A former Libertarian Party nominee for the Maine House was charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot a woman in the Piscataquis County community of Shirley on Monday morning and led Maine State Police on a short car chase. Police arrested Christopher Hallowell, 24, of Bath, at gunpoint after he crashed his SUV in […]

Last August, then-Gov. Paul LePage had a serious cardiac event in Canada. Not until the next day did anybody outside his inner circle know he’d been out of the country, and it would be more than a month before the public learned he had experienced a medical issue serious enough to require him to be evacuated via LifeFlight to […]

Cardboard in a dumpster ignited Monday afternoon, briefly closing down the baggage claim area at the Portland International Jetport. The fire was reported about 2:30 p.m., and firefighters quickly extinguished it, said Zachary Sundquist, a spokesman for the airport. The dumpster contained cardboard, which somehow ignited, Sundquist said. No one was hurt, but the emergency […]

KENNEBUNK — In December 2018, songwriter and Christian singer Michael W. Smith performed at the Washington, D.C. funeral of former President George W. Bush, and now on Aug. 3 in the Kennebunk High School auditorium, Smith will present a musical evening of songs dedicated to the late president and his wife, including President Bush’s favorite, “Friends.” […]

WATERBORO — On Friday, a man was arrested in Waterboro for operating under the influence while alleged driving with a suspended license. At about 10 p.m. on July 5, York County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Cody Frazier stopped a speeding vehicle in Waterboro. The operator of the vehicle, Kyle Allman, 32, of Waterboro was arrested for […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The powerful Mojave Desert earthquakes that rocked California ended a years-long lull in major seismic activity and raised new interest in an early warning system being developed for the West Coast. The ShakeAlert system is substantially built in California and overall is about 55% complete, with much of the remaining installation […]

RIDGECREST, Calif. (AP) — Shaken residents were cleaning up Sunday from two of the biggest earthquakes to rattle California in decades as scientists warn that both should serve as a wake-up call to be ready when the long-dreaded “Big One” strikes. California is spending more than $16 million to install thousands of quake-detecting sensors statewide […]

This year’s delayed lobster season kicked off with a cold, rainy spring and bait worries, but lobstermen haven’t been idle. Instead, they’ve been hunting for a way to cope with looming North Atlantic right whale protections. “The overall feeling around the docks this year is pretty glum,” said Jason Joyce of Swans Island. “Catch is low, […]

A growing number of Maine-based banks are looking beyond their borders into neighboring states for expansion, either by purchasing existing banks or opening their own offices and branches. Leaders in Maine’s banking industry say nearby states such as New Hampshire offer opportunities for growth because those markets provide potential access to more high-dollar commercial customer […]

The number of passenger vehicles registered in Maine but owned by out-of-state residents has more than doubled in five years. The sharp increase – from 7,483 in 2014 to 16,589 this year – has contributed an extra $250,000 to the state of Maine. The reason this is happening is simple: Maine’s vehicle registration fee of […]