WASHINGTON – The number of Maryland hunters injured in tree-stand accidents has risen so dramatically that falls from tree stands are now the most common type of hunting accident reported in the state
Hunting Accident Victims Less Likely Than Most to Have Had Safety Training
WASHINGTON – Maryland hunters who have not taken the state’s hunting safety course might want to consider enrolling: The life they save may be their own
Low Prices, Long Hours, No Help: Tobacco Farmers Say the Tune Never Changes
UPPER MARLBORO – They look old, their faces lined like tobacco leaves and, in summer, about as dark
Price News Cheers Hurricane-Plagued Maryland Tobacco Farmers
WASHINGTON – Although last summer’s severe weather kept average prices down for the second year in a row at the Maryland tobacco market, foreign buyers continued to pay a premium for top-grade leaf, industry officials said
Despite Progress on Water Quality, Maryland Gets ‘D’ on Green Report Card
WASHINGTON – An environmental group on Wednesday gave Maryland a D for its efforts to meet federal clean water standards, even though an author of the report said the state “has actually made some pretty good progress
As National Talks Falter, Calvert Cliffs Prepares to Keep More Nuclear Waste
WASHINGTON – While Congress and the White House battle over where to put used radioactive fuel rods from the nation’s nuclear power plants, Maryland’s only nuclear plant is preparing to increase on-site storage capacity up to 150 percent
Anthropologists Find Farmers, Environmentalists, Not So Far Apart After All
WASHINGTON – Maryland farmers and environmentalists, two groups often perceived as adversaries, are in fact “natural allies” who should be working together, according to a new study by a university team of anthropologists
30 Years Down, 35 To Go: Neighbors Reflect Kindly on Calvert Cliffs’ Tenure
LUSBY – For Randy Radeackar’s three dogs, the best thing in life is the fenced baseball field near his home in Calvert County
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Reactors Relicensed for Another 20 Years
WASHINGTON – Calvert Cliffs became the first nuclear power plant in the nation to win renewed operating licenses for its reactors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday