Southern Maryland Newspapers and SoMdNews.com

The Southern Maryland Newspapers and SoMdNews.com skill delivers the latest news headlines from Calvert, Charles, St. Mary's and Prince George's counties, Maryland. With five news feeds available, you will be able to customize the headlines read to you every week.

To Enable the Skill: click the enable button on The Southern Maryland Newspapers and SoMdNews.com skill page. The Featured news feed will be enabled by default. Enable individual publication news feeds in your Alexa app by choosing Skills > Your Skills > The Southern Maryland Newspapers and SoMdNews.com > Manage in Flash Briefing. You can enable feeds that are currently “Off,” and “Edit Order” of feeds.

To Get Started: say Alexa, what’s my Flash Briefing or “Alexa, what’s in the news?”

When the headlines are playing, you can say Alexa, next or Alexa, previous to play the next or previous headline. You can also say “Alexa, pause” and “Alexa, resume.”

We'd love to hear from you! If you have questions or feedback, please e-mail [email protected].