A woman who was severely burned in a domestic violence attack in Vermont is being evaluated for a possible second transplant at Brigham and Woman's Hospital in Boston.

The move follows a state-wide trend to turn otherwise unusable land into a cost-saving resource for the community.

Central Maine school officials said ALICE, an acronym for "alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evacuate," is a more proactive defense to active shooters compared to traditional lockdowns.

Lobbyists have reported spending $4.2 million in the Democratic Legislature's busy session this year.

Dr. Denis Mukwege says the only way to heal victims is for society to accept the wrong that was done to them through reparations.

From moose to farmers to lobsters, the state is seeing the effects of a warming planet.

Since 1988, three women were fatally shot on their own properties by hunters who didn’t require permission to be there. Does Maine law need to change?

Joe Biden's Irish eyes dimmed as he took a beating at the Democrats' most recent presidential debates, a sign of old age and getting tired, J.P. Devine writes.

This is the last heating season retailers can sell units that don’t meet a stringent 2020 rule.

After an almost unimaginable explosion rocked Farmington last week, accounts from those who experienced the carnage firsthand reveal the horror close to home.

If the loss of 2.9 billion birds over the last 50 years doesn't shock you, maybe it's time for a walk in the woods.

As gravestones fell, Bob Grenier decided it was not right to leave them and has stepped up to repair the graves after a funding commitment by the town for equipment.

U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, who recently announced a bill meant to eliminate major sources of lead exposure nationwide within five years, held a roundtable discussion Saturday afternoon to talk about additional ways to solve the lead paint problem in Maine.

An arrest warrant was issued after the man failed to appear for a court hearing in Knox County to explain why he had not been making restitution payments.

Ashley Torrey lost control of his car and hit a stopped pickup truck, the Oxford County Sheriff's Office says.

Neal is the co-owner of Loyal Biscuit Co., a Rockland-based independent dog and cat supply boutique with six locations, the latest opening in Hallowell last month.

The 63-year-old Newfield man with intellectual disabilities was found by a Maine Warden Service dog, authorities say.

Activists want money to help poorer nations adapt to rising temperatures and provide green energy.

Augusta and Waterville area police reports for Sept. 21, 2019.

A potential deal between the owners and Boston investors, announced in June, collapses amid finger-pointing and accusations.

Investigative journalist and author Carey Gillam, who also is research director of U.S. Right to Know, spoke Saturday about pesticides, how they relate to health problems, and how corporations and policy makers continue to focus on profit over health.

This year's festival will be feature dozens of films and will be free.

Organizers of the We the People rally say they want to remind elected officials that they work for the people and highlight topics that Congress is failing to act on, including gun control and immigration.

Water tests following a water main break on Friday indicate tap water is 'safe for all purposes' officials said Saturday morning.

Police had to restrain a third student after they were called to a high school on Friday.

1 event near Area 51 pulls plug due to low attendance; second festival continues

Wildfire-vulnerable communities search for ways to live with growing threat

Four people died after a tour bus carrying them and other visitors from China crashed, rolling onto a guard rail and leaving carnage and debris in its wake on a highway running through the red-rock landscape of southern Utah

'The shooter or shooters are out there,' authorities say after shots were fired inside and outside a bar near Lancaster, South Carolina, early Saturday morning.

Investigators have a possible suspect but no arrests have been made.

The New Jersey senator says that if he can't raise $1.7 million by the end of the month, 'we don't see a legitimate long-term path forward.'

The 38-year-old will face 73-year-old incumbent Sen. Edward Markey in Massachusetts.

Central Maine business briefs: Kennebec Federal Savings named to “Best Places to Work in Maine” list; Trademark Federal Credit Union announces recent promotions; Panera Bread donates $13,000 to Good Shepherd Food Bank; Mainebiz hosting CEO Breakfast Forum on Oct. 3; Cheney Financial Group wraps up season’s events supporting local art, music, food

The blast that shook the Farmington community Monday, leaving a fire captain dead and seven others injured, also left 30 people homeless who lived in 11 mobile homes in a park near the LEAP Inc. building.

National and international adjustments in the regulation of chlorothalonil could prompt changes.

Several neighbors say they smelled propane for weeks before Monday's explosion leveled a building, and an official says the heating system hadn't been working properly.

The Bureau of Motor Vehicles will no longer register, title, or assign vehicle ID numbers to them.

Halsey Frank is 1 of 9 U.S. attorneys appointed to the committee by Attorney General William Barr.

Hundreds of thousands turn out for marches, rallies and demonstrations from Canberra to Kabul and Cape Town to New York.

Some people were paying $100 for two hot dogs Friday to meet the goal.

The Massachusetts senator is the new target for fellow Democrats in the party's presidential race as she tries to catch front-runner Joe Biden.

The U.S. Navy says three videos taken from its planes showing what it calls 'unidentified aerial phenomena' are authentic.

Fire Capt. Michael Bell died Monday in an explosion in Farmington that remains under investigation.

Health officials have not provided the person's age and gender, or said where in the state the patient lives.

Rep. Chellie Pingree announced the award for Waterville, Winsow, Albion, Fairfield and Clinton on Friday afternoon.

Firefighter Theodore "Ted" Baxter's condition was upgraded to fair on Friday.

Waterville area police reports for Thursday, Sept. 20, 2019.

Noel Paul Stookey, of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, gives keynote address.

The owner of the concert venue in Westbrook responds to a letter from Portland officials, saying many of the issues raised have already been addressed.

More than 500 people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with vaping-related breathing illnesses.

The Board of Assessors met on Thursday after an error was spotted in setting the tax rate earlier this month.

Activities like hiking, boating, hunting, gardening and golfing contribute more to Maine's economy than they do in almost every other state.

The Mental Health Working Group is expected to give its recommendations by December.

Fair Elections Portland is asking a judge to declare the City Council violated their constitutional rights and to order the city to place the proposal on the November ballot.

The president and first lady Melania Trump had the family and friends of the former hostage of North Korea to the White House on Saturday.

She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, 2011 and 2018.

The defense attorney for Gadi Iradukunda says he will appeal.

Associate Justice Jeffrey L. Hjelm, 63, was appointed in 2014 and has spent 27 years on the bench.

Three medical marijuana retail stores to open, two on Western Avenue, one on Bangor Street, after councilors unanimously approve their licenses.

Friday’s Global Climate Strike coincides with the U.N. Climate Summit which will take place on Monday in New York City.

Cambridge Analytica used ill-gotten data from millions to try to influence U.S. elections.

She will be Maine's first sitting governor to speak before the international body's General Assembly.

The project's ‘Innovation District’ has 57 lots on about 70 acres that have been cleared on the sprawling development connected to the Scarborough Downs racetrack.

Central Maine paddlers started their week-long water journey in Madison.

The lawsuit argues the Trump administration has no authority to revoke a waiver allowing California to set tough tailpipe emission standards.

The first offense for holding a cellphone while driving was reduced to $85, including fees, down from $230, bringing the cost in line with what lawmakers intended.

They say he was 'deliberately placed in harm's way' when he was transferred to a West Virginia prison and placed in the general inmate population.

The landmark package sets a price on carbon-dioxide emissions for transport and provides incentives for cleaner technologies.

The 'Storm Area 51' internet hoax draws 1,500 festivalgoers in Rachel and Hiko.

The rally and similar events in Maine and around the world are part of a movement led by young people decrying inaction on what they see as a crisis.

The Swan Lake Fire has been burning for months on the Kenai Peninsula and so far hast cost about $46 million to fight.

Augusta area police reports for Sept. 20, 2019.

The Category 1 storm is about about 35 miles away from the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula.

Jefferson County gets more than 40 inches of rain in just 72 hours.

Island residents will have to boil water they intend to consume until tests can confirm there is no dangerous level of bacteria.

The foundation is tasked with fulfilling the late artist's vision for a museum to display his artwork.