Amy McCrea has seen crime from both sides, first as a patrol officer and now as a victim-witness advocate.Bangor Police…
Three weeks after a Maine fisherman and six of his fellow crew members died when their boat went down, searchers…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to increase the production of controversial glyphosate-based herbicides and to grant…
Try as it might, the shallow, journalism-challenged Portland Press Herald just can’t catch a break. Amid its impotent efforts to…
Thanks to the Trump Administration’s unprecedented release of Medicaid claims data, taxpayers may now get insight into how one of…
Sen. Matt Harrington (R-York) revealed during a work session last week that an AI data center could be coming to…
Central Maine Power (CMP) will again be seeking permission from the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to raise its rates.…
A Blue Hill man was sentenced to one year in prison and three years of supervised release in the U.S.…
A convicted felon who stole 20 firearms from a Brunswick home in 2024 pleaded guilty to an additional charge on…
PORTLAND, Maine — Portland police are investigating an early-morning shooting outside Amigos Mexican Restaurant & Bar on Dana Street that…
Maine lawmakers are now poised to consider a bill that would prohibit competitive electricity providers from charging more than the…
WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran are again on edge, months after a brief but intense military confrontation that…
PORTLAND, Maine — Portland’s housing market hit the brakes in January as record cold and heavy snowfall pushed the city…
Maine’s Judiciary Committee is considering a bill that would remove the statute of limitations for sex trafficking of minors and…
Democrat U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner lobbed a new volley Wednesday at Republican Sen. Susan Collins, accusing her of being…
Ahttps://share.google/H3svcecgiEsWIKFM1 group of residents in Houlton have finally seen success in their battle to persuade the town to take down…
Mainers could be forced to verify their ages before accessing artificial intelligence tools if a Democrat-led bill aimed at protecting…
The Portland Police Department is investigating a shooting incident that occurred last Thursday night and left the glass door of…
The organizers of an upcoming Palestinian-rights conference either pulled a big boner or are crazy like a fox.The Maine Coalition…
A legal battle is now settled after the Portland International Jetport agreed to pay $125,000 to the city of South…
A second worker has died from injuries suffered in a reported gas incident at Woodland Pulp in Baileyville last month,…
LEWISTON, Maine — The Lewiston City Council voted 5–2 Tuesday night to approve an “emergency” ordinance restricting city employees, including…
The former Bath Iron Works employee who opened fire on his own family at a Rhode Island hockey game had…
LEWISTON, Maine — Survivors of the Lewiston mass shooting and family members of victims delivered emotional testimony before the Lewiston…
Maine lawmakers are poised to support a bill expanding the state’s sales tax exemption for the sale and delivery of…
LEWISTON, Maine — Hundreds of tips about adult autism group homes have poured into The Maine Wire in recent days…
The Maine Press Association, comprised of liberal passé rags, is doing its best to put lipstick on a pig.The organization…
PAWTUCKET, R.I. — The suspected gunman in a deadly shooting at a Rhode Island ice rink was an employee at…
Milo Hanson of Saskatchewan remains an untouchable hero in the eyes of Maine deer hunters.Hanson, 81, who died last week,…
CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering figure in the American civil rights movement who carried the legacy of…
WASHINGTON — A Texas Republican’s proposal to halt most immigration from Somalia for 25 years is pouring gasoline on a…
Later this month, members of the public will have the opportunity to weigh in on a bill that would require…
A world-renowned filmmaker whose body of work included examining life along the Maine coast has died.Frederick Wiseman, who was 96,…
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division has sued Harvard University for allegedly withholding information that they…
Penobscot County Sheriff’s deputies responded on Friday night and into Saturday morning to two unrelated domestic violence incidents in Garland…
Marauding selfish teen brats aka thugs have been walking into a Bangor women’s clothing store and walking out with thousands…
A southern Maine fire department didn’t have to go far to put out the most recent blaze. While Biddeford firefighters…
The Somerset Sheriff Department arrested a homeless man from Bangor after he was allegedly discovered trafficking methamphetamine along with a…
A Sagadahoc Grand Jury indicted a Hermon woman on charges of manslaughter, assault, and operating under the influence on Friday…
The Rockland Police Department arrested a 47-year-old man on Friday during the execution of a search warrant in the city’s…
The Rockland and Rockport Police Departments teamed up on Saturday to arrest an alleged homeless drug trafficker who was wanted…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took steps to combat Somali fraud on Friday with a new anonymous reporting portal for…
If you want a primer on sick celebrity obsession, the case of Nancy Guthrie is a good place to start.The…
PORTLAND, Maine — More than a dozen residents at Portland Center for Assisted Living say they have been living with…
The sinking of the first battle ship ever named for the state of Maine marked a solemn occasion Sunday.February 15,…
The commander of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mason has been relieved of duty, military officials announced Sunday.They didn’t disclose…
AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine’s winter electricity pain isn’t a fluke, it’s a structural problem, according to a February 2026 Brattle…
LEWISTON, Maine — The Lewiston City Council is poised to fast-track an emergency ordinance aimed at limiting how city employees…
AUGUSTA, Maine – A string of overnight gunfire incidents left damage at three Central Maine Power substations in Kennebec County…
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills and her allies in the Legislature have often pitched LD 210 as routine budget…
The leading Democrat in Maine’s Democrat U.S. Senate primary temporarily abandoned his plea for campaign contributions to issue a plea…
As the purchase by a Colorado-based nonprofit of the Portland Press Herald approaches its three-year anniversary, the bean counters must…
Back in those early, heady days of the Biden administration there was some loose talk about nominating U.S. Sen. Angus…
When President Trump announced last week he was rolling back greenhouse-gas emission cuts, Janet Mills saw a moment.But the problem…
PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland International Jetport announced Thursday that 2025 was the busiest year in the airport’s history, with…
LEWISTON — The Maine Community Foundation is facing fresh blowback in the Lewiston shooting fund controversy after emails surfaced showing…
A private hospitality guru who has a lucrative contract providing services to national park visitors got an invite five years…
Expiring Saturday is the two-week continuing resolution approved by lawmakers earlier this month to fund the Department of Homeland Security…
LEWISTON, Maine – A coalition of mass shooting families from across the country, including one of the largest private donor…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is throwing her weight behind the House-passed SAVE America Act, saying the revised bill strikes…
The United States House of Representatives voted Wednesday to oppose the tariffs levied against Canada by President Donald Trump, approving…
Maine health care scandal, absentee ballots in an Amazon box, fraud surrounding mass-shooting fund, Chinese pot farms galore, Democrat congresswoman…
A Maine Democratic lawmaker is using the state’s “concept draft” policy and the extremely vague bill title “An Act Regarding…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Susan Collins (R) said fraud in federally supported child care programs doesn’t just waste taxpayer money…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – Maine’s most prominent astronaut is back in space, and she’s in charge. Dr. Jessica Meir, a…
The Brewer Police Department arrested a man on domestic violence charges on Wednesday after receiving reports of an assault. [RELATED:…
A Maine priest refusing to meet with a group representing sexual-abuse victims has now won the public support of his…
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Democrats are moving legislation that would create a new legal pathway, and a taxpayer-funded legal defense…
AUGUSTA, Maine — State Rep. Reagan Paul (R) introduced a joint resolution Thursday, in the Maine House honoring Turning Point…
On Thursday, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reversed an Obama-era declaration that has served as the basis for the…
PITTSTON, Maine — A parent is demanding answers from Pittston-Randolph Consolidated School after a 5-year-old kindergartener brought home an LGBTQ-themed…
World-renowned actress Bette Davis wasn’t just Ogunquit, Maine’s first female lifeguard. Davis also acted in several productions at the town’s…
Maine Director of Elections and Voter Registration Heidi Peckham sent out a notice to municipal clerks warning them to follow…
On Thursday, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will rescind the 2009 declaration that has served as the basis for…
An ICE enforcement action targeting one man in Brunswick on Tuesday prompted the Bowdoin security office to warn students about…
A Connecticut killer was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday after he trafficked nearly a pound of cocaine…
A report of a camera allegedly hidden in a bathroom of a Bangor electronics store has customers and employees unnerved.…
The Somerset Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant in Madison on Tuesday, which led to the arrest of two people…
Democrat Janet Mills put out a new ad questioning whether Maine’s Republican U.S. senator has “enough courage.” But the real…
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — An early-morning house fire on Ginn Road in Presque Isle left one adult male dead Wednesday…
Is Maine the next Minnesota? Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), openly asked…
OXFORD, Maine — The superintendent of Maine School Administrative District 17 defended the suspension of 19 Oxford Hills Comprehensive High…
Now that convicted child pornographer Eliot Cutler is facing three alleged probation violations, the prosecutor says Cutler is likely to…
The Androscoggin Police Department is investigating a fatal crash that left a Gorham man dead in Poland on Tuesday. [RELATED:…
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are again moving to overhaul voter registration rules for federal elections, passing a renewed version of…
Maine lawmakers voted again Tuesday to advance a controversial bill that was recalled from Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) desk as…
AUGUSTA, Maine — State Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) is escalating her public push for Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D)…
A rogue Georgetown University researcher is making waves with her suggestion we hit the pause button on vacuuming trash from…
The Bangor City Council voted during a workshop on Friday to advance a proposed ordinance aimed at restricting city cooperation…
China and Iran crossed policy red-lines in recent weeks. Iran crossed President Trump’s declared red-line by executing some 30,000 protestors.…
A homeless man in Bangor allegedly attacked a granite pillar outside a local business with a hammer on Wednesday, leading…
LEWISTON, Maine – The Maine Community Foundation’s Feb. 9 website update meant to answer criticism over how Lewiston shooting-related donations…
EL PASO, Texas — The Federal Aviation Administration issued a notice to pilots Wednesday morning temporarily restricting airspace over El…
The Rockland Police Department is searching for a convicted domestic abuser who reportedly fled law enforcement on Thursday while receiving…
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are preparing to bring to the floor Wednesday, Feb. 11, a far-reaching elections bill that would…
The Five Towns School District superintendent is outraged that a recording showing Camden Hills High School students publicly protesting while…
The Republican president brought down by a leftist newspaper once said the only thing worth reading in it was Shirley…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) officially announced her re-election bid on Tuesday via an op-ed in the Bangor Daily News and…
National conservative TV and radio host Wayne Allyn Root just had to get that off his chest. “Roger Goodell Is…
The Bangor Police Department arrested a man on domestic violence charges on Sunday after he allegedly assaulted a woman and…