Southwest Job Fair at BWI Provides Bright Spot in Aviation Industry Slump

WASHINGTON – While airlines nationwide race to cut jobs to avoid financial ruin, Southwest Airlines is looking to hire at least 100 new workers at Baltimore/Washington International Airport by the end of this year

Southwest Turns to Troubled Security Firm to Screen Its Passengers at BWI

WASHINGTON – Southwest Airlines has hired a security firm with a history of violations to provide passenger and baggage screening at Baltimore/Washington International Airport beginning Thursday

Anthrax Hoaxes Bring Swift Response, Stiff Charges From Feds, State Officials

WASHINGTON – Two Maryland men were charged with anthrax hoaxes in separate incidents this week that forced the evacuation of Montgomery County businesses while hazardous materials crews tested for the deadly spore

Maryland Continues to Have One of Highest Income Levels in Nation, Report Says

WASHINGTON – Maryland had the fifth-highest per capita personal income in the nation in 2000, continuing its run as one of the wealthiest states through the 1990s, according to a new Commerce Department report

Charles County-Based Marine Unit is on Front Lines of Anthrax War

WASHINGTON – The only shield between anthrax and the Marines testing Capitol Hill for the deadly bacterium looks like little more than a white trash bag, sealed with silver tape around bright yellow boots, and topped off with an alien-looking forced-air mask

Star-Spangled `Soul’ of America Being Restored Stitch by Stitch

WASHINGTON – The soul of America weighs 50 pounds, is 30 by 34 feet and lies on a table behind a monstrous glass wall at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History

Whichever Way Joint Strike Fighter Decision Goes, Business Goes to Pax River

WASHINGTON – Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin Corp

Hill Staffers Calmly Wait Word on Anthrax Tests, No New Cases Detected

WASHINGTON – Senate staff members and workers stood calmly outside a makeshift doctor’s office Friday on Capitol Hill, giving little indication of the potentially life-altering information they were waiting to receive

Maryland Lawmakers Extol Safety Measures and Return of Business to BWI

WASHINGTON – Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation Tuesday applauded new security measures at Baltimore/Washington International Airport and the airport’s swift return to a business level approaching pre-Sept