A state lawmaker from Guilford unveiled a proposal on Friday to protect the rights of Mainers to bear arms in…
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A South Portland juvenile has been detained after violating conditions of his release related to charges of Terrorizing, Criminal Solicitation…
The Portland Police Department announced Friday morning that they are investigating a death at the city’s largest homeless encampment underneath…
Following autopsies from the Maine Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the deaths of two adults found in Searsmont Monday…
A Lewiston man was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor for his role in an illegal “straw purchasing”…
The University of Maine System (UMS) announced Wednesday that they will be offering free tuition to those who were physically…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he is suing Pfizer, alleging the pharmaceutical giant unlawfully misrepresented the effectiveness…
A Massachusetts magician who performed for young children across New England for over 20 years pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal…
Officers from the Wilton Police Department and investigators from the Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) busted a massive illegal…
Law enforcement raided an illegal, industrial-scale marijuana grow operation Tuesday morning in Wilton, ME at 128 Weld Road, the former…
A man and woman were arrested in Westbrook last Friday after allegedly trespassing into a home and setting up a…
Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage and former First Lady Ann LePage will host a Celebration of Life fundraising event for…
The Maine State Police are investigating the deaths of two adults who were found Monday deceased at a home in…
A black public housing tenant and her family have filed a lawsuit against the Auburn Housing Authority (AHA) and two…
A Florida man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor for trafficking methamphetamine from Florida into Maine with…
Two people are dead after two separate incidents of tent fires in Portland and Sanford over the weekend. A Portland…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking the extradition of an alleged lead assassin of the Sinaloa drug cartel…
A Buxton man was arrested in the early hours of Thursday morning after allegedly firing several rounds from a firearm…
Violent riots erupted across Dublin, Ireland Thursday evening following a knife attack earlier that day at an Irish elementary school…
Early Tuesday morning U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents of the Houlton Sector apprehended 20 Romanian nationals who had illegally…
The Maine American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) put out a press release Tuesday claiming that the rejected Portland City Council…
By Jennie Taer of the Daily Caller News Foundation PORTLAND, Maine — Illegal marijuana grows run by Chinese nationals have sprung…
Go. Janet Mills (D) and Maine State Attorney General Aaron Frey announced Monday that they will work with the Independent…
With the Maine Wire’s recent investigative reporting into the “Triad Weed” operations that have overtaken rural Maine, there has been…
A Gorham man who was previously arrested in May of this year on the charge of operating of a methamphetamine…
The Independent Commission to Investigate the Facts of the Tragedy met publicly today for the first time. Established by Gov.…
Rep. Michael Soboleski’s (R-Phillips) attempt to appeal his failed proposal to ensure enforcement of Maine’s cannabis laws once again failed…
A growing number of Americans describe crime in the U.S. as a serious problem, according a Gallup poll released Thursday.…
Republican U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins was briefed Thursday by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram on efforts…
Maine State Police announced Thursday that a Bangor man has been arrested in connection to a robbery at a laundromat…
East Millinocket Police are still attempting to learn the true identity of a “John Doe” arrested on drug trafficking charges…
A high-ranking leader of the transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, more commonly known as MS-13, has been arrested on…
Following the Maine Wire’s Report on the Illegal Marijuana grow facilities throughout the state operated by Chinese criminals, Rep. Michael…
Asian transnational criminal organizations operate more than 270 illegal marijuana cultivation sites in Maine, according to a leaked U.S. Department…
Although homelessness featured prominently among the list of legislative requests made by lawmakers in advance of next session, none of…
The Supreme Court has — for the first time — officially adopted a Code of Conduct in light of recent…
According to the yearly surveys conducted by the Maine State Housing Authority, homelessness has more than tripled throughout the state…
The Maine State Legislature next year will consider establishing a “Civil Rights Unit” to educate the public on hate and…
The Maine Legislature will consider a bill next year that aims to address the proliferation of illegal Chinese-owned marijuana growing…
The number of Chinese nationals entering the U.S. illegally across the southern border has exploded this year, according to data…
Illegal Chinese marijuana grows have taken over much of rural Maine. The government is either incapable — or unwilling –…
A Waterville man who pledged his allegiance to the radical Islamist terrorist group ISIS and conspired to provide terrorists with…
A man who allegedly threatened to retrieve an AR-15 and shoot patrons at the South Portland Buffalo Wild Wings on…
Draft copies of proposed changes to City of Portland ordinances obtained by the organization “Enough is Enough” show city officials…
Five members of the Maine Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America were arrested Friday for criminal trespassing after they…
Three people are facing drug charges after a gang task force in Massachusetts seized more than 220 lbs. in suspected…
U.S. Senators from Maine Susan Collins and Angus King sent a letter Thursday to the Inspector General of the U.S.…
An Auburn law firm took out a full-page ad in the Lewiston Sun Journal last week advertising a roundtable discussion…
A marijuana dispensary in Portland that is owned by an Israeli immigrant was targeted last week with “Free Palestine” posters,…
A Bangor woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for numerous drug trafficking offenses, a sentence the Maine…
A Connecticut Superior Court judge has overturned the results of the City of Bridgeport’s Democratic mayoral primary election over the…
Mainers’ data privacy is once again set to be a focal point for lawmakers in Augusta. Next Wednesday, members of…
[UPDATE: The shelter in place order for all MSAD 75 schools has now been lifted after the Caribou man who…
Maine State Police Col. William Ross faced tough questions Thursday morning regarding the manhunt for Lewiston shooter Robert Card during…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Wednesday her intent to form an “independent commission of experts” in the coming days to…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday said she would be forming an independent commission to examine the failures and oversights…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and the Sabattus Police Department announced Thursday the arrest of two individuals on drug…
The ACLU of Maine sent a letter last week warning Portland City Manager Danielle West and Maine Department of Transportation…
As details surrounding the mental health history of the Lewiston mass shooter Robert R. Card, Jr., continue to come to…
A Jewish lawyer who has been practicing law in southern Maine since 1979 had his Portland office targeted this weekend…
In a letter to his constituents published Sunday to his “Dear Mainer” Substack, Democratic Congressman from Maine’s 2nd District Jared…
The invisible shield that has always protected the people of Maine from the insanity of modern American life has been…
The day after a mass shooting in Lewiston claimed the lives of 18 people, Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of…
Shortly after 10am Friday morning, law enforcement officials in Lewiston held a press conference to update the public with the…
Correction: This article originally misstated the boat launch where police found Robert Card’s abandoned vehicle. It has been edited for…
A city councilor from Maine’s largest city has blamed the single largest shooting of white people in Maine’s modern history…
Wednesday night Lewiston saw the worst mass shooting in Maine’s history. As of Thursday afternoon, the suspect in the murders…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills confirmed Thursday that 18 people were killed and 13 injured in Wednesday night’s mass shooting in…
The alleged shooter in Wednesday’s attack in Lewiston that left 18 dead and 13 injured was evaluated by police and…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey joined 42 attorneys general across the U.S. Tuesday in suing Meta, the parent company of…
A Missouri man accused of illegally crossing the U.S.-Canada border in Hodgdon, Maine, in an attempt to smuggle his wife…
A Norway man accused of having filed multiple fraudulent loan applications to gain over $240,000 from a pandemic-era loan program…
Portland Police announced Wednesday that a juvenile has been arrested in connection to a drive-by shooting that occurred in Kennedy…
Two Lewiston teens were arrested late Saturday night after a traffic stop led to the discovery of a stolen firearm…
A man was arrested Thursday near Portland’s largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride after reportedly entering…
A Moscow court on Tuesday rejected an appeal of the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter and Bowdoin graduate Evan…
A South Thomaston man was sentenced to one-and-a-half years in prison earlier this week for fraudulently obtaining over $1 million…
The State of Maine, alongside 49 other states, has reached a settlement with the software company Blackbaud after a 2020…
Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to three felony firearm possession charges during his arraignment in a Delaware federal court on…
Cumberland County District Attorney Jackie Sartoris joined Matt Gagnon on Newsradio WGAN Monday morning to discuss Portland’s encampment crisis and…
The Sanford Police Department announced Friday that two men were arrested in connection to the non-fatal stabbing of homeless man…
A Sanford man is in stable condition after being stabbed multiple times early Thursday morning by two men who stole…
A South Portland Police K-9 team successfully located a burglary suspect Wednesday who had fled the scene and hidden himself…
The Maine State Police announced Wednesday that they have made three arrests in relation to an arson, robbery, and homicide…
Information released this month by Portland officials revealed that the city’s effort to place roughly 100 homeless individuals in shelters…
When the State Legislature reconvenes next year, Maine lawmakers will consider two proposals that would strengthen Mainers’ right to privacy…
The Democratic Mayor of San Francisco announced a plan Tuesday morning to address the city’s drug and homelessness crises that…
The Portland Police Department issued a warning Monday regarding an extortion scheme scammers are using to take people’s money using…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has encountered more Chinese foreign nationals attempting to enter the country illegally in fiscal year…
Auburn Police received a call Wednesday reporting that a man in the area of 21 Center Street was displaying a…
Unanswered questions linger regarding a July 911 call to the South Portland Police Department asking police to respond to the…
Joseph Bankman, the father of the infamous former crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried, allegedly held a role on the advisory board…
Four Kennebec County schools went into lockdown yesterday due to reports of an armed student on the nearby Kents Hill…
Middle schoolers in Topsham were sent home this morning out of an abundance of caution after the school received a…
A Portland high school was evacuated Monday morning after police received an unfounded text message claiming there was in active…
The Communist Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), the Maine Democratic Socialists of America (MDSA), the Maine People’s Alliance (MPA),…
Westbrook High School went into lockdown earlier Thursday morning when a student reported to school officials that another student was…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) announced Tuesday the arrest of a South Portland man on drug trafficking charges that…
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced Tuesday that he is directing House Republicans to open a formal impeachment inquiry…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Lillian Tweten on September 11, 2023 A sheriff said in a press conference Monday he…