Category Archives: Local News

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia's Republican lieutenant governor, Winsome Earle-Sears, said in a TV interview Thursday that if Donald Trump makes a third bid for the White House, she would not supp...

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - Montgomery County voters elected a historic slate of candidates to the county council.The Washington Post reports that voters added Latina, Asian and Black representati...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Mayor Muriel Bowser secured a third term Tuesday after a campaign focused on her leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and on her history as one of the faces of Wash...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland voters approved legalizing recreational marijuana in a constitutional amendment Tuesday.Lawmakers already approved legislation this year to take steps to changing the la...

NNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Democrat Wes Moore was elected Maryland's first Black governor Tuesday, defeating Republican Dan Cox in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1.Moore's victory flips a g...

DUMFRIES, Va. (AP) - Republicans knocked off one of three Democratic congresswomen in Virginia who faced tough reelection bids Tuesday in a midterm election season where the GOP sought to re...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Republican Rep. Liz Cheney crossed the political aisle again this election year and endorsed a Democratic colleague in a competitive House race, backing f...

WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) - A federal trial for a former Civil War reenactor accused of planting a pipe bomb at a Virginia battlefield and threatening to disrupt other events has been set for nex...

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) - A plan to redevelop a rural swath of northern Virginia into data centers has received approval after a marathon public hearing that stretched through the night.Both sides in the de...

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - A federal judge in Maryland said Wednesday that there is a "very high likelihood" he will order a mental evaluation for a California man charged with trying to assassin...