Residents can sign-up to testify or give budget testimony online.

The new BHU Unit expands capacity to 24 beds from five in the current emergency room.

Transformational $1 million in Drought Relief Grants offered to support local farmers negatively affected by extreme summer weather and $500,000 in Enhanced Agricultural Grants available.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball signed an Executive Order establishing a Howard County workgroup to plan a celebration in honor of the U.S.’s 250th anniversary in July 2026.

One person was pronounced dead at the scene. 

In honor of National Veterans and Military Families Month, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball today announced the unveiling of the County’s Office of Veterans and Military Families new “Tribute to County Veterans & Military Members” webpage to honor county hometown heroes

A Howard County construction project to install sidewalk along the east side of Roosevelt Boulevard from Cemetery Lane to Business Parkway in Elkridge, is scheduled to begin on or about Wednesday, December 4th.

Howard County Government offices and more will be closed on Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th in observance of the Thanksgiving Day holiday.

To inspire holiday spirit this season, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball launched the 2024 “HoCo Holiday Lights” map today for residents and visitors to locate the most festive residential and commercial holiday light displays in the county.

A Howard County emergency repair project to replace the culvert on Folly Quarter Road over the tributary to Benson Branch, between Buckskin Lake Drive and Walt Ann Drive in Ellicott City, is expected to begin on or about Monday, December 2nd. While the work is being done, this section of Folly Quarter Road will be closed to all traffic, with traffic following a clear marked detour. Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed by mid- to late-December. 

The deadline to apply is Friday, December 20, 2024, at 11:59 p.m.

Per Maryland law, the Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division has assumed the investigation.

Students and families to receive free, fresh produce through County’s Roving Radish program.

The Howard County Department of Public Works (DPW) will hold a community outreach meeting on Thursday, December 5th at 6:00 p.m. in the Roger Carter Community Center’s Caplan Room, to discuss the upcoming tunnel blasting as part of Howard County Executive Calvin Ball’s Ellicott City Safe and Sound plan’s North Tunnel project.

A Howard County construction project to repair and upgrade the existing stormwater management pond located at 8421 Sand Cherry Lane in Laurel, is expected to begin on or about Monday, December 16th. The project is not expected to impact the flow of traffic and weather permitting, is expected to be completed by mid to late April 2025.

In response to continuing high temperatures forecast by the National Weather Service, the Howard County Health Department has extended its heat alert for Howard County to Wednesday, June 25 from 11am until 9pm.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball today announced the details for Howard County’s annual July 4th Fireworks celebration with a bigger and grander fireworks at the Downtown Columbia Lakefront.

Local transit services are provided by the multi-jurisdictional Regional Transportation Agency of Central Maryland