The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department arrested two suspects in Orrington on Monday during the execution of a search warrant following a months-long investigation into multiple burglaries and thefts in the area. [RELATED: Fairfield Burglary Suspect…

The U.S. economy added 119,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in September, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data released Thursday morning. The hotly-anticipated September jobs report comes on the heels of job growth slowing in August, with the U.S. economy adding…

U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, a Hancock County oyster farmer and combat veteran, filed his overdue federal financial disclosure last week, yet the document provides only very limited insight into his personal finances.  Platner, who is…

Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson received the Dao Prize for investigative journalism on Wednesday from the Dao Feng and Angela Foundation in recognition of his dogged work breaking the news and reporting the story about…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation requiring the Department of Justice to make public a vast trove of internal documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, ending months of resistance and capitulating to…

The United States Supreme Court has granted the Trump Administration’s request to review the 9th Circuit’s decision in a case concerning the management of southern border. Challenged in this case is the use of “metering”…

Two adults were killed and four children were injured early Wednesday in a two-vehicle crash on the Maine Turnpike, authorities said. Maine State Police said the crash was reported around 4:26 a.m. on I-95 southbound…

The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a house fire that heavily damaged a residence on Red Oak Drive late Monday afternoon. The Falmouth Fire Department requested assistance after crews arrived around 4:11 p.m.…

A Lewiston resident is calling for an independent, third-party investigation into both city officials’ handling of a school committee appointment as well as the expanding residency controversy surrounding the subject of that appointment, Ward 5…

Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner drew nearly 800 people to a town hall in Biddeford on Wednesday night, delivering an aggressive, populist message that targeted President Donald Trump (R), Sen. Susan Collins (R), corporate power,…

The owner of the Land’s End Gift Shop in Bailey Island caught two people on camera on Wednesday apparently stealing copper pipes from the building and causing a potentially catastrophic propane leak, and even explosion.…

Sen. Susan Collins (R) heralded the news on Tuesday that Maine’s $48.4 million plan to expand access to broadband internet throughout the state has been approved by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Alongside…

On Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills (D) officially certified the results of the statewide referendum election held earlier this month. Following months of intense campaigning, the majority of Maine voters cast their ballots on Questions 1…

A Democrat congresswoman from Maine is among a host of Washington lawmakers trading stocks and bonds amid an effort by her fellow members to put a stop to it once and for all. “Let’s see…

A South Berwick woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a charge of theft of government money after fraudulently stealing over $37,000 in COVID-era unemployment benefits. [RELATED: Maine’s Federal Court Continued Through Government Shutdown, Handed Down…

Lewiston officials say the city is days away from naming its next police chief, ending a months-long search that began in September when longtime Chief David St. Pierre retired, ending more than three decades with…

Lorna Brackett and Vincent White were last seen drinking together 34 years ago at the USA Lounge in Fairfield. Eight hours later – on November 18, 1991 – police found their bodies in a Waterville…

A city in Massachusetts has found itself in the spotlight over an ongoing effort to install two statues depicting Catholic saints outside of a municipal public safety building. Depicting St. Michael the Archangel and St.…

A federal jury on Tuesday found 45-year-old Lucas Sirois of Rangeley guilty on all charges connected to the operation of his large-scale marijuana business after a four-day trial in U.S. District Court in Bangor. Sirois…

An 85-year-old Durham man was killed on Tuesday when he was struck by a car while crossing the road to check his mailbox. [RELATED: Lisbon Man Struck a 72-Year-Old Pedestrian Before Fleeing the Scene, Later…

Three schools in Gray’s Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) 15 went on a ‘lock out’ status for nearly an hour on Tuesday at the request of law enforcement, who were searching for four suspects that…

Democratic Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin posted a video to social media Tuesday morning in which she and five of her congressional colleagues called for the military and the intelligence community to “stand up” to President…

President Donald Trump snapped at Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey when she pressed him about the files surrounding sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in resurfaced video from Friday while aboard Air Force One. After Trump had answered…

Art historians had predicted that a portrait previously owned by a Maine billionaire would sell for $150 million. They were only $80 million off the mark. The piece owned by the estate of Leonard Lauder…