Maine’s Sen. Angus King (I) has joined a coalition of Democratic lawmakers in cosponsoring a bill that would repeal a…
The Bangor Police Department made an embarrassing blunder on Monday when former Public Information Officer Sgt. Jason McAmbley accidentally emailed…
A so-called āvan conversionā expert who defrauded Maine customers has been convicted of federal wire fraud. Matthew Strong, 44, who…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department arrested two people in Fairfield on Friday as part of an investigation into a drug-dealing…
Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) addressed University of Maine students in Orono on Wednesday about the importance of free speech and…
A Guatemalan national and convicted sex offender who illegally returned to the United States after deportation was taken into custody…
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has announced the new standard offer price for Central Maine Power (CMP) customers in…
A widely-followed Bangor cab driver who has been publicly obsessing about buying a particular abandoned log cabin has lost his…
The Bangor Police Department arrested a Bangor man on domestic violence charges Wednesday after a neighbor heard the victim of…
The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department arrested two suspects in Orrington on Monday during the execution of a search warrant following…
By Lauren LePage For too long, American politics has drifted toward tribalism. Democrats talk toDemocrats, Republicans talk to Republicans. Look…
The U.S. economy addedĀ 119,000Ā nonfarm payroll jobs in September, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data released Thursday morning. The…
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, a Hancock County oyster farmer and combat veteran,Ā filed his overdue federal financial disclosure last week,…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson received the Dao Prize for investigative journalism on Wednesday from the Dao Feng and Angela…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation requiring the Department of Justice to make public a vast trove of internal…
The United States Supreme Court has granted the Trump Administration’s request to review the 9th Circuit’s decision in a case…
Two adults were killed and four children were injured early Wednesday in a two-vehicle crash on the Maine Turnpike, authorities…
The Maine State Fire Marshalās Office is investigating a house fire that heavily damaged a residence on Red Oak Drive…
A Lewiston resident is calling for an independent, third-party investigation into both city officialsā handling of a school committee appointment…
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner drew nearly 800 people to a town hall in Biddeford on Wednesday night, delivering an…
The owner of the Landās End Gift Shop in Bailey Island caught two people on camera on Wednesday apparently stealing…
Sen. Susan Collins (R) heralded the news on Tuesday that Maine’s $48.4 million plan to expand access to broadband internet…
On Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills (D) officially certified the results of the statewide referendum election held earlier this month. Following…
A Democrat congresswoman from Maine is among a host of Washington lawmakers trading stocks and bonds amid an effort by…
A South Berwick woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a charge of theft of government money after fraudulently stealing over…
Lewiston officials say the city is days away from naming its next police chief, ending a months-long search that began…
Lorna Brackett and Vincent White were last seen drinking together 34 years ago at the USA Lounge in Fairfield. Eight…
A city in Massachusetts has found itself in the spotlight over an ongoing effort to install two statues depicting Catholic…
A federal jury on Tuesday found 45-year-old Lucas Sirois of Rangeley guilty on all charges connected to the operation of…
An 85-year-old Durham man was killed on Tuesday when he was struck by a car while crossing the road to…
Three schools in Gray’s Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) 15 went on a ‘lock out’ status for nearly an hour…
Democratic Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin posted a video to social media Tuesday morning in which she and five of her…
President Donald Trump snapped at Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey when she pressed him about the files surrounding sex offender Jeffrey…
Art historians had predicted that a portrait previously owned by a Maine billionaire would sell for $150 million. They were…
WASHINGTON ā The Office of Management and Budget has released nearly $4.3 million for the Council of the Inspectors General…
A former two-time Maine gubernatorial candidate, previously convicted of possessing child porn, is now being charged with violating probation by…
A woman ordered by a lower-court judge not to expose her daughter to religion has appealed to the Maine Supreme…
The Maine State Police are investigating a crash that occurred in Pittsfield on Monday, leaving one driver dead. [RELATED: Fatal…
A Florida man and a woman from South Thomaston were arrested by Rockland police on Friday after they were allegedly…
Five Maine school districts are now facing a lawsuit from the Maine Human Rights Commission (MHRC), filed on Monday after…
During the longest-ever government shutdown, which lasted from October 1 to November 12, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District…
Maine will have a host of political primaries next June that should be entertaining,consequential and interrelated. Turnout and demographic differences…
A Bangor physician was subjected to a barrage of verbal threats connected to his race inside Timber Kitchen and Bar…
Ā The United States House of Representatives voted Tuesday to advance a measure compelling the U.S. Department of Justice to release…
If the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) truly rules, then Maine GOP gubernatorial candidate Bobby Charles can…
Central Maine Powerās ambitious bid for a billion-dollar overhaul of its electric system was abruptly derailed Tuesday when the Maine…
The Portland City Council nixed a proposal by the Portland Police Department to purchase its first drone, dealing a setback…
Maineās top housing and public health officials issued an extraordinary warning Monday about how a new federal mcap would affect…
A Lebanon, Maine, man was arrested by the New Hampshire State Police on Friday after he allegedly fled from a…
The Maine State Fire Marshalās Office is investigating a fatal house fire in Washington County after firefighters discovered a body…
The vast majority of Mainers are pessimistic about the projected impact of artificial intelligence (AI) over the next decade according…
Cumberland County leaders on Monday rejected a proposal that would have ended a federal contract allowing the county jail to…
Trees may be nice at a cemetery, but Southwest Harbor burial bosses are putting their foot down. Their view is,…
A penny for your thought? How about a gift-card for a penny? Grocery chains across the northeast, including in Maine,…
A handful of Republicans are bucking President Donald Trump on bargaining rights for federal workers. Five House Republicans have signed…
With the City of Lewiston facing crises on multiple fronts, from homelessness to gun violence and drug addiction to lingering…
Former Saco Mayor Bill Doyle is one of two candidates vying for the vacant Ward 3 City Council seat in…
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) wants the world to know about her decision to vote against the bill allowing the…
A special election is likely on the horizon for Maine House District 94 in Lewiston after longtime Democratic Rep. Kristen…
Former Maine Senate president and 2018 Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Garrett Mason filed paperwork with the state to form an…
A long-running and divisive fight over whether the Cumberland County Jail should continue holding Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees is…
Maineās administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is receiving renewed attention as federal officials enforce stricter data-reporting requirements…
Auburn Republican Laurel Libby will not run for another term in the Maine House next year, she announced Monday morning.…
A sprawling national black-market for renting and selling DoorDash accounts has quietly become one of the most widespread and least…
President Donald Trump on Sunday night called on House Republicans to vote to release files related to deceased pedophile sex…
An 18-year-old from South Portland was arrested Friday after deputies say he placed a false 911 call reporting an active…
Newly elected Ward 5 City Councilor-read elect and current School Committee member Iman Osman is facing increasing scrutiny over his…
A few years back, a man who was then a state representative shared with me a frustration he had about…
A 27-year-old Vassalboro man was arrested Thursday night after police say he forced his way into a Fairfield home, fled…
Acadia hikers who feel they can’t get high enough without cannabis – despite Cadillac Mountain being the highest point on…
The Internal Revenue Service announced new contribution limits for key retirement plans for tax year 2026, offering increased opportunities for…
Maine’s Senator Susan Collins (R) announced Friday that she and two other lawmakers led a bipartisan group of senators in…
Maine’s electricity costs have risen faster than those of any other state in the nation, and the trend has become…
A man fell from the roof of a bus onto the Maine Turnpike on Friday after hoisting himself aloft to…
Known for its beautiful foliage, Maine is often a destination during the autumn months for those looking to soak in…
A new report from the Tax Foundation analyzes the burden imposed by states upon their residents, taking into consideration sales…
A 40-foot red spruce from a Portland Housing Authority property will become this yearās Monument Square holiday tree, with crews…
New York just elected a communist, antisemitic, Muslim mayor, and Maine is tipping that way. There is plainly trouble in…
The House of Representatives is poised to vote next week on legislation that would compel the Department of Justice to…
U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) has secured nearly $35 million in federal funding for 20 projects across Maine, her office…
Earlier this week, The Maine Wire ran an op-ed by Larry Lockman entitled “Ballot Box Boomerang: Will Maine Republicans Overcome…
The board of directors at grocery chain Market Basket is locked in a legal dispute with former CEO Arthur T.…
A new federal restriction on commercial driverās licenses (CDLs) is poised to disrupt public transit across southern Maine, leaving Greater…
A sweeping new federal restriction buried deep in Congressās latest spending bill is poised to wipe out most of Americaās…
Graham Platnerās U.S. Senate campaign failed to file his personal financial disclosure with the Secretary of the Senate, a requirement…
After weeks of gridlock, a plan to reopen the federal government was signed into law by President Donald Trump (R)…
Old Thom, a North Atlantic orca known for being the only killer whale regularly sighted in the Gulf of Maine,…
The Houlton Police Department arrested a man on Monday after he allegedly stole cartons of cigarettes from a local smoke…
The Rumford Police Department arrested a convicted felon on Thursday after he allegedly cashed a $6,000 canceled check following over…
Three years after getting fried in a devastating fire, Penobscot McCrum, which has harvested and processed Maine potatoes since 1886,…
Justice John OāNeil declared a mistrial on Wednesday in the high-profile manslaughter case of Aziayh Scott, 24, of Louisiana, who…
While conducting a welfare check on Tuesday, Fairfield police discovered a dead body in a circumstance they termed unusual. [RELATED:…
A coalition of more than twenty states, including Maine, have sued the Trump Administration over its decision to disqualify some…
Sanford Police Chief Eric Small announced he will run as a Republican for a seat in Maine’s State House District…
State Sen. Joe Rafferty, a Democrat from Kennebunk who has represented Maineās District 34 for the past five years, announced…
Human remains discovered last month in northern Maine have been identified as those of a woman missing since July, authorities…
Conservative activist Nicholas Blanchard, widely known by his online persona āCorn Pop,ā has entered the race for the Augusta School…
Mexico tops the list when it comes to burglary – Mexico, Maine that is, according to a new crime survey…
Three former York County Corrections Officers were indicted on November 4 after they allegedly accepted bribes from a prisoner to…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation to reopen the federal government, ending the longest shutdown in U.S. history after…