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Washington County, Maryland, has reinstated a burn ban due to elevated fire danger after lifting a previous ban just days prior. The ban prohibits all outdoor burning, including campfires ...

Washington County's burn ban is back. The county's Office of Emergency Management reinstated the countywide burn ban shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday, effective immediately, according to a county ...

The burn ban issued by Washington County's Office of Emergency Management was lifted on the morning of March 10th due to improved weather conditions. The ban was put in place a week prior ...

Washington County's Office of Emergency Management has lifted the countywide burn ban as of 8 a.m. Monday, March 10. County officials announced last Friday afternoon the burn ban would be lifted ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. — Washington Township of Franklin County announced that all open burning is banned, effective Monday, March 10, due to the dry weather in central Pennsylvania, according to ...

which was obtained by the Washington Examiner. “Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break,” the email said.

Mayor Muriel Bowser renewed calls for granting statehood to Washington, DC, on Friday in response to President Donald Trump’s latest remark about a federal government takeover of the nation’s ...

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