The Somerset County Sheriffs’ Office on Thursday executed a search warrant at a suspected illicit marijuana grow located at 71 Denbow Road in St. Albans, according to residents in St. Albans who observed the operation.…

A police department in southern Maine is seeing an “uptick” in the number of driver’s licenses issued by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) to individuals using the social security number “999-99-9999”. “We’ve seen an…

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei issued an open letter Thursday praising American university students engaged in pro-Palestine protests for being “on the right side of history.” Khamenei said that anti-Israel university students in the U.S.…

The Daily Mail has released a new map breaking down the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) most recent data on Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland, which has seen a dramatic increase since 2010. [RELATED: 3.5…

Maine’s Democratic Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (CD-01) on Wednesday applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for announcing a $7.7 million round of grants for Maine schools to purchase electric school buses. The $7.7 million EPA…

Among the thirty-five bills passed on Veto Day that Gov. Janet Mills (D) did not sign into law was a piece of legislation designed to provide property tax relief to a broader group of Maine…

A federal report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture has revealed has revealed that Maine has the highest percentage of foreign-owned land of any U.S. state. “The state of Texas has the largest amount of…

Maine Sen. Angus King is concerned that the Chinese Communist Party, which rules the People’s Republic of China, is coordinating with the Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) that operate hundreds of illegal drug trafficking sites throughout…

A year ago this month, over one hundred asylum-seeking migrants unexpectedly arrived in the city Sanford seeking welfare benefits and free housing, forcing the city to expend more than $300,000 more than their allocated General…

Maine House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) recently appointed a new commissioner to the state racial equity commission, the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial & Tribal Populations (PCRITP), from an organization that administered…

The Maine Forest Service (MFS), housed within the state’s Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s (DACF), has been awarded two Community Wildfire Defense Grants (CWDG) by the federal government. Maine is the first and only…

The Democrats’ House Majority PAC is planning to invest $100 million into advertising and voter mobilization efforts focused on the issue of abortion as they attempt to win back the chamber from Republicans this November,…

Three people are facing drug trafficking charges following a traffic stop on I-95 in Orono that resulted in the discovery of crack cocaine and multiple firearms, the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday. According to…

Some of the migrants illegally entering the U.S. over the unsecured southern border are trying to “game” the American asylum system, according to comments from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “The reality is…

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation for allegedly monopolizing the live entertainment industry in an unlawful manner. Although Massachusetts and New Hampshire…

The U.S. was forced to put a pause on the delivery of aid to its “floating pier” on the coast of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after a spell of bad weather caused the $320…

Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Friday that the Biden Administration had approved Maine’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration in response to the Nor’easter that swept through the state in April. According to the governor’s…

The Biden administration has granted a request from the State of Maine to lease 15.2 square mile in the Gulf of Maine for an offshore wind array. The “research lease” site is located 28 nautical…

Facing legal action, the National Parks Service (NPS) reversed course late last week and allowed Knights of Columbus to hold their traditional Memorial Day Mass in Virginia’s Poplar Grove National Cemetery. The decision from the…

A Brunswick man arrested and charged with multiple drug trafficking counts last week in connected to an ongoing investigation into a fatal fentanyl overdose has been released from jail after posting $750 in bail, Brunswick…

Audit results acquired by The Maine Wire have revealed that the taxpayer funded migrant resettlement non-profit Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services (MEIRS) has overcharged MaineCare by more than a million dollars in recent years. [RELATED:…

The Maine Wire has acquired an internal Maine State Government Document intended to push supervisors working for the state to implement divisive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices. [RELATED: Maine DEI Board Says No Conflict…

A traffic stop in Portland over the weekend led to the arrest of two men on drug charges, Portland Police announced Tuesday. 22-year-old Roger Sockabasin of Portland | Source: Cumberland County Jail According to police,…

Border officers at a Texas Port of Entry last week found more than $1.3 million worth of cocaine hidden in a tractor hauling a shipment of soft drinks, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced…