A Francestown, New Hampshire man sparked a police standoff on Wednesday after he allegedly shouted at a mail-man, tried to destroy his vehicle, and seriously injured the local police chief before barricading himself in his…

The “local” part of “Maine Trust for Local News” has just gotten a lot less so with word that Skowhegan will now be covered from … Portland. Jake Freudberg, the local Skowhegan writer, has alerted…

A week after the national release of the documentary, High Crimes: The Chinese Mafia’s Takeover of Rural America in partnership with the Tucker Carlson News Network, Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson appeared on Thursday’s episode…

A New Hampshire federal judge announced Thursday that he will certify a class action lawsuit against the Trump Administration over the President’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship. Judge Joseph LaPlante also issued a preliminary injunction…

Every so often on a slow day a certain kind of fellow gets bored and says “hey let’s blow up an old camper trailer.” That’s roughly what happened a few days ago in Stetson, Maine,…

The Auburn Police Department’s Proactive Community Enforcement (PACE) Unit executed a search warrant at the Center Street Value Inn, resulting in two arrests and the seizure of multiple drugs and cash. Police say the operation…

Residents of Owls Head, a small town in mid-coast Maine, have seen their property tax bills skyrocket this year. Because the town had not conducted a full revaluation in more than two decades, the tax…

The search for an Augusta man who jumped after his dog into the Kennebec River near Bath on Sunday appears to have come to a tragic conclusion on Wednesday when authorities recovered a body from…

The Lewiston Police Department announced on Wednesday that they arrested three individuals and seized multiple firearms in recent days as part of their ongoing effort to curb gun violence in the city. [RELATED: Lewiston Police…

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday to overturn the 2023 conviction of Douglass Mackey, known online as Ricky Vaughn, for social media posts made during the 2016 election regarding then-candidate Hillary Clinton. Following a one-week…

A meeting of the seemingly very local Westbrook City Council Facilities and Streets Committee took a surprising turn on Monday night when Council President Claude Rwaganje’s proposal to memorialize an alleged genocide in the Congo…

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One week after the brutal slaying of a Tenants Harbor woman on a pond in Union, what is taking hold in at least two impacted communities is a mixture of anxiety, despair and concern about…

The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office last week executed a search warrant at a house in Fairfield, resulting in three arrests and the seizure of fentanyl, cocaine and cash. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the search…

The United States Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday allowing the Trump Administration’s “workforce optimization” initiatives to resume for the time being while litigation is pending in the lower courts. Eight of the nine Supreme…

A man has been arrested on aggravated assault charges after allegedly stabbing a 21-year-old in the neck outside of a homeless shelter in Portland. According to Portland Police, at about 8 p.m. on Saturday, June…

Paul LePage, former Maine Governor and current frontrunner for the hotly contested 2nd Congressional District (CD2) House seat occupied by incumbent Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), announced on Wednesday that he has raised over half-a-million dollars…

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the new National Farm Security Action Plan on Tuesday, focusing on the importance of agriculture for national security, and taking steps against Chinese ownership of U.S.…

The sponsors of the upcoming bivalve fest in Yarmouth, Maine are under pressure to come up with some vegetarian options. Seriously. A growing number of Redditor queries are focusing on going veggie on the eve…

The final three members of a brazen Chinese money laundering crew that washed more than $90 million in drug cash — much of it from cartels moving dope through Mexico — pleaded guilty Monday in…

Negotiations between Northern Light and Anthem have reportedly stalled as the expiration date of their current contract quickly approaches at the quarter’s end. The clash between Maine’s largest commercial insurer and one of the state’s…

A New York man was arrested last week for allegedly making posts on the social media platform X threatening to kill U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, including one post threatening to kill an…

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) shipped thousands of viral samples to a lab in Wuhan over the course of a 10-year program even though it had no formal agreement with the lab in…

Seven Chinese nationals are facing federal charges for allegedly running a multi-million-dollar illegal pot empire hidden in quiet neighborhoods across Massachusetts and Maine — complete with smuggled labor, secret grow houses, and mountains of cash.…