Cony Middle and High School, Madison Area High School evacuated due to bomb threats

The Augusta and Madison-area schools are among several in Maine that were alerted to automated calls about bomb threats on campus Tuesday. It's unclear who sent the calls and how many schools were affected.

Legislature votes to approve rural public defender office

It will be the first public defenders unit created in Maine. The five attorneys will travel to areas where there are few lawyers available to defend indigent defendants.

Sports card enthusiasts flock to show in Augusta

Central Maine Sports Cards and Collectibles Show attracts many — including youngsters and women — to Elks Lodge.

Suspect who was shot, arrested at Muskie Federal Building identified as Augusta man

Derik Broox Wight, 41, is charged with assaulting federal officer.

Dog dies, but no people injured, after fire at Augusta 2-family home, officials say

Around 30 firefighters from seven departments spent just about two hours fighting the blaze on Leighton Road Thursday morning.

FBI: Guard shoots man armed with knife at Muskie Federal Building in Augusta

Officials say man with knife assaulted a guard at the building and was then shot and taken to MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta.

Augusta ax-throwing center will bring woodsmen sport, zombies indoors

Mike Yeaton and Mary Young are bringing hatchet throwing to Maine's capital region through Hatchet House in The Marketplace at Augusta, where people can spend an hour hurling hatchets for fun starting in May.

Augusta tech center names March students of month

Vendors, musicians, support Ukrainian refugees at Augusta event

Some Ukrainians fleeing their war-torn county have been arriving in Maine, and others are on their way.

Pooled COVID-19 testing in schools to end in May, some districts have already canceled programs

The COVID-19 variant, BA.2, is more contagious than previous strains, and it can spread faster in a classroom than the pooled test would be able to detect in a classroom.