Westview woman has West Nile
A 68-year-old Westview woman has become the first Baltimore County resident this year to test positive for the West Nile virus. The unidentified woman was admitted Saturday to an area...
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Raptors' die-off spreads fears of West Nile virus
ANTIGO, Wis. - In an old incubator salvaged from a hospital nursery, a young red-tailed hawk lies flat on its belly, swaddled in a white terrycloth towel and a pink...
Drought relief may be on way
After 10 days without a drop of rain in Baltimore, weather forecasters said yesterday that a tropical depression swirling over the Gulf of Mexico could provide Marylanders with a good...
Two horses killed after displaying signs of virus
Two Frederick County horses have been euthanized and a Howard County emu chick died after all three developed symptoms that have since been linked to the West Nile virus. The...
Death of woman, 87, thought to be state's first 2002 West Nile fatality
An 87-year-old Montgomery County woman has become the first Maryland resident to die this year from an illness attributed to the mosquito-borne West Nile virus. The unidentified Bethesda woman died...
Governor tightens water limits for Central Maryland, Shore
The forecast said rain, but it was sunshine that poured down on Gov. Parris N. Glendening yesterday as he unveiled tougher emergency water restrictions for drought-stricken Central and Eastern Maryland....
Man is 1st fined in ban on watering
Baltimore truck driver Robin Forbes was fined $20 yesterday for washing his car, becoming the first person convicted under the city's 12-day-old ban on nonessential outdoor watering. But the outcome...
Md. drought deepens, no relief in sight
The drought that has parched Maryland for nearly a year now, browning lawns, wilting crops and draining Baltimore's reservoirs, is deepening to historic proportions. The past 11 1/2 months has...
Drought threatens Susquehanna River water-usage limits
ABERDEEN - A deepening drought in the Susquehanna River basin may soon force golf courses, power plants and other big water users in the three-state watershed to cut their usage,...
City man may be 1st case of W. Nile
An 80-year-old Baltimore man stricken by a brain inflammation late last month is Maryland's first probable case of West Nile virus infection this year. The man, who was not identified,...