Maine politicians mobilized after an ICE shooting and the detention of a Portland nurse. A Maine Wire review found a…
This Maine shark thing is starting to get, like, serious. A shark here or there, OK. But now marine patrol…
The Dallas Mavericks are offering a major package to the fan who finds Cooper Flagg’s 1-of-1 debut patch autograph card,…
As the UMaine Black Bears get ready to kick off their fall football season, they’ve got a leg up on…
Israeli prime minister refuses Gaza withdrawal until Hamas is fully disarmed as Washington confronts simultaneous crises involving Iran, the Strait…
Shake Shack denies that refusing to leave a gratuity triggers higher prices and says it is investigating the incident at…
Nearly a dozen sharks were spotted near Pine Point over a two-day stretch as researchers investigate whether juvenile great whites…
Adam Vinatieri holds the record for most career points in the National Football League – and now he’s got a…
“Jesus Is King” was rejected while “Allah Is King” and even “Satan Is King” were reportedly allowed to advance through…
The Navy has given a ceremonial send-off to the USS San Juan, decommissioning the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine that spent…
Lorri Nandrea’s writings for Communist Party USA include pieces on Marxist theory, “green socialism” and class consciousness; Jackson is now…
The website Thrillist.com clearly has a sense of self, judging by its latest culture survey of U.S. towns with the…
The top editor of Maine’s largest paper Sunday blasted “fake news,” as she launched a fund drive to help her…
Twelve maternity units have closed since 2015. As Hannah Pingree calls for a moratorium, her six years inside the Mills…
The Maine Wire’s Joe Sokol: Christian Journalist Exposing Darkness Maine Wire journalist Joe Sokol sits down in the Pastor’s Office…
The MaineHealth Board of Trustees voted Thursday to approve what is being referred to as a regional model for women’s…
By Jon Fetherston For years, Maine taxpayers were told everything was under control. This week, Washington made it clear it…
A new report from the U.S. House Select Committee on China titled “Stranger Pings” details the risks posed to the…
A Lewiston High School student-athlete is heading to Ohio this weekend to represent Maine on a national stage, competing against…
President Donald Trump’s proposed $400 million White House ballroom has hit another legal roadblock after a divided federal appeals court…
The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general in a 50-49 vote at approximately 4:31 a.m. Saturday, elevating…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced legislation Friday aimed at strengthening oversight of the Medicare home health program, combating fraud,…
A Cumberland man suffered critical injuries Thursday night after a motorcycle carrying two people crashed into a wooded area in…
A 22-year-old New Hampshire mother was arrested on assault charges on Thursday after her infant was discovered with multiple suspicious…
Maine lobsterman Frank Thompson has asked the United States Supreme Court to weigh in on his challenge of a regulation…
The two leading U.S. betting markets show the Democrat U.S. Senate candidate in Maine shellacking the veteran Republican incumbent. Polymarket…
Biddeford Mayor Liam LaFountain is calling on a regional land-use board to determine if it mistakenly granted University of New…
The Portland Police Department arrested a suspect on murder charges on Wednesday after a dying 21-year-old was found lying in…
Maggie Haberman of The New York Times has been the self-appointed Trump conscience since he first emerged on the nation’s…
The Lewiston Police Department arrested a man twice on Tuesday after he allegedly provided a false name to officers, then…
Screenshot The timing could hardly be worse for Old Orchard Beach businesses. A significant water main break on West Grand…
The York Sheriff’s Department arrested a Waterboro man on Thursday when he was allegedly discovered to be driving without a…
HOLDEN, Maine – Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) has received the endorsement of the National Rifle Association’s Political Victory…
President Donald Trump signed two new executive orders on Thursday aimed at narrowing the scope of birthright citizenship, marking the…
With high temperatures expected across southern Maine on Friday, the City of Portland is opening a cooling center to help…
A group of paddleboarders will meet in Tenants Harbor today (Friday) to honor the memory of Sunshine Stewart. “Sunny,” killed…
PORTLAND, Maine — The release of Maine Medical Center nurse Debora Kapisha from federal immigration custody Thursday has not resolved…
During an anti-fraud roundtable Wednesday, White House Domestic Policy Council Director Vince Haley outlined ten proposals aimed at combating fraud…
A new poll from Senate Majority PAC, a billionaire-funded left-wing super PAC, gave Democratic candidate Troy Jackson a four-point lead…
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted on Thursday to approve a resolution put forward by its chair,…
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) urged water treatment facilities across the state to take security measures after Iran…
The case against Rockland bus driver Jeffrey Colburn, 65, of Camden, was downgraded to a civil violation after he was…
The South Portland City Council voted 5-1 Tuesday to ask voters for approval of an $88 million bond to fund…
A Lewiston Lyft driver is being held at the Androscoggin County Jail after being charged with gross sexual assault in…
A number of Bush weddings have been held in the past century at St. Ann’s Episcopal Church in Kennebunkport, Maine…
Two so-far unidentified culprits stole a lobsterwoman’s catch, prompting anger among downeast locals. Lindsay McDaniels lost hundreds of dollars in…
Wednesday’s accusation by State Rep. Deqa Dhalac that President Donald Trump and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller…
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Tuesday evening to urge the Senate to pass a bill that would…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has now publicly confirmed that the nurse at the center of a high-profile immigration protest…
I spent my time in Augusta fighting for Maine people — for our workers, our families, our rural communities, and…
Two days after Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz visited Maine to meet with former…
The New Hampshire Attorney General issued a cease-and-desist order against the Amherst, New Hampshire, school district and superintendent after teachers…
From 2019 to 2025, Maine spent more than $22 million in state and federal tax dollars on syringe services programs…
Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson is demanding the release of a Maine Medical Center nurse from Zambia after she was…
The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office charged a juvenile with arson on Tuesday after he allegedly set a fire at…
Maine voters can now begin requesting absentee ballots for the general election scheduled for November 3. No-excuse, absentee voting will…
Hannaford has issued a recall for store brand 81% lean and 19% fat ground beef sold at the Farmington location…
A leading-emergency room physician took to twitter Tuesday sharing horror pitbull attack stories after an actor told a New York…
Iconic fashion icon Martha Stewart is putting on her tease act again, posing at age 85 in a bathing suit.…
The chief city councilor in the Maine city where a federal immigration agent fatally shot an immigrant says it’s time…
Former Pats head coach Bill Belichick’s 25-year-old Maine girlfriend apparently is having quite an influence on her catch beyond the…
The Scarborough Police Department warned beachgoers on Tuesday that there have now been two confirmed shark sightings in waters near…
The bishop of Maine says the Catholic diocese has arrived at “financial resolutions” with a number of clergy sexual-abuse victims.“…
The Lewiston City Council rejected a proposal to extend the city’s temporary moratorium on mobile home park lot rent increases…
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R) announced Tuesday that she will vote against the confirmation of Todd Blanche…
AUGUSTA, Maine — Assistant Senate Republican Leader Matt Harrington is urging MaineHealth to halt any immediate decision to eliminate labor…
LEWISTON, Maine — After nearly two hours of debate and emotional public testimony, the Lewiston City Council voted unanimously Tuesday…
The astroturfed left-wing Chickadee Network shut down after the political insiders running it signed on to Troy Jackson’s Senate campaign…
A driver in Union nearly struck a firefighter on Friday before fleeing after initially complying with a traffic stop, sparking…
An Enfield fugitive was arrested last Tuesday after he was allegedly found by Penobscot Sheriff’s deputies in a Dollar General…
“Kids nowadays think they’re animals. Furburgers.” That’s the opening line to humorist Bob Marley’s new bit. (Audience laughing here at…
Editor’s Note: CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz met with Maine Wire reporter Jon Fetherston in Maine on Monday to discuss…
Maine Wire reporter Jon Fetherston met with Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator of the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…
Last week, all non-emergency measures approved by the Legislature during the most recent session went into effect, including the $500…
Maine joined a coalition of 25 states on Monday in filing a federal lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration’s…
The former veteran Bangor Daily News top editor and longtime conservative conscience of Maine has been booted from the lineup…
No sooner did an infamous former congresswoman stop in Portland for a lobster than the food critics pounced. Ex-U.S. Rep.…
New York City taxpayers will spend at least $70 million to establish five government-backed grocery stores offering steeply discounted food…
President Donald Trump warned Monday that Iran is facing its “last chance” to reach an agreement with the United States,…
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is set to appear Tuesday in…
The Harringtons scored a major victory in their effort to pass a food sovereignty ordinance in Clinton on Tuesday when…
Kennebec Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to reports of an armed robbery at a Belgrade marijuana grow site on Wednesday and…
The arrest of a robbery suspect in Portland on Friday accused of stealing from a man during a firearm sale…
A group of six minors, including a 10-year-old, allegedly beat a homeless man on the bridge between Berwick and Somersworth,…
The Maine State Fire Marshal arrested a Harrington man on Tuesday after he allegedly destroyed a home with an incendiary…
The Westbrook Police Department arrested a homeless man on Friday after he allegedly followed a woman around a store while…
The Portland Police Department arrested a woman on Friday after she allegedly attacked a man with a lead pipe. [RELATED:…
A Gardiner woman was killed in Randolph on Friday in a head-on crash that also left two others with serious…
The Sagadahoc Sheriff’s Department arrested a Dresden man last month after he allegedly pulled a gun and assaulted a man…
The first of Maine’s controversial $300 “affordability” checks are now in the mail, nearly seven months after Gov. Janet Mills…
President Donald Trump has called off planned “massive strikes” against Iran and announced that diplomatic negotiations will resume through intermediaries,…
Biddeford Police are denying they’ll arrest protestors writing anti-ICE messages on public buildings with chalk, contrary to a Democrat state…
Linda Blair’s real claim to fame is as a bedridden mental patient spewing green vomit on a priest trying to…
The founder of a popular liberal Maine news outlet is wondering whether the New York Times is living under a…
As Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Troy Jackson campaigns across Maine as a champion of working families and rural communities, one…
Maine Republican lawmakers are blaming years of Democratic healthcare policies for the proposed closure of the labor and delivery unit…
BATH, Maine — General Dynamics Bath Iron Works christened the future USS William Charette (DDG 130) on Saturday, marking another…
Maine’s default Democrat nominee Troy Jackson is launching his first general-election ad, highlighting his own background as a labor organizer…
Pit bulls just get no respect. But they’ve got a prominent new lobbyist – actor Jon Bernthal, who claims their…