SURRY, Maine – Maine State Police are investigating a fatal three-vehicle crash that occurred Friday afternoon on Blue Hill Road…
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A Coast Guard cutter that previously patrolled off the coast of Maine just hauled in 13,000 pounds of cocaine, officials…
Sticking to a promise made last year, President Trump has reopened a huge swath of protected water off New England…
A special election has been scheduled for June 9 to fill the seat previously held by Rep. Kathy Javner (R-Chester)…
A New Gloucester man pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to wire fraud charges after he deposited counterfeit U.S.…
The Maine-schooled skier who has won more races than any U.S. male is apologizing to investors for a major business…
In keeping with a resolve approved by lawmakers last year, a bill has been introduced in Augusta that would allow…
Seventy-eight-year-old Gov. Janet Mills is being forced to fend off her own party’s concerns about her age. That according to…
PORTLAND, Maine – Portland City Hall is asking residents to help name a new park planned for the city’s Eastern…
PORTLAND, Maine – The City of Portland’s Housing & Economic Development Department says it has hired a new Waterfront Coordinator,…
The United States Supreme Court voted Wednesday to allow the State of California to use its new voter-approved congressional map…
The Maine State Police is investigating unrelated deaths in Augusta and Standish that occurred just one day apart. [RELATED: MSP…
FORT PIERCE, Florida – Ryan Wesley Routh, 59, was sentenced Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, to life in federal prison, plus…
BIDDEFORD, Maine – A garage fire at a Biddeford home Tuesday morning was traced to an electrical outlet issue, sending…
Local and federal law enforcement discovered an illicit biolab with links to China operating out of a Las Vegas home…
The effort by anti-potters to halt Maine’s marijuana party failed to catch fire, state officials say. The Secretary of State’s…
The Lewiston Police Department arrested a homeless man on Tuesday after he allegedly robbed a bank on Sabbatus Street. [RELATED:…
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, a hefty-Maine oceanfront taxpayer for many years, says he’s pulling for Kraft & Co. That would…
Globetrotter lifestyle guru Martha Stewart’s seen it all, but in the presence of threatened perjury she can’t deny it -…
The cops in the “Dairy Capital Of Maine” have been milking the internet to shed the stereotypical image of a…
LEWISTON, Maine — Residents and elected officials returned once again to the Lewiston City Council chambers this week, urging city…
The Maine State Police are investigating a fatal crash that took place in Vassalboro on Monday between a pickup truck…
The Maine Fire Marshal’s Office arrested a Buckfield man on Monday after he allegedly manufactured explosives and detonated them in…
AUGUSTA, Maine – The Maine Senate on Tuesday formally recognized Steve Robinson, editor in chief of The Maine Wire, honoring…
Nearly a year ago, Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a bill into law prohibiting banks from charging customers a fee…
The U.S. Marshals executed a high-risk warrant on Howe St. in Lewiston on Monday, searching for two fugitives from justice…
The Brunswick Police Department arrested a Brunswick man on Saturday after he was allegedly injured while attempting to burglarize a…
The Lewiston shooting fund scandal isn’t going away. As the controversy goes nationally on NewsNation and Fox News, survivors and…
WASHINGTON – President Donald J. Trump said Monday that he reached a new trade deal with India after a phone…
The Oxford Sheriff’s Department arrested a fugitive wanted on four outstanding warrants after he was found hiding in Otisfield. [RELATED:…
The Portland Police Department arrested a Falmouth man on Sunday after he allegedly broke into a home carrying a firearm,…
The acclaimed Hollywood actor who put Lewiston, Maine on the map is trying his best to spin on a sick…
The Kennebec Sheriff’s Department is investigating a shooting incident caught on video last Friday outside a Farmingdale apartment building. [RELATED:…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ name has surfaced in the latest U.S. Justice Department release of files related to the late…
The famous $4.99 Costco chickens, of which the company reportedly sells 150 million a year, are facing a lawsuit over…
Nearly a year ago, Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a bill into law prohibiting banks from charging customers a fee…
An increase in shark attacks should be blamed on the great whites, not on humans ignoring the warnings to stay…
President Donald Trump (R) has sued the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department for $10 billion over allegations that…
As businesses across the state are closing on Friday in protest against ICE as part of a “National Shutdown” that…
The Westbrook Police Department was busy on Wednesday, arresting a maintenance worker who allegedly stole medication and a sex offender…
LEWISTON, Maine – The Farmers’ Almanac, a long 208-year-old publication held by the Geiger family in Lewiston, has been acquired…
The Bangor Police Department arrested a woman on Thursday following a stabbing incident at a Bangor home the previous Saturday.…
A Noble High School student was killed on Thursday after a crash between a pickup truck and an Amtrak Downeaster…
A former Brunswick Naval Air Station pilot who went on to fly 40 years for a major airline believes the…
A Woodland Pulp worker who was exposed to a gas leak at the Baileyville mill has died, officials said. The…
AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine political activist Nicholas Blanchard has filed a second federal lawsuit, this time targeting the Augusta Board…
Somali-born state Rep. Yusuf Yusuf (D-Portland) runs a home care business with apparent ties to an interconnected network of Somali-operated…
PORTLAND, Maine – Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, sharply criticized Sen. Susan Collins on Thursday during a…
NORWAY, Maine — The Maine Fire Marshal’s Office says a structure fire on Everett Drive in Norway was accidentally sparked…
The fight over new laws in Texas and Louisiana requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments continued this…
The animal-rights group that lost its bid to put the Maine Lobster Festival out of business says it plans to…
Acadia may be the fifth-most-visited national park in the country, but as a “digital detox” it’s just not cutting it.…
A taxpayer-financed slush fund that Democrat Gov. Janet Mills is proposing violates the government’s definition of poverty. If that isn’t…
YORK COUNTY, Maine – Republican gubernatorial candidate Ben Midgley won a straw poll held at the York County Republican official…
Though the number of fatalities in Sunday’s corporate-jet crash remained in dispute, either way it was one of the state’s…
Maine’s Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Tuesday that she intends to recommend that the state spend $2.25 million in support…
Absentee voting is now underway for the special election being held in House District 94 to fill the seat left…
For some 45 years Eric Furry held court at his popular hangout known as Pro Libris Books on Third Street.…
A Portland mental health clinic and its providers agreed to pay a $20,000 settlement after Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigators…
The 2011 pre-Christmas mystery surrounding a missing 20-month-old continues to tug at her family. But cops still have no answers…
A group of Catholic parishioners from southern Maine say they have been prevented a second time from meeting with a…
The model of plane that tragically crashed in a Bangor snowstorm earlier this week has been susceptible to wing-ice buildup.…
WASHINGTON – A national coalition of left-leaning advocacy groups led by the ACLU hosted a Monday night virtual training dubbed…
LEWISTON, Maine — Amy Sussman, the aunt of Lewiston mass shooting victim Maxx Hathaway, said Monday that one nonprofit that…
After being recalled from Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) desk as the eleventh-hour last year, Maine lawmakers are scheduled to discuss…
A long-established Popham Beach family is claiming victory in a lawsuit brought by their New Jersey-transplant neighbors. The Hills have…
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Westbrook man on Friday after he allegedly crashed into an occupied school bus…
The Rockland Police Department arrested a Bangor man on Friday while executing a search warrant as part of an investigation…
Virginia “Ginny” Oliver, known across the state as Maine’s “Lobster Lady,” has passed away at age 105. Oliver died quietly…
A GoFundMe campaign has begun for the mother of an infant whose father is charged with her savage killing. The…
The script for the made-for-TV movie in which an ex-sheriff blasts ICE while his successor embraces federal immigration enforcement has…
FAIRFIELD, Maine — Maine State Police are investigating the death of a 46-year-old Oakland man who was found on the…
ELLSWORTH, Maine — The Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating an early-morning structure fire at a vacant residence…
BANGOR, Maine — A private jet carrying eight people crashed during takeoff Sunday night at Bangor International Airport, prompting an…
State offices will be closed all day Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, due to severe winter storm conditions. Gov. Janet Mills…
The two leading contenders for a U.S. Senate seat from Maine suddenly changed their travel plans to exploit their anti-ICE…
CROSS LAKE TOWNSHIP, Maine — Maine State Police arrested a 37-year-old man Thursday after responding to a reported domestic disturbance…
Fifteen years after Congress closed the Brunswick Naval Air Station, the nonprofit museum that sprung up in its wake is…
The organizer of a fundraising campaign designed to benefit a victimized northern-Maine family says he got reported for an allegedly…
A new bill introduced in Augusta looks to make permanent in Maine law a version of the federal energy-efficient home…
PORTLAND, Maine — The City of Portland will open an emergency overnight warming shelter this weekend, operating Friday, Saturday and…
Maine State Police arrested a Cross Lake Township man on Thursday following an alleged domestic violence incident that turned into…
A widely followed kids’ YouTuber and top ally of NYC’s Maine-educated mayor is under fire for offering a fake apology…
For decades a Burnham company that made golf tees and wooden toys has kept hundreds of people employed. But it’s…
LEWISTON — Ifraax Saciid-Ciise, a Lewiston Somali interpreter and nonprofit director, is now the face of a widening backlash over…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Tuesday that she will be proposing in the upcoming supplemental budget $4.3 million worth of…
Both the number of homes sold in Maine and the median price for which they were bought increased last year…
The U.S. federal government is demanding a $28.7 million refund from Maine as an audit uncovers rampant documentation failures in…
An investigation into an unassuming office building on Portland’s Anderson Street has revealed an interlinked network of lucrative Medicaid agencies…
Maine lawmakers are considering establishing a refundable electricity cost fairness tax credit valued at up to $600 targeted at lower-income…
The Maine Wire can exclusively confirm that ICE agents arrested an Angolan national who has been working as a York…
LEWISTON, Maine — Republican gubernatorial candidate David Jones is escalating his push for outside scrutiny of donations raised after the…
A national organization founded by a critically wounded combat veteran to help injured public servants overcome the rigors of battle…
PORTLAND, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills (D) held a quick press conference Thursday morning at Portland City Hall as U.S.…
AUGUSTA, Maine — The David Jones (R) for Governor campaign said Wednesday it has launched its first statewide video advertisement…
The Rockland Police Department arrested a Hope man on Tuesday morning after a local business reportedly lost over $3,000 in…
RSU 34 went into lockdown on Wednesday morning after receiving a threat, prompting the University of Maine (UMaine) to issue…
The University of New England has been set back in its bid to begin creating student housing in a Biddeford…
Cumberland County Chief Deputy Brian Pellerin is running as an independent against Democrat York County Sheriff William King, he announced…
Maine’s largest paper has outdone even itself in the self-loathing sphere, begging readers for encrypted ICE tips. But judging from…