- The money is going toward George's Creek riverbed restoration to help lessen the impacts of future flooding, toward infrastructure repair, and toward fixing the Westernport Library.
- Two additional arrests have been made in connection with the deaths of three Clear Spring residents found in a burned home in November 2025.
- On January 10 Larry Horton, 51, was discovered dead in his cell at the North Branch Correctional Institution in Allegany County.
- A firefighter was injured after an apartment fire in Washington County on New Year's Eve. The building was a three-story apartment complex and the fire started in the bedroom.
- A firefighter was injured after a house fire in Hagerstown Thursday evening. Fire crews responded to Clearview Road for reports of a house fire.
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