Kaiser, a 5-year-old German Shephard malamute mix, was recently picked up by his owner after a nine month, 200-mile journey that led him from Ashby, Massachusetts, to Bethel.

The state has the highest pertussis rate in the country.

The Maine Warden Service is continuing to investigate two fatal snowmobile accidents that occurred within hours of each other on Saturday.

Dozens of competitors from New England and Canada participate in the weekend event.

The pickup truck they were riding in crashed into a large pole on Route 1, police say.

Dozens of often under-appreciated volunteers, helping low-income residents and retirees file their taxes each year, keep coming back despite the long slog of tax season.

A Livermore Falls special town meeting initially schedule for Feb. 26 has been postponed until March.

A 17-year old male from Massachusetts was killed Saturday night on Thompson Lake in Poland after being thrown from his snowmobile, according to the Maine Warden Service.

A Norway woman was killed Saturday afternoon on Pennesseewassee Lake after being thrown from her snowmobile and being struck by a second snowmobile, according to the Maine Warden Service.

The city of Auburn is throwing a yearlong party, including cake for more than 23,000, to commemorate its 150th birthday.

Newly released receipts reveal nearly a dozen trips to the president's luxury hotel, part of $170,000 in out-of-state travel by the former Maine governor in recent years.

No one is proposing to "eliminate all planes, cars, cows, oil, gas and the military." No one created "doctored" versions of the Green New Deal that included these outlandish proposals.

Physical, strategic and social. No wonder the sport of curling is attracting a hardcore following in Maine.

Andover herbalist Darlene Akers teaches about the use of plants for teas, medicines and household cleansers, as well as to heal the mind and soul.

The emphasis should be on climate change while limiting costly new entitlements.

More than a quarter-century after a Native Alaskan woman was brutally slain in Fairbanks, authorities say they used the latest in DNA technology to identify her killer in Auburn.

A Popsicle, a whale, and a bale of hay walk into a — wait, no, sled down a hill.

The Franklin County Children's Task Force held its annual festival at Mt. Blue High School on Saturday.

A top Census Bureau official says an internal agency team found that basic personal information collected from more than 100 million Americans during the 2010 head count could be reconstructed from encrypted data — but with lots of mistakes.

The board voted 3-1 not to pursue repayment, considering it a gift.

Police say DNA evidence linked Steven H. Downs to a college student's murder.

The fire on Brule Street caused heavy smoke damage.

Preliminary figures based on Gov. Janet Mills' budget, released Friday, show relief for districts where state funding decreased last year.

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Clearing snow in Auburn

US seeks ways to develop lithium-ion battery recycling to address global demand, potential shortages of materials for electric vehicle, phone batteries

A shooter has been apprehended after opening fire in an industrial park in in Aurora, Illinois.

The U.S. government says it has suddenly stopped force-feeding a group of men on a hunger strike inside an El Paso immigration detention center.

The federally funded program helps low-income families afford home energy costs.

Scientists find that astronaut who spent nearly a year in space had his immune system go on high alert.

A Dallas Plantation man's sentencing is delayed for one year.

A gay French writer has lifted the lid on what he calls one of the world's largest gay communities — the Vatican.

Angie Clark, 39, is scheduled to be sentenced March 7.

Not more than an inch of snow is expected Friday.

Occupants of the South Paris District Court were evacuated to the Superior Court Friday morning,

A mix-up with fuel delivery prompted the gas pumps to be taken out of service at the Exit 43 Quik Stop on Friday morning in Richmond.

The governor's order opens the door for state agencies to issue permits that were put in limbo under her predecessor.

Fuel companies fill up loyal customers tanks for free on Valentines Day.

Temporary measure protects vulnerable patients.

Dr. Mark Flomenbaum was fired from an administrative role in Massachusetts in 2007, years before he was hired here.

Kindergarten teacher Jessica Curato teaches students math skills.

Jessica Vennell of Hebron was issued a summons for drunken driving.

The committee presents its proposed marijuana laws at a public hearing Wednesday.