Augusta Cub Scouts hold Bear Den Carnival

Augusta school officials reduce budget proposal without cutting teachers or closing elementary school

The Augusta School Department administrative staff narrowed a projected budget increase from $5.9 million to $1.8 million by drawing on reserves.

Architecture students at UMaine-Augusta to help with renovation of Oakland’s Memorial Hall

UMA students are collaborating with Oakland officials to brainstorm ways to renovate the 1870s structure, which is one of four Civil War memorial buildings in Maine.

UMaine Augusta receives $100K grant to support justice-impacted students

Augusta seeks federal grant funding to raise riverfront parking lot, add downtown observation deck

The project would reduce the frequency of — but not eliminate — flooding and add pedestrian amenities to make the riverfront more attractive.

Augusta nonprofit, garden club to partner for floral show March 25

Augusta church to host Catholic composer, musician March 25

Man who threatened to kill maintenance worker in Augusta sentenced to 2 years

Paul F. Fay III, 38, told a judge he has been unable to get help for mental illness that causes him to lash out during manic episodes.

Augusta man shot while assaulting federal officer sentenced to prison

Derik Broox Wight allegedly held a knife near the throat of a federal officer before he was shot by another officer at the Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building in Augusta last year.

Nor’easter expected to bring up to 1 foot of snow, high wind gusts in central Maine

A late winter nor'easter is expected to blow through the state Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing strong winds and up to a foot of heavy snow across the region, the same day that brought snow to the region in 2017 and 2018.