07/14/11 South Hagerstown High School Principal Richard P. Akers has been promoted, and the man taking his place at one of the county's largest high schools last worked for Baltimore City schools. The Washington County Board of Education unanimously approved personnel moves during a meeting Tuesday afternoon that included Akers' promotion to acting director of secondary education and the retirement of ...
07/14/11 A team of investigators, who refused to give up on the search to find Lou Ellen Burleigh's body more than three decades after she vanished from Walnut Creek, hit a needle in a haystack and find the only known piece of her.
07/14/11 Potomac - Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today the addition of attorneys Julie Domike and Alec Zacaroli to its highly-recognized Environmental Team. Ms. Domike joins as Partner and Mr. Zacaroli joins as Counsel.
07/05/11 The Community Sports Calendar on Columbian.com is updated each Tuesday. Submit items for the calendar by sending an e-mail to paul.danzer@columbian.com, or call 360-735-4521.
07/05/11 The hire of Al Golden to lead Miami may not have knocked the socks off of too many fans or analysts, but after a few years of wringing every last drop of potential out of the Temple program, he might be the perfect coach to do the same for the potential-laden 'Canes. NOTE: Confused? Don't miss the definitions and footnotes at the bottom. And as always, if you don't like numbers, just skip to the ...
07/05/11 In this May 1, 2011 file image released by the White House and digitally altered by the source to obscure the details of a document in front of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Obama and Vice President Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden.
07/05/11 The North Platte Telegraph A 68-page report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office regarding issues surrounding the closure of horse processing facilities has finally been released. "Horse Welfare: Action Needed to Address Unintended Consequences from Cessation of Domestic Slaughter" was presented to Congressional committees Wednesday. It was supposed to be turned in over a year ago.
07/05/11 In this May 1, 2011, file image released by the White House and digitally altered by the source to obscure the details of a document in front of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House in ...
07/05/11 In the wake of Osama bin Laden's death, we've heard detailed accounts of the roles played by everyone from President Obama down to the Navy SEAL dog in the successful raid. But one story went untold until today: that of the CIA analyst who spent nearly a decade doggedly hunting the al-Qaeda leader. The AP 's account this morning reveals how difficult it is to profile the intelligence official ...
07/05/11 After Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden, the White House released a photo of President Barack Obama and his Cabinet inside the Situation Room, watching the daring raid unfold.
07/05/11 Most teams in college basketball have had a degree of success in their histories. Some teams have found more success than others, whether it be the UCLA Bruins from John Wooden, or the Duke Blue Devils from Mike Krzyzewski . To become a truly great, winning program, you must find success and maintain it. The following 50 teams have all found success at different points, and they have maintained ...
06/28/11 Nate Robinson was the first to depart, followed by Brandon Roy, then Jon Brockman and now Quincy Pondexter. It's seemingly become a yearly task Washington coach Lorenzo Romar must undertake, trying to find the replacement for one of the greatest players in school history. "In order to sustain the program when your big guns leave, someone is there that is going to take their place,"...
06/28/11 When people worry the elderly or disabled are being abused or neglected, Stacey Best is often the first person to investigate
06/28/11 Gary Kanwisher still can be seen throwing from the mound, but not nearly with the same velocity or intent to strike out batters that he had decades ago. His purpose is different.
06/28/11 The Marietta Board of Education unanimously approved hiring Harry Fleming as interim superintendent Monday and extended contracts with the district's bargaining units through 2014.
06/28/11 This article has been read 0 times. A comprehensive plan for Washington and East Washington is progressing on schedule, but some tweaking still needs to be done before the final plan can be adopted, according to Brandi M. Rosselli, plan coordinator.
06/28/11 n KPL Kicks off Summer with Wayne From Maine: Hop on board for the Kensington Public Library's summer reading program. Readers from preschool through Grade 5 will celebrate One World, Many Stories with folktales, crafts, music, and more from around the world.
06/27/11 Dozens of new restrictions passed by states this year have chipped away at the right to abortion by requiring women to view ultrasounds, imposing waiting periods or cutting funds for clinics. But a new kind of law has gone beyond such restrictions, striking at the foundation of the abortion rules set out by the Supreme Court over the past four decades.
06/24/11 There will be a changing of the guard for the North Attleboro High soccer teams this fall as Rocketeer girls' coach Geoff Burgess will assume the reins of the Big Red boys' team, while the vacancy sign is now out for a girls' coach.
06/14/11 Kalama's Jared Neiman and Jake Clizbe earned all-Southwest Washington 1A Trico Division first-team honors in a pair of track events after a recent vote of the league's coaches. | 
