Maine continues to add several dozen coronavirus cases a day as the number of out-of-state visitors increases.

Maine's U.S. Senate contest is already the most expensive race in state history and is likely to draw tens of millions of dollars more before the November elections.

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is arrested in Bradford, N.H., where she was living on a $1 million estate.

Leaders grapple with how to honor Independence Day while forced to limit some freedoms their citizens covet.

The Franklin County Agricultural Society made the announcement Thursday.

Likely to be hardest hit are Alaska pollock – the biggest U.S. fishery and the source of fast food fillets – and sockeye salmon, brown trout, bonito, barracuda and swordfish.

A report shows the U.S. job market continues to climb out of the crater created by the coronavirus pandemic in the spring

'Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man' is set to be published July 28.

Both superpowers want a stable country that does not serve as a base for extremists to export terrorism.

A U.N.-backed study estimates the amount at 59.1 million tons in 2019.

But Trump administration officials defend their work.

Research shows that acts of kindness make us feel better and healthier.

Nine million smokers are affected by the government's decision in late March.

He left the job on June 20 after a standoff with Attorney General William Barr and confusion over whether President Trump had fired him.

Federal prosecutors say the four tankers are carrying 1.1 million barrels.

“The Guinness Book of World Records” recognized Downs as having logged more hours in front of the camera than any television personality until Regis Philbin passed him in 2004.

California's mood has gone from optimistic to sour as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rise heading into the July 4th weekend.

The U.S. economy just posted its largest single-month job gain in history

The White House says President Donald Trump was never briefed on intelligence that Russia had put a bounty on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan because there wasn’t corroborating evidence

A button that experts believe was from Confederate Gen. Robert E Lee’s dress coat and a strand of hair from his horse are among the items.

The title sponsor of the Washington Redskins’ stadium wants the NFL team to change its name

A lack of rain that followed late-spring frosts worried farmers, but pickers are turning out early and often to gather strawberries while observing public health recommendations related to COVID-19.

The Maine Warden Service and partner agencies will try to reduce the number of alcohol- and drug-related incidents and fatalities as boat traffic increases.

But the courts are still working on making virtual hearings accessible to the public.

Officers say they responded to the report of a theft at about 4 a.m. Thursday on Butler Street, where they found the juvenile breaking into a vehicle.

The town election is scheduled for July 14 and the open Town Meeting for July 16, both at Chelsea Elementary School on Togus Road.

Augusta and Waterville area police reports for July 2, 2020.

The grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration supports communities responding to and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reps. Rachel Talbot Ross and Craig Hickman want the Legislature to act quickly on bills held over from the March adjournment that would address racial disparity and discrimination.

Promoters hoped to win state approval for Summer Jam Camp Out 2020 by promising to spread people out among campsites to minimize large gatherings. The state rejected that idea.

MaineGeneral in Augusta had no patients all week, while Central Maine Medical Center, Maine Med and Mercy saw upticks.

The union president calls the hiring of more subcontractors outrageous, but the company says it must do what it can to prevent further delays in the delivery of destroyers.

Leaders of the Maine Economic Recovery Committee warn of a 'devastating' economic decline unless the federal government takes further action.

An employee at the 2 restaurants, which are owned by the same hospitality group, has tested positive for COVID-19.

Figures updated by the Maine CDC hours after the Press Herald reported that only outdated numbers were available show a near quadrupling in the pace of new cases in the last 11 days of June.

As a holiday weekend ushers in higher numbers of out-of-state visitors, the average number of active COVID-19 cases per day has crept up, but hospitalizations remain low and the rate of positive tests is declining.

The delay is a victory for Trump, who also is mounting a Supreme Court fight against congressional efforts to obtain his banking and other financial records.

Over 4,000 Mainers filed new claims for jobless benefits last week, even as the state prepared to allow the vast majority of businesses to open back up.

The recent shifts in public opinion stand out when compared with years of survey research conducted following similar slayings of Black people by police.

Meanwhile, the president's campaign and the Republican National Committee raised a combined $131 million in June.

The jobs report is based on data gathered in the second week of June, which helps explain why the figures reflect an improving trend.

Authorities are closing honky tonks, bars and other drinking establishments in some parts of the U.S. to stem the surge of COVID-19 infections.

Major brands for the first time join together to protest still-prevalent hate speech on the social network.

If the Three Corners Solar Project in Unity Township, Benton and Clinton is approved by the Maine Public Utilities Commission and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, construction could begin in 2021.

A spokesperson for the company said that the factories sent employees home on Wednesday and that the Norway factory will close on Thursday for cleaning as an employee awaits results from coronavirus test.

Two Massachusetts men have been arrested and charged and are being held at the Somerset County Jail in Madison.

The Municipal Review Committee told member municipalities and others that 3/4 of their trash was being diverted to the Orrington waste-to-energy plant while the Fiberight plant in Hampden is shut down.

Mandel's varied career included work with Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, Barbra Streisand and Tony Bennett – and even the soundtrack for 'Caddyshack.'

The 'Bless Me, Ultima' novelist, who influenced a generation of Latino writers, was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama in 2016.

The decision in a Montana case could affect a federal appeals court case in Boston involving 3 Maine families who are seeking school district tuition payments toward the cost of educating their children in religious schools.

Augusta and Waterville area police reports for July 1, 2020.

The National Endowment for the Arts announced that 855 nonprofit arts organizations nationwide will receive a total of $45 million through the CARES Act.

Turning the calendar to July means the majority of public-facing businesses in Maine can now serve customers, as long as they comply with a checklist of state-mandated safety precautions.

A heavily-redacted report of the Sept. 16, 2019, explosion at the LEAP Inc. building that killed a firefighter and injured seven other people is consistent that there was no smell of propane.

Brakey gave up acting for politics almost a decade ago and, mostly, hasn't regretted it.

Students, faculty and staff will be expected to wear face coverings and practice social distancing.

The state says it will license individuals to collect samples for testing on behalf of cannabis facilities.

While I sympathize with the small business owners who are losing money because of the dearth of visitors, this is an ideal opportunity for Mainers to enjoy Maine, writes Liz Soares.

Ratings agencies S&P Global Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service each endorsed MaineHealth with strong credit ratings.

Tiffany Maiuri of Wilton sent messages seeking consensus on getting a majority vote on some proposals.

University officials say its testing strategy is key to allowing students, faculty and staff to return to campuses for in-person learning.

Police said nine people were arrested under the law, including a man with a Hong Kong independence flag and a woman holding a sign displaying the British flag.

The annual funding measure has passed every year for almost six decades and typically enjoys veto-proof support.

Police swarmed the zone known as CHOP at about 5 a.m. after the mayor ordered it cleared.

Remdesivir is the only drug licensed by both the U.S. and the European Union as a treatment for those with severe illness due to coronavirus.

Gov. Janet Mills says visitors from Connecticut, New York and New Jersey will not have to quarantine or prove they recently tested negative for COVID-19 because of low rates of positive tests and virus prevalence in those states.

Out-of-work Mainers can now receive as many as 39 consecutive weeks of benefits through state and federal assistance programs.

Plus, a digital cookbook raises money for independent restaurants, and Maine breweries embrace the Black is Beautiful campaign.

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh once assured Maine's senior senator he'd respect legal precedent – until he didn't.

The MSAD 54 board of directors convenes for only its second in-person meeting since the coronavirus pandemic closed school facilities in mid-March.

King delivered his comments on the floor of the Senate, urging development of a cyber-defense program that could fend off a 'catastrophic' attack.