Stories that are more than 30 days old must be accessed through our archive. A few items — such as Letters to the Editor published in The Capital — are available in the archive only, from the day of publication.

To download stories, you'll need to purchase credits with an archive account. Your account will give you access to The Capital, Maryland Gazette and Bowie Blade-News archives.

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If you visit a local library in Anne Arundel County you can download the stories at no cost.

You may wish to scan the headlines free of charge first to determine if we have the stories you want.

When you click on a headline, that is considered downloading the story. Once you are looking at the story, you should save or print it.

If you click the back button and then try to retrieve the same story again, you will have used up another story credit.

Classified advertisements, legal notices, graphics, and photographs are not included in these archives.Visit our online photography store to buy photos and gifts.

There may be a few days' delay before a story is archived - so if you don't see a story you're looking for, please check back in a day or two.

The Capital archive contains stories from 1991 to the present.

The Maryland Gazette archive contains stories beginning in March 2001.

The Bowie Blade-News archive contains stories beginning in January 2003.

Back copies of The Capital are stocked up to six weeks past publish date. We cannot guarantee availability. If you would like to purchase a back copy please call ahead at 410-268-5000 or email backissues@capitalgazette.com.

The Annapolis location of the county public library has archives on microfilm back to 1976. Paper copies of each edition are available for about the previous eight months, depending on storage space. Call ahead to make sure they have a certain date’s edition at 410-222-1750. If they don’t have the paper copy, they can take your request as a reference request and find the article, mail or fax it to you, at their discretion.

The North County library branch has the Maryland Gazette on microfilm back to January 1987. They have paper copies for about the last six months.

A Web site that offers newspaper articles is NewspaperARCHIVE.com. Follow directions to purchase old articles from any number of newspapers available, including The Capital.

The Maryland State Archives, 350 Rowe Boulevard, Annapolis, has The Maryland Gazette, The Evening Capital and The Capital back to 1727 on microfilm. There is staff on hand to help find whatever might be needed. Some older issues are missing due to damage or lost copies when filming took place. Call 410-260-6400 locally or 800-235-4045 long distance.

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