Kate Ryan

Staff from the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center released a great horned owl that had been in their care at Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia.

Dr. Patrick Hilson at Veterinary Emergency Group, which has clinics in D.C., Northern Virginia and Maryland.(Courtesy Veterinary Emergency Group)

Members of the Little Falls Watershed Alliance gathered along the Little Falls Trail just off Massachusetts Avenue in Bethesda, Maryland, for a New Year's Day hike tradition.

Overall crime in Montgomery County, Maryland, dropped 7% in 2024, according to the county executive.

Five years after COVID-19 appeared in Maryland, WTOP asks what have state officials learned?

When Maryland lawmakers go back to work in Annapolis next week, the number one item they'll be facing is balancing a budget while staring down a nearly $3 billion shortfall.

Montgomery County police say they're getting better at identifying officers who are struggling with mental health issues, and with providing access to mental health care.

As snow piles nearly as high as a foot in parts of the D.C. area, officials are urging people to stay safe while driving, shoveling, or just walking on snow.

Maryland state and local surveillance of the bird flu has been increasing in recent days after preliminary testing of a commercial poultry flock in Delaware produced a “presumptive positive” result.

Lawmakers in Maryland's General Assembly will start their session by tackling some weighty issues, but then comes a different issue — the exoneration of prosecuted "witches."