WASHINGTON – The drought that ravaged state harvests could also cost Maryland’s poultry industry upwards of $50 million this year as it drives up the cost of chicken feed — the single largest cost of production — as much as 30 percent

ANNAPOLIS – The e-mail message from Gov

WASHINGTON – Bird lovers were hard pressed to find bald eagles in the Chesapeake Bay area in 1977, but since then the national symbol has staged a startling comeback, even nesting beside the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge

WASHINGTON – Maryland food banks said they are having to push for donations this year, at a time of year when giving used to be second nature

WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard said Tuesday that it will resume enforcement of a no-boating zone around Cove Point’s liquefied natural gas facility, which company officials expect to reopen by the spring

ANNAPOLIS – Gov

WASHINGTON – Nine-year-old Connor Watkins of Forest Hill had never seen a live turkey or a live president in the flesh before, but that didn’t stop him from walking up and touching both the man and the bird Tuesday at the White House

WASHINGTON – Opponents of the National Harbor project said an eagle’s nest was knocked from a tree at the site earlier this month, only days before the developer was to be sentenced for knocking down the nest of the same pair of eagles two years ago

ANNAPOLIS – A Capital News Service reporter, covering the closing of the Black & Decker plant in Easton, was approached Friday by three police officers who said she was reported to be “a suspicious-looking person of Middle Eastern descent

ANNAPOLIS – The good news about visiting family and friends this Thanksgiving is that airport security is now a smooth operation, but whether leaving by plane, train, bus or car, holiday travelers can expect to face a crowd