Augusta man pleads guilty to drug trafficking in New Hampshire

Prosecutors say a man from Augusta pleaded guilty in federal court in New Hampshire to fentanyl and heroin trafficking

Federal spending makes more energy assistance available

Low-income residents who are sheltering in place will get more money to stay comfortable as temperatures transition to summer heat

Virus concerns lead to ‘public’ meetings without the public

As concerns about the coronavirus grow, more governments are holding public meetings without the public being present

Maine to vote on stricter law about vaccine requirements

Mainers are mulling whether to toss aside a law that eliminates most exemptions for childhood vaccinations against the backdrop of a global rush to contain a virus for which there is no vaccine

The latest weather forecast for central Maine

China deal might not bail out lobster industry this New Year

American seafood exporters are optimistic that a new trade deal with China will allow them to claw back into one of the world’s biggest markets for lobster, but help might not have arrived in time for the biggest day on the calendar.

Maine swim coach on pool deck despite medical setbacks

A Maine swimming coach has endured a quadruple bypass after a heart attack, removal of cancerous tumors from his colon and wrists, and the amputation of part of his leg

Pelosi to ‘soon’ send impeachment articles for Senate trial

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she’ll “soon” transmit the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for a trial

Trump’s plan to curb teen vaping exempts some flavors

Together, the two exemptions represent a significant retreat from President Donald Trump’s original plan announced four months ago.

Don Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dead at 79

Disc jockey Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decades-long rise to radio stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broadcast racial slur, has died