With a major outbreak in Texas and New Mexico, Maine CDC Director Dr. Puthiery Va answers questions about vaccinations, the risks of the disease, and reports of alternative prevention methods and treatments.

Researchers with the University of Maine System are working on a report about the formula for funding school districts, which many administrators say doesn't reflect the current realities of providing an education to all students.

While Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King voted for the spending measure to avoid a shutdown, it eliminates millions of dollars of so-called earmarks for projects in Maine and nationwide.

Windham's Day One program for adolescents might have to suspend services if MaineCare payments are halted until June.

Chesterville voters elected a member to the RSU 9 School Board in the only contested race on March 14, while three people secured Select Board seats in uncontested races.

Trevor Averill was sentenced Friday in the 2020 death of his 2-month-old daughter, Harper Grace Averill.

Phil Bartlett and the other 2 members of the Public Utilities Commission increasingly face issues related to renewable power and grid modernization.

Former Air Force officer Andre Briere, the deputy commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, is replacing Peter Mills, who retired last fall.

Police say Luke Krott, 26, killed a Virginia man and stashed his body in a trash barrel.

The Lewiston school was recently selected to be part of Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation Adopt a School program

Democrats have brought forward a 'continuing services' budget to fund MaineCare and other core government functions; it advanced out of committee Friday and will go to the full Legislature.

In the end, enough Democratic senators decided a shutdown would be worse than the Republican plan and backed Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer's strategy to allow the bill to advance.

Lines form early at Sabattus bakery for macarons, fruit cups and yum!

About 20 people attended the meeting Tuesday at the Livermore Falls Town Office.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is canceling $20 billion nationwide in grants and other sources of funding authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act.

Voters accepted 37 acres from Sugarloaf resort and authorized selectmen to borrow up to $6 million to build a golf course to enhance economic development.

The site will feature 50 residential buildings, a mix of quadplexes and duplexes.

Dairy Joy opened for the season this week.

James Peters was found guilty for intentionally or knowingly endangering the welfare of his fiancee, Joyce Brackett, 83, in 2021.

Luke Krott is accused of shooting and killing 34-year-old William 'Nate' Robinson of Austinville, Virginia, in Turner in late 2024.

The annual town meeting is looking to raise $512,000 through taxation to fund town services for the next year.

Four were taken to a Farmington hospital with suspected minor injuries after a bus and truck collided at a 'very low speed,' police said.

The compromise deal rejected Thursday would have restored full MaineCare funding to hospitals and other medical providers. Lawmakers will now have to negotiate a new bill.

Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Renee Hodsdon will be officially named town administrator at the meeting.

More than a dozen states filed a federal lawsuit alleging cuts to the U.S. Department of Education's workforce, including all of the staff at a regional office in Boston, will harm students from public K-12 schools to higher education.

Nearby Mack Point was again cited as an alternative because it's an industrial site of an energy and port services company.

Oxford County Sheriff's deputies say Jesse Bates of Mexico drove his vehicle onto the slopes and into equipment Sunday.

The hospital had diminished its outpatient and maternal care services in recent months.

Department heads will share details of their proposed budgets and voters can have questions answered ahead of the March 24 annual town meeting.

Two three-year terms on the Select Board and three Regional School Unit 9 directors will be chosen.

Until last month, Shah had been serving as a principal deputy director at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

At two meetings last month, officials asked parents for help in addressing gun violence.

The city has to be efficient in how it uses limited resources, police say.

As police take steps to address the increase in shootings, residents are anxious for results.

Jurors will begin deliberations Thursday in James Peters' trial in Paris court.

Funding has resumed following the halt announced Monday, Sen. Susan Collins' office said late Wednesday.

Chairman David Walton and Treasurer Judy Boutilier voted in favor; Brandon Ballweber abstained.

The federal agency canceled contracts to continue providing food and funding to Maine schools and nonprofits for 3 more years. The change comes as one in eight Mainers — about 180,000 people — faces hunger. That includes roughly 45,000 children, about 20% of the state's total population under 18.

Lewiston's initial budget outlook would result in a $1.81 increase to the property tax rate. Officials are hoping to pare that down over the coming weeks.

Jason Hunter, 40, was charged with arson related to a car fire early in the morning Wednesday on Lincoln Street.

Chief U.S. District Judge Lance Walker denied the attorney general's call to restore the waiting period for gun purchases while waiting for a federal appeals court to take up the case.

Shahied Golden, 30, misused the funds from the Paycheck Protection Program.

Regional School Unit 9 Superintendent Christian Elkington detailed the upcoming March 24 vote on buying the former Arthur D. Ingalls School at 144 High St. in Farmington.

If William N. Cumming Jr., 56, of Bar Harbor, had not killed himself, he would have been charged with murdering Jean Robinson and Allison “Joy” Cumming, police said Wednesday.

Rep. Mana Abdi, D-Lewiston, is pushing for Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to join Christmas, Thanksgiving and others on the state calendar of holidays.

To keep costs down, the Pittsfield-based company has agreed to appraise one-quarter of the town each year until the revaluation is completed in 2029.

The budget is almost $1.75 million, an $453,948 increase over this fiscal year.