PORTLAND, Maine – Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, sharply criticized Sen. Susan Collins on Thursday during a…
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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…
An Anti-ICE protester deliberately interfered with the Brewer Police Department and blew an air horn at officers while they investigated…
The University of Maine System (UMS) is set to receive $51 million in federal funding as part of the Fiscal…
Six dogs died when fire broke out at the Give a Dog a Home rescue shelter in Sebec, officials said.…
President Donald Trump took executive action on Tuesday to bar large “institutional investors” from purchasing single-family homes, aiming to make…
A vehicle smashed through a Westbrook business on Monday, reportedly causing significant structural damage. [RELATED: Woman LifeFlighted After Explosion, Structure…
The Maine State Senate voted 24-10 Tuesday to uphold Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) veto of an automotive right to repair…
State Police arrested 24-year-old Shawn Stephen Samuels of Orrington on Sunday after he allegedly murdered his 12-week-old daughter in a…
Later this week, Augusta lawmakers are set to discuss a bill that would set a minimum rate of pay for…
FRIENDSHIP, Maine — State fire investigators are probing an explosion and late-night structure fire at a single-family home in Friendship…
The Penobscot Sheriff’s Department arrested two New York felons on firearm charges on Thursday during the execution of a search…
LEWISTON, Maine — Lead Maine, a new conservative education and engagement organization founded by State Rep. Laurel Libby (R), is…
Eight years in the making, a controversial power corridor running through the North Maine Woods, transporting hydroelectric power from Quebec,…
The Brunswick Police Department arrested three New York men on Friday after they were allegedly found with false identities during…
Let there be no doubt where Maine’s liberal congresswoman holds her core sympathies. Not in Maine, where she has languished…
An organization defending victims of clergy sexual abuse is calling out a Falmouth priest for allegedly rebuffing its leaders. “Our…
The Maine State Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in Falmouth on Saturday that claimed the life…
PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland International Jetport says United Airlines will begin offering the airport’s first-ever nonstop service to California…
A judge Wednesday accused convicted porn-addicted, disbarred lawyer Eliot Cutler of lying about how he came across the term “strip…
SKOWHEGAN, Maine — Maine State Police say a 46-year-old Skowhegan woman whose death was under investigation has been ruled a…
BANGOR, Maine — A Bangor physician was subjected to verbal threats connected to his race inside Timber Kitchen and Bar…
AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows sent an internal memo to employees instructing them to immediately report…
GORHAM, Maine — A 15-year-old has been charged with arson in connection with a fire this week at an abandoned…
Maine lawmakers are set to consider a bill later this month that would carve out an exception to the state’s…
The planned circle-of-unity handholding Friday by officials in Maine’s largest anti-ICE beachhead got derailed even before it got cancelled. City…
Maine’s Legislative Committee on Health and Human Services heard testimony on Wednesday for a bill from Rep. Bill Pluecker (I-Warren)…
The Maine State Fire Marshal is investigating an alleged arson incident in Ellsworth on Wednesday after a vacant single-family residence…
Mike Eruzione, a Berwick Academy grad who captained the famous “Miracle On Ice” hockey squad, tried his best Wednesday to…
The Maine Department of Energy Resources (MDER) announced Tuesday that a combined $1.2 million in grants have been awarded to…
The Frankfort teen charged with killing a midcoast woman has a history of uncontrolled anger and defiance, according to a…
LEWISTON, Maine — Republican House District 94 candidate Janet Beaudoin drew a wave of supporters to a Thursday campaign event…
The taxpayer-funded University of Maine School of Law’s Dean of Students sent out a notice to students and staff Thursday,…
A 71-year-old woman was tragically killed on Wednesday after her vehicle was struck while she was parked on the shoulder…
Penobscot Sheriff’s Deputies busted two alleged drug traffickers on Tuesday after they reportedly initially failed to comply with a traffic…
Eliot Cutler, once a prominent Maine lawyer and politician, suddenly in his 70s becomes what police say is a serial…
A Falmouth man was sentenced to pay $590,912 in restitution to the IRS on Tuesday after he evaded taxes and…
The New Hampshire State Police arrested a Merrimack woman on Wednesday after she allegedly fled from the police and barricaded…
Jason Hopkins is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation The deportation officer involved in a deadly shooting in…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department closed in on a suspect early Wednesday morning following a week-long investigation into six bullet…
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine state Rep. Deqa Dhalac urged Somali-Americans in Maine to pour “our time our money our skills”…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to cut off federal payments tied to so-called “sanctuary cities,” declaring that…
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills says she now supports a “full investigation” into Gateway Community Services after state audits…
A Chinese woman living in New York pleaded guilty on Monday to operating illegal marijuana grow sites at properties she…
The United States House of Representatives voted last week to advance a measure already rejected by the Senate that would…
Former two-time “independent” gubernatorial loser Eliot Cutler is now in back-to-back probation and bail violations. Cutler, who served jail time…
Two Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) workers were tragically killed in Waterville on Tuesday after a driver allegedly failed to…
The Bangor Police Department arrested an Orland man on Saturday after he was allegedly found stealing from a Bangor supermarket…
Maine’s shrewd senior U.S. senator may be able to play off President Trump’s anger towards her to win re-election. If…