U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced legislation Friday aimed at strengthening oversight of the Medicare home health program, combating fraud,…
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A Cumberland man suffered critical injuries Thursday night after a motorcycle carrying two people crashed into a wooded area in…
A 22-year-old New Hampshire mother was arrested on assault charges on Thursday after her infant was discovered with multiple suspicious…
Maine lobsterman Frank Thompson has asked the United States Supreme Court to weigh in on his challenge of a regulation…
The two leading U.S. betting markets show the Democrat U.S. Senate candidate in Maine shellacking the veteran Republican incumbent. Polymarket…
Biddeford Mayor Liam LaFountain is calling on a regional land-use board to determine if it mistakenly granted University of New…
The Portland Police Department arrested a suspect on murder charges on Wednesday after a dying 21-year-old was found lying in…
Maggie Haberman of The New York Times has been the self-appointed Trump conscience since he first emerged on the nation’s…
The Lewiston Police Department arrested a man twice on Tuesday after he allegedly provided a false name to officers, then…
Screenshot The timing could hardly be worse for Old Orchard Beach businesses. A significant water main break on West Grand…
The York Sheriff’s Department arrested a Waterboro man on Thursday when he was allegedly discovered to be driving without a…
HOLDEN, Maine – Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) has received the endorsement of the National Rifle Association’s Political Victory…
President Donald Trump signed two new executive orders on Thursday aimed at narrowing the scope of birthright citizenship, marking the…
With high temperatures expected across southern Maine on Friday, the City of Portland is opening a cooling center to help…
A group of paddleboarders will meet in Tenants Harbor today (Friday) to honor the memory of Sunshine Stewart. “Sunny,” killed…
PORTLAND, Maine — The release of Maine Medical Center nurse Debora Kapisha from federal immigration custody Thursday has not resolved…
During an anti-fraud roundtable Wednesday, White House Domestic Policy Council Director Vince Haley outlined ten proposals aimed at combating fraud…
A new poll from Senate Majority PAC, a billionaire-funded left-wing super PAC, gave Democratic candidate Troy Jackson a four-point lead…
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted on Thursday to approve a resolution put forward by its chair,…
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) urged water treatment facilities across the state to take security measures after Iran…
The case against Rockland bus driver Jeffrey Colburn, 65, of Camden, was downgraded to a civil violation after he was…
The South Portland City Council voted 5-1 Tuesday to ask voters for approval of an $88 million bond to fund…
A Lewiston Lyft driver is being held at the Androscoggin County Jail after being charged with gross sexual assault in…
A number of Bush weddings have been held in the past century at St. Ann’s Episcopal Church in Kennebunkport, Maine…
Two so-far unidentified culprits stole a lobsterwoman’s catch, prompting anger among downeast locals. Lindsay McDaniels lost hundreds of dollars in…
Wednesday’s accusation by State Rep. Deqa Dhalac that President Donald Trump and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller…
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Tuesday evening to urge the Senate to pass a bill that would…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has now publicly confirmed that the nurse at the center of a high-profile immigration protest…
I spent my time in Augusta fighting for Maine people — for our workers, our families, our rural communities, and…
Two days after Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz visited Maine to meet with former…
The New Hampshire Attorney General issued a cease-and-desist order against the Amherst, New Hampshire, school district and superintendent after teachers…
Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson is demanding the release of a Maine Medical Center nurse from Zambia after she was…
The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office charged a juvenile with arson on Tuesday after he allegedly set a fire at…
Maine voters can now begin requesting absentee ballots for the general election scheduled for November 3. No-excuse, absentee voting will…
Hannaford has issued a recall for store brand 81% lean and 19% fat ground beef sold at the Farmington location…
A leading-emergency room physician took to twitter Tuesday sharing horror pitbull attack stories after an actor told a New York…
Iconic fashion icon Martha Stewart is putting on her tease act again, posing at age 85 in a bathing suit.…
The chief city councilor in the Maine city where a federal immigration agent fatally shot an immigrant says it’s time…
Former Pats head coach Bill Belichick’s 25-year-old Maine girlfriend apparently is having quite an influence on her catch beyond the…
The Scarborough Police Department warned beachgoers on Tuesday that there have now been two confirmed shark sightings in waters near…
The bishop of Maine says the Catholic diocese has arrived at “financial resolutions” with a number of clergy sexual-abuse victims.“…
The Lewiston City Council rejected a proposal to extend the city’s temporary moratorium on mobile home park lot rent increases…
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci…
AUGUSTA, Maine — Assistant Senate Republican Leader Matt Harrington is urging MaineHealth to halt any immediate decision to eliminate labor…
LEWISTON, Maine — After nearly two hours of debate and emotional public testimony, the Lewiston City Council voted unanimously Tuesday…
The astroturfed left-wing Chickadee Network shut down after the political insiders running it signed on to Troy Jackson’s Senate campaign…
A driver in Union nearly struck a firefighter on Friday before fleeing after initially complying with a traffic stop, sparking…
An Enfield fugitive was arrested last Tuesday after he was allegedly found by Penobscot Sheriff’s deputies in a Dollar General…
“Kids nowadays think they’re animals. Furburgers.” That’s the opening line to humorist Bob Marley’s new bit. (Audience laughing here at…
Editor’s Note: CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz met with Maine Wire reporter Jon Fetherston in Maine on Monday to discuss…
Maine Wire reporter Jon Fetherston met with Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator of the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…
Last week, all non-emergency measures approved by the Legislature during the most recent session went into effect, including the $500…
Maine joined a coalition of 25 states on Monday in filing a federal lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration’s…
The former veteran Bangor Daily News top editor and longtime conservative conscience of Maine has been booted from the lineup…
No sooner did an infamous former congresswoman stop in Portland for a lobster than the food critics pounced. Ex-U.S. Rep.…
New York City taxpayers will spend at least $70 million to establish five government-backed grocery stores offering steeply discounted food…
President Donald Trump warned Monday that Iran is facing its “last chance” to reach an agreement with the United States,…
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is set to appear Tuesday in…
The Harringtons scored a major victory in their effort to pass a food sovereignty ordinance in Clinton on Tuesday when…
Kennebec Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to reports of an armed robbery at a Belgrade marijuana grow site on Wednesday and…
The arrest of a robbery suspect in Portland on Friday accused of stealing from a man during a firearm sale…
A group of six minors, including a 10-year-old, allegedly beat a homeless man on the bridge between Berwick and Somersworth,…
The Maine State Fire Marshal arrested a Harrington man on Tuesday after he allegedly destroyed a home with an incendiary…
The Westbrook Police Department arrested a homeless man on Friday after he allegedly followed a woman around a store while…
The Portland Police Department arrested a woman on Friday after she allegedly attacked a man with a lead pipe. [RELATED:…
A Gardiner woman was killed in Randolph on Friday in a head-on crash that also left two others with serious…
The Sagadahoc Sheriff’s Department arrested a Dresden man last month after he allegedly pulled a gun and assaulted a man…
The first of Maine’s controversial $300 “affordability” checks are now in the mail, nearly seven months after Gov. Janet Mills…
President Donald Trump has called off planned “massive strikes” against Iran and announced that diplomatic negotiations will resume through intermediaries,…
Biddeford Police are denying they’ll arrest protestors writing anti-ICE messages on public buildings with chalk, contrary to a Democrat state…
Linda Blair’s real claim to fame is as a bedridden mental patient spewing green vomit on a priest trying to…
The founder of a popular liberal Maine news outlet is wondering whether the New York Times is living under a…
As Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Troy Jackson campaigns across Maine as a champion of working families and rural communities, one…
Maine Republican lawmakers are blaming years of Democratic healthcare policies for the proposed closure of the labor and delivery unit…
BATH, Maine — General Dynamics Bath Iron Works christened the future USS William Charette (DDG 130) on Saturday, marking another…
Maine’s default Democrat nominee Troy Jackson is launching his first general-election ad, highlighting his own background as a labor organizer…
Pit bulls just get no respect. But they’ve got a prominent new lobbyist – actor Jon Bernthal, who claims their…
Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Troy Jackson sharply criticized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), President Donald Trump, and U.S. Sen.…
State fire investigators have determined that a Friday morning fire at Chasse Marine Company in Damariscotta was accidental and likely…
By: Jon Fetherston What has happened to leadership in Maine? Somewhere along the way, we stopped expecting our elected officials…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Transportation has selected JetBlue to continue providing Essential Air…
Portland police will deploy additional officers throughout the city Monday as part of an enhanced traffic enforcement operation aimed at…
The organization formerly known as Boy Scouts of America is facing backlash for abolishing gay-friendly activities at its yearly convention.…
The Maine Secretary of State’s Office is declining to determine whether Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Troy Jackson is eligible to…
Nearly three-quarters of Mainers perceive the state as unaffordable, and 30 percent plan to move away at some point in…
Poor Troy Jackson. He can’t buy a serious ticket to a U.S. Senate seat without first enduring a ribald ribbing…
Legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R) to prevent the Department of Education from transferring several major offices to…
The First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston heard arguments Wednesday in a case out of Maine concerning the state’s…
Boston Police have identified the woman killed in a rental linked by family to U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-MA. Yoseliani…
Elon Musk is preparing to put the financial power of the world’s largest personal fortune behind Republican candidates ahead of…
Former Gov. Paul LePage’s congressional campaign fired back Thursday after Democratic candidate Matt Dunlap used a Bangor press conference to…
Two people were arrested Thursday after state and federal law enforcement officers simultaneously raided properties in Harrington and Cherryfield following…
A social-media influencer who wondered the best way to entertain a girlfriend in northern Maine, went to the source. Who…
An 18-year-old Belfast man has been charged with arson after investigators determined that a basement fire at a City Point…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced Thursday that his administration’s Board of Peace has reached what he described as a…
Sen. Angus King (I) has introduced legislation that would expand access to mental health services in rural areas, including the…
Maine’s Congressional delegation has asked the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to clarify federal guidance that could potentially result in…
Quisisana Resort in Lovell, Maine and The Norumbega in Camden, Maine, have been named among the top 100 hotels across…
A salmonella outbreak in backyard poultry is being reported across several states including Maine, officials said. The salmonella infections stem…
A Maine woman who went to California to see her transitioning son ended up dead in his home from a…