Maine’s Legislative Committee on Health and Human Services heard testimony on Wednesday for a bill from Rep. Bill Pluecker (I-Warren)…
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The Maine branch of the Fraternal Order of Police expressed its staunch support for immigration officials and enforcement action in…
The Rockland Police Department arrested school bus driver Jeffrey Colburn, 65, of Camden, on Thursday on manslaughter charges following a…
AUGUSTA, Maine — With Maine’s June 9, 2026 primary and Nov. 3, 2026 general election on the horizon, the race…
The United States Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Wednesday that a Republican representative from Illinois has standing to sue the state…
LEWISTON, Maine — Republican House District 94 candidate Janet Beaudoin drew a wave of supporters to a Thursday campaign event…
Three 18-year-olds were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly shooting up a Wiscasset home on Tuesday while a father and a…
The taxpayer-funded University of Maine School of Law’s Dean of Students sent out a notice to students and staff Thursday,…
FALMOUTH, Maine — Republican gubernatorial candidate David Jones is pitching a bold geopolitical vision as an economic opportunity for Maine,…
A Democrat representative from Kennebunkport has introduced a bill that would establish a new program and non-lapsing fund to support…
AUGUSTA, Maine — Leaders in Maine’s two largest cities and Gov. Janet Mills (D) issued statements Wednesday warning residents to…
A public hearing is set to be held next week for a bill that would provide additional salary supplements for…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to cut off federal payments tied to so-called “sanctuary cities,” declaring that…
PORTLAND — Portland Public Schools Board Chair Sara Lentz used the Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, school board meeting to declare…
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia, giving Somali nationals covered by the program…
A Chinese woman living in New York pleaded guilty on Monday to operating illegal marijuana grow sites at properties she…
Maine ‘Deadheads,’ who played host to many of the band’s legendary Pine Tree State concerts, are joining millions of their…
The Maine House of Representatives voted 96-44 Tuesday morning to override Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) veto of an automotive right…
LEWISTON, Maine — Former Lewiston City Council President Lee Clement is accusing Mayor Carl Sheline, the city clerk and other…
The woman who was behind the wheel of a minivan that fatally struck two MDOT employees Tuesday previously served four…
Jason Cohen is a reporter at the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams died on Jan. 13 at…
Maine’s socialist capital of the north has hired a new “homeless coordinator” – with COVID “emergency” funds. Hard to figure…
NORTH BERWICK, Maine – A North Berwick man is facing a criminal assault charge after police say he intentionally struck…
AUGUSTA, Maine — Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, testifying during Monday’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee meeting in Augusta, acknowledged…
The Maine State Housing Authority’s 2026 Housing Outlook Report reveals several positive indicators for Maine’s housing landscape but highlights how…
Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) 75 is holding lessons aimed at sexual abuse prevention for students as young as kindergarteners,…
Sen. Joe Baldacci (D-Penobscot) is running for Maine’s Second Congressional District (CD2) House seat, currently held by Rep. Jared Golden…
Emily Kopp is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation Pop star Zara Larsson, a Swedish national, declared her…
NORTH BERWICK, Maine — A conservative activist who filed a federal civil rights lawsuit this week accusing the City of…
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) published a report on Friday revealing the tragic circumstances surrounding the horrific crash last…
The Somerset Sheriff’s Department executed a drug bust in Pittsfield on Wednesday, seizing over a pound of fentanyl and cocaine…
WELLS, Maine — A Maine State Police cruiser was struck Friday morning while troopers were handling a separate crash along…
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday that she intends to allow LD 1164, An Act to Create Economic…
AUGUSTA, Maine — Senate Republicans on the Maine Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee requested Thursday that the Office of Program Evaluation…
Sen. Susan Collins voted with Democrats to move a controversial resolution forward on Thursday that would require President Donald Trump…
AUGUSTA, Maine – Gov. Janet Mills expressed outrage Wednesday after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot…
LEWISTON, Maine — Just days after being sworn into office, Lewiston City Councilor Iman Osman stood before a judge Wednesday…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after a family found six bullet holes in their newly constructed Alna home…
The York County Sheriff’s Department suspended its mechanic for just one day after he allegedly pulled someone over in an…
The Penobscot Sheriff’s Department started the year with a massive drug bust in Enfield on Friday that led to six…
PORTLAND, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills on Monday applauded Portland firefighters for their response to last month’s massive Custom House…
Ashley Brasfield is a reporter with the Daily Caller News Foundation Democratic Minnesota Gov. and failed vice presidential candidate Tim…
PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland City Council unanimously approved a new fee Monday targeting large entertainment venues, a policy born…
By Jason Hopkins of the Daily Caller News Foundation Law enforcement officials arrested a man outside Vice President J.D. Vance’s…
AUGUSTA, Maine – Republican gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Bush is seizing early momentum in Maine’s open 2026 governor’s race, with his…
BRUNSWICK, Maine — A 47-year-old Woolwich man was killed Friday night after his vehicle left the roadway on a Brunswick…
AUGUSTA, Maine — After weeks of silence on a growing federal investigation unfolding in her own backyard, Gov. Janet Mills…
A Maine mom has now asked the United States Supreme Court to consider her case against a Damariscotta school in…
Gov. Janet Mills has spent months on the campaign trail boasting that she “stood up to” President Donald Trump, repeatedly…
It was a tragedy piled on a tragedy is how one Lincoln County resident described the December 27 homicide of…
Federal agents visited a property in Lewiston on Tuesday that has been the source of repeated reports of fraud and…
It has been more than four months since Maine courts threw a shroud of secrecy over the proceedings in the…
Maine Republican legislative leaders will hold a press conference Tuesday to discuss allegations of MaineCare fraud involving Gateway Community Services,…
Let’s be clear: the collapse of Gateway Communities did not come out of nowhere.It happened on Janet Mills’ watch, after…
More than two years after the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history, victims and their families say they are still…
A powerful congressional committee is demanding federal financial records tied to a Maine nonprofit that has come under scrutiny following…
The U.S. Border Patrol Houlton Sector arrested an Ecuadorian illegal immigrant in Rangeley early this month with a criminal history…
The RSU 10 school district reversed course on its plans to include a co-ed locker room in its newly constructed…
The controversies surrounding Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows continue to pile up, raising serious questions about competence, accountability, and…
Nearly half of a Bangor-area school board abruptly resigned this week, leaving the district without a quorum and unable to…
A Bonny Eagle School District student was killed on Tuesday morning when he was struck by a school bus, school…
Despite claims from two Rockland councilors that they have received threats in the wake of their anti-ICE votes, police say…
A Dixmont man is facing attempted murder charges following a Friday rampage in which he allegedly attacked his friends and…
A guy who lived on the streets of Portland is the prime suspect in the murder Sunday of “All in…
Regional School Unit (RSU) 10’s new Mountain Valley Community School will have a co-ed locker room when it opens in…
New accounts from former Bates College classmates are raising serious questions about the past conduct and political character of Democratic…
A citizen’s initiative aimed at ending the sale and production of recreational cannabis in Maine can now begin collecting signatures…
A new omnibus poll from Pan Atlantic Research, a Portland-based research company headed by former Maine Democratic Party chair Victoria…
Regional School Unit (RSU) 9 school board member Griffin Mayhew, 26, representing Wilton, died unexpectedly on Monday, just months after…
Illegal border crossers who need sanctuary from U.S. limits on their conveniently discovered “freedoms” have a home in Rockland, Maine.…
A tense MSAD 72 school committee meeting Monday night erupted with calls for accountability after a seven-year-old special-needs student disappeared…
Multiple national news outlets published reports on Monday citing whistle-blower allegations about fraud and corruption by the Maine-based Gateway Community…
An MSAD 72 elementary school student being transported to an out-of-district placement by a substitute van driver went missing for…
A Republican candidate for governor is pushing back after the Maine Democratic State Committee accused him of racism in response…
The fallout from the indictment of City Councilor-elect and school committee appointee Iman Osman continued to spiral Friday, triggering a…
Lewiston, Maine, once stood as a monument to American resilience, a booming mill city powered by the Androscoggin River, strengthened…
A Lewiston city councilor is sharply criticizing the city’s School Committee after it voted last Monday to block an investigation…
Iman Osman, 36, who was elected in November to represent Ward 5 on the Lewiston City Council, was indicted Wednesday…
Residents in Lyman say tractor-trailers continue to travel down Route 35 southbound despite the road being clearly closed as crews…
The Trump administration’s sharp escalation of immigration enforcement is creating new uncertainty across Maine’s immigrant and refugee communities, recent reports…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has signed onto a letter with a handful of her counterparts in blue states…
President Trump delivered one of the most direct and forceful warnings of his presidency this weekend, issuing a stark ultimatum…
A 27-year-old Warren man suspected of robbing a Scarborough bank was arrested in New Jersey after being involved in a…
ICE agents were allegedly spotted on the University of Maine Farmington Campus last week, inspiring taxpayer-funded professors to attempt recording…
The Lewiston School Committee on Monday conducted a closed door executive session listed on the agenda as “to enter into…
The Maine Trust for Local News has notified a slew of its western Maine freelance writers they are off the…
A Milford man was arrested in Bangor on Sunday after he reportedly broke into an apartment, unwrapped the Christmas presents,…
Southern Maine Community College’s new Turning Point USA chapter made its public debut Monday, hosting its first tabling event amid…
The state’s leading lobster lobby is pushing back against claims that government intervention is an obvious fix for the dwindling…
Lewiston City Administrator Bryan Kaenrath has appointed longtime police veteran Carly Conley as the city’s next chief of police, selecting…
Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) on Saturday called for the abolition of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson received the Dao Prize for investigative journalism on Wednesday from the Dao Feng and Angela…
A Lewiston resident is calling for an independent, third-party investigation into both city officials’ handling of a school committee appointment…
Lewiston officials say the city is days away from naming its next police chief, ending a months-long search that began…
A federal jury on Tuesday found 45-year-old Lucas Sirois of Rangeley guilty on all charges connected to the operation of…
Five Maine school districts are now facing a lawsuit from the Maine Human Rights Commission (MHRC), filed on Monday after…
A Bangor physician was subjected to a barrage of verbal threats connected to his race inside Timber Kitchen and Bar…
Three former York County Corrections Officers were indicted on November 4 after they allegedly accepted bribes from a prisoner to…
The U.S. Senate approved legislation authored by Sen. Susan Collins (R) to reopen the federal government, advancing a package that…
In the wake of the October 25, 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston, thousands of Mainers and donors across the country…