Sharon Frost addressed local concerns and encouraged public involvement in state policymaking.

The local police chief appealed to the court to not release the men from custody given their repeated lawlessness and "total disregard for judicial authority."

The temporary restraining order sought by Arizona, Illinois, Oregon and Washington was the first to get a hearing before a judge and applies nationally.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Collins broke ranks with President Trump and his allies who have mounted an extensive public campaign to push Hegseth toward confirmation.

The document limits facilities to 15 acres and includes protections for firefighters.

An 'immediate pause' has been ordered on any regulations, guidance, announcements, press releases, social media and website posts until approved by a political appointee.

The Maine Gun Safety Coalition says it collected more than 80,000 signatures in an effort to put the measure on the ballot in November.

The book is one of a series by Midcoast author and illustrator Peter Brown.

A decision to revoke cost-of-living increases in reimbursements for Medicaid services this month came as a surprise to nonprofits.

The highly contagious virus has wreaked havoc on flocks of chickens, and Mainers are now seeing the impacts in local stores with empty or sparsely stocked egg coolers.

A multiagency presentation before lawmakers warns of the difficulty the state will face trying to meet the needs of residents adversely affected by the spreading of sewage sludge containing forever chemicals.

Regulators are leaning on them to collect data that will help evaluate the northern shrimp stock and, potentially, inform the future of the long-closed fishery.

Selectmen on Tuesday evening voted to sell a sewer foreclosed property and three others the town has owned for years.

The first legislation for Donald Trump to sign in his new term will require a massive ramping up of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's capabilities but does not include any new funding for the agency.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine was in court Wednesday to argue for the widespread release of low-income Mainers who face criminal charges but have not been appointed lawyers.

Officials began looking at options following reassessments in Auburn that led to higher property taxes for many homeowners.

Enrollment for 2025 increased 3% to 64,678 people, which is far below the peak enrollment of 84,059 in 2016.

The District Attorney's Office is expected to move back to the Franklin County Courthouse on Main Street once the administrative offices are renovated.

The falcon had apparently chased a pigeon into the old mill before becoming lost and disoriented in the roughly one acre of mill space. It was estimated the bird had been inside the mill, away from its food and water sources, for nearly a week.

Local schools were put on lockdown and residents sheltered in place as the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office negotiated with the man to surrender.

By Thursday, agencies must compile a list of federal DEI offices and workers, with a 'reduction-in-force action' expected next week.

The DOJ memo tells prosecutors in no uncertain terms that they are expected to carry out the policy vision of Donald Trump’s White House when it comes to beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws.

The increase will affect railroad crossings in Auburn, Lewiston, Monmouth, Winthrop, Waterville and beyond.

Nominees include Taj in South Portland and The Abbey in Brunswick, while 3 southern Maine chefs are nominated in the Best Chef: Northeast category.

The state says earnings for more than half of town's employees were not reported correctly to the unemployment bureau.

Experts say the vehicles are easier to maintain, and better for the environment and student health, officials say.

Expected to take several years, the removal of the Brush Shop Dam would expand the brook trout spawning grounds by 12 miles and minimize future flood risk.

Jaden Brown of Lewiston agreed to a $350,000 deal after she sued the county sheriff and several jail officers in 2020, some of whom she said watched her deliver her child.

A superior court justice will hear arguments this week about what the state can do to meet its constitutional obligation to provide attorneys for people who can't afford their own.

We’re tracking the executive orders Trump signed on his first day in office, just hours after being inaugurated as president.

The early intervention program, modeled after one in New Brunswick, would fund the spring spraying of pesticides on 300,000 acres of commercial spruce-fir forests in northern Maine where state inspectors have found evidence of overwintering budworm larvae.

Trevor Averill, charged with depraved indifference murder and manslaughter, potentially faces a life sentence for the 2020 death of his 2-month-old daughter.

The search comes as the state agency reconsiders the stalled Gorham Connector proposal and rebounds from a scathing administrative review.

Commercial-scale leases in the Gulf of Maine, a state research project and plans for a turbine-assembly port will be affected by one of the new president's first executive orders.

As the freeze from Canada lingers for two more days, people are finding ways to stay warm.

Arrests listed from Jan. 16 to Jan. 21 at the Franklin County Detention Center in Farmington.

Corey Hamel, 43, was sentenced to 23 years for shooting at police, striking an Androscoggin County Sheriff's deputy, in February of 2024.

Commissioners also voted to authorize all part-time elected officials to enroll in the health insurance at their own cost above and beyond the stipend amount they receive in lieu of taking benefits.

The Southern-style comfort food chain had a location on Maine Mall Road for nearly 15 years.

Many social media users noticed that the gesture looked like a Nazi salute, and Musk only fanned the flames by not explicitly denying those claims.

As heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain hit parts of the Deep South, a blast of Arctic air plunged much of the Midwest and the eastern U.S. into a deep freeze.

Most had already been sentenced and served their terms, but some were still awaiting trial or sentencing when the president issued the order Monday.

Maine's independent senator joins Democrats in voting against the Trump nominee over concerns about his answers regarding the rules of international warfare.

Bureaucrats should operate closer to the people impacted by federal rules and regulations, the lawmaker said.

The Trump administration has ended use of the border app called CBP One that allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States.