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U.S. Marshals arrested wanted Dominican Trinitarios gang-member Yonaidry Lascano Rosario, 24, on Thursday night in Bethel with assistance from the…
Two illegal aliens previously released into the U.S. under the Biden Administration are in federal custody after allegedly shooting an…
Maine’s unemployment rate has remained steady in recent months, coming in at 3.3 percent in June. The seasonal increase in…
Fifty years ago the body of a 19-year-old woman was dumped in a culvert on Sherman Lake in Newcastle. Florence…
A shocking new national survey of states’ public utilities shows Maine ranks the worst of all 50, earning it an…
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Sunday that whistleblowers were coming forward since the release of documents and a…
Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins’ approval rating has fallen amid a tense summer session where she repeatedly broke away from her party and President Donald Trump on multiple crucial votes. The results were released by Morning Consult as a part of its quarterly poll of senators’ approval ratings, and it shows the favorability of the longtime Maine
Days after the arrest and preliminary charging of a suspect in the murder of Sunshine “Sunny” Stewart, a new question…
As tony Yarmouth celebrates its annual clam festival this weekend, a clam shack down south in Sanford is throwing in…
A group of ten Republican senators, including Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, have sent a letter to the Trump Administration…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has joined her counterparts in sixteen states in calling on Secretary of Education Linda McMahon…
The Trump Administration has delayed distributing $6.8 billion worth of federal funding for certain education programs it is currently reviewing…
Earlier this week, the State of Maine was listed as a co-plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over…
Midcoast Mainers breathed a collective sigh of relief on Thursday to learn that Sunny Stewart’s killer was in custody, but…
As tragic as the seemingly senseless killing is of a well-liked camper on a pond in midcoast Maine, it’s also…
17-year-old Deven Young of Frankfort appeared in court on Friday morning via Zoom from the Long Creek Youth Detention facility…
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The Portland City Council voted Monday night to spend $15 million in order to open the door for future development…
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The United States Senate voted early Thursday morning to pass President Donald Trump’s (R) plan to cut $9 billion in…
Congressional Republicans have renewed calls to revoke the federal charter for the nation’s largest teachers union on the grounds that…
News that the Maine State Police have made an arrest in the murder of Tenants Harbor resident Sunshine “Sunny Stewart,…
Justine Hawkes’ family was about to do some laps off Harpswell – until … Jaws showed up. “Caution everyone, hubby…
A man formerly of Caribou, Maine, was sentenced on Tuesday to eight years in federal prison for the possession of…
A national group that says it monitors and counters threats to our constitutional rights and promotes government transparency and constitutional…
The outcome of a stand-off on a Bangor roof Wednesday was up in the air for seven hours as a…
Wednesday was a grim, two-week mark since the killing of Sunshine “Sunny” Stewart, 47, a Tenants Harbor resident who went…
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Maine’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has launched an effort to support the production of renewable energy on agricultural land contaminated…
A few dozen international flying customers got a special treat – a quick peek at beautiful Bangor, Maine – on…
The newspaper that broke the news of a misconduct lawsuit against a midcoast school failed to mention the paper’s intimate…
President Donald Trump (R) has issued a three-month extension of the federal hiring freeze that was set to expire earlier…
Portland City Councilor Kate Sykes, self-described socialist and former co-chair of the Maine Democratic Socialists of America, gave a speech at…
Four Maine high school students will be joining the ranks of approximately 800 selected nationally this month who will be…
Lewiston Police are investigating a shooting that occurred on Monday outside of an immigrant advocacy nonprofit’s building. Police say that…
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The United States Senate narrowly cleared the first procedural hurdle for President Donald Trump’s (R) plan to reverse $9.4 billion…
On Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Wolf permanently enjoined the State of Maine from enforcing the new limits on Super…
A public fund-raising campaign to help pay for a Maine paddleboarder’s funeral costs has so far brought in more than…
The U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) has selected Craig Shepley as the new Deputy Chief Patrol Agent (DCPA) of Maine’s Houlton…
The Maine Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday morning in the case against the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) over…
The same people who decry the role of money in politics — ie. the media — are often the same…
Maine’s top environmental lobby is patting itself on the back for nearly a half century of billboard-free Maine. But critics…
When the legacy media in Maine latches onto an idea, many who have been around the block more than once…
Rockland police arrested a transient woman early Tuesday morning following a vehicle pursuit and the discovery of narcotics during a…
President Donald Trump threatened to levy “severe” tariffs on Russia on Monday if it does not make peace with Ukraine…
While a new report from a state agency shows a slight decrease in homeless persons in Maine compared to the…
A Maine camp with real connections to famed secret agent James Bond has just hit the market – for a…
As part of a $4.5 million slate of upgrades, a new security fence currently being erected around the Blaine House…
A 14-year-old male was injured in a shooting at an affordable housing complex in Lewiston early Sunday morning, according to…
A man from Connecticut was arrested on Saturday on multiple charges after allegedly traveling to a park in Lewiston to…
The Maine State Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash in Albion that left one child dead, and another minor…
Portland Police announced Monday morning that their Hazardous Devices Unit investigated a “suspicious package” at the corner of Congress and…
A lawsuit against a private high school in Bath by students alleging abuse has sparked a widespread debate over its…
A new searing biography of flying ace Amelia Earhart is raising serious questions whether she was a willing participant when…
Late last week the spokeswoman for the Maine State Police broke her silence on the brutal slaying July 2nd of…
Questions remain as New Hampshire State and local police remain closed-lipped after someone was shot multiple times in a Sanbornton,…
The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information on a man who appeared to shoot at immigration authorities during…
Police arrested a Bangor man on Thursday for allegedly attacking his pregnant wife at the Vacationland Inn in Brewer and…
A church fighting to stop a major university in Maine from selling a Belfast property it had won the right…
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins ordered a complete shutdown of livestock trade across the Southern border on…
Maine’s Democrat governor is touting her drug-overdose accomplishments amid growing public scrutiny on China’s invasion of the Pine Tree State.…
The Maine Supreme Court ruled Friday to uphold Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ wording of a citizens initiative requiring voters…
Earlier this week, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals voided the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) new rule making it easier…
As violence has increased against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents enforcing federal law, with apparent encouragement from many Democrat…
The Massachusetts GOP took to social media on Thursday to thank The Maine Wire for its work to expose the…
A super PAC supporting Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for New York City mayor accepted $1,000 from a Muslim cleric linked to…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office announced on Thursday that they have charged multiple juveniles between ages 9 to 16 from…
CVS Health’s Omnicare unit must pay $948.8 million in penalties and damages following a federal ruling on Monday in a…
A Francestown, New Hampshire man sparked a police standoff on Wednesday after he allegedly shouted at a mail-man, tried to…
The “local” part of “Maine Trust for Local News” has just gotten a lot less so with word that Skowhegan…
A week after the national release of the documentary, High Crimes: The Chinese Mafia’s Takeover of Rural America in partnership…
A New Hampshire federal judge announced Thursday that he will certify a class action lawsuit against the Trump Administration over…
Every so often on a slow day a certain kind of fellow gets bored and says “hey let’s blow up…
The Auburn Police Department’s Proactive Community Enforcement (PACE) Unit executed a search warrant at the Center Street Value Inn, resulting…
Residents of Owls Head, a small town in mid-coast Maine, have seen their property tax bills skyrocket this year. Because…
The search for an Augusta man who jumped after his dog into the Kennebec River near Bath on Sunday appears…
The Lewiston Police Department announced on Wednesday that they arrested three individuals and seized multiple firearms in recent days as…
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday to overturn the 2023 conviction of Douglass Mackey, known online as Ricky Vaughn, for…
A meeting of the seemingly very local Westbrook City Council Facilities and Streets Committee took a surprising turn on Monday…
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One week after the brutal slaying of a Tenants Harbor woman on a pond in Union, what is taking hold…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office last week executed a search warrant at a house in Fairfield, resulting in three arrests…
The United States Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday allowing the Trump Administration’s “workforce optimization” initiatives to resume for the…
A man has been arrested on aggravated assault charges after allegedly stabbing a 21-year-old in the neck outside of a…
Paul LePage, former Maine Governor and current frontrunner for the hotly contested 2nd Congressional District (CD2) House seat occupied by…
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the new National Farm Security Action Plan on Tuesday, focusing on…
The sponsors of the upcoming bivalve fest in Yarmouth, Maine are under pressure to come up with some vegetarian options.…
Negotiations between Northern Light and Anthem have reportedly stalled as the expiration date of their current contract quickly approaches at…
A New York man was arrested last week for allegedly making posts on the social media platform X threatening to…
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) shipped thousands of viral samples to a lab in Wuhan over the course…
Seven Chinese nationals are facing federal charges for allegedly running a multi-million-dollar illegal pot empire hidden in quiet neighborhoods across…
A Lewiston man was arrested last week on multiple counts of possession of sexually explicit material of a child under…
A group of 11 anti-ICE activists are facing federal charges for an alleged July 4 plot to ambush and assassinate…
The Maine Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday morning in the lawsuit challenging Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ wording of…
President Donald Trump struck a blow against the “net-zero” climate agenda on Monday with an executive order targeting “unreliable, foreign…
A Maryland man wanted for murder and multiple assaults was nabbed by federal agents in Auburn after nearly a year…
Auburn Republican Rep. Laurel Libby’s lawsuit against Maine Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) has become moot after her…
The Maine Marine Patrol is searching the Kennebec River for the missing Robert Stolt, 22, of Augusta, who went missing…