginia .

A 27-year-old Friendsville man was jailed on traffic charges Sunday after he allegedly attempted to elude a deputy who was trying to stop him for alleged speeding.

Garrett Trails is launching the Friends of Trails program at the Taste of Garrett County event, being held on Monday, May 11, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Wisp Resort.

A Brewster man was taken to the hospital and summonsed to court after an accident this morning between two cars and a tractor trailer just before Exit 9 on Route 6 westbound.

Tom Thomas of Friendsville was declared the winner of a quilt raffle staged by the Friendsville Library Quilters to benefit the local Meals on Wheels program.

A Friendsville driver was pronounced dead at the scene of an early Friday morning accident.

Two single-vehicle accidents in Western Maryland claimed three lives late Thursday and early Friday, a double fatality on National Highway in LaVale and one death near Friendsville.

Seven-year-old Brandon Pickrel was one of three children to speak at the unveiling of the Louis Braille 200th birthday commemorative silver dollar coin.

In Garrett County Circuit Court proceedings this week, Donald Lee Glass Jr., 53, Friendsville, was sentenced to two years in the Division of Corrections for manufacturing a controlled dangerous substance, in this case the growing of marijuana.

POCOMOKE CITY -- Orange cones and signs warn motorists that there is a crew of men working in the median of Route 113 just north of Pocomoke City.

Garrett County residents took the weekend's storm in stride - despite what is believed to be a record-setting 4 feet of snow.

The cause of a Sunday evening fire that destroyed a barn on Sand Run Road and killed more than a dozen livestock remains under investigation by the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.

A seemingly relentless onslaught of high wind has assailed Garrett County and the surrounding area since about 8 p.m. last evening, resulting in uprooted trees, downed power lines, and property damage.

The results are in from the Emergency Management Hazardous Materials Commodity Flow Study, which observed a sample trucks entering Garrett County to determine the types of hazardous materials crossing the ...

A host of local officials was on hand to assist the management of the new Oakland Lowe's Home Improvement store in officially opening the new facility, which is located along U.S. Rt.

Like anyone else living in far Western Maryland, Byron Miller felt the unusual cold Monday.