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Health Department expands vaccination staff
In response to the need for large-scale community COVID-19 vaccinations, the Howard County Health Department is working with Howard County government, partner agencies, volunteers...
Hogan unveils $1B in relief for Marylanders
Gov. Larry Hogan is continuing to fight to provide tax cuts and economic relief directly to those who desperately need it the most, unveiling...
Arundel’s Pittman extends COVID restrictions
Citing continuing high COVID-19 case rates and hospitalization numbers, County Executive Steuart Pittman signed a new executive order on January 13 reinforcing the restrictions...
APL, Howard partner on serology study
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, is partnering with the Howard County Government to develop a study that will determine SARS-CoV-2...
Where’s my vaccine? Ball rolls out plan for distribution in Howard County
The high stakes coordination of COVID-19 vaccine distribution is getting fully underway.
“To date our Health Department has received 4,500 doses of vaccine and has...
County begins vaccination efforts
The Howard County Health Department received its first doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been given to health department personnel who have begun to vaccinate first responders from the Howard...
TEDCO $5M aid to help hard hit businesses
The Maryland Technology Development Corp. (TEDCO), of Columbia, is offering a new economic relief initiative to benefit socially and economically disadvantaged and rural early-stage...
Port continues rebound
Significant gains in cargo commodity volumes continued in November at the state-owned, public marine terminals of the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore compared...
Pittman announces CARES funds for schools
Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman announced approximately $1.4 million of federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding for Anne Arundel...
Pittman maintains indoor dining at 25 percent
After a two-day court hearing considering the county’s suspension of indoor dining in front of the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, County Executive Steuart...