3 weeks ago
After a summer spent packing away sockeye salmon, Alaska's heftiest brown bears are ready to throw their weight around. Online voting began Tuesday for Fat Bear Week, the annual contest that pits the rotund residents of Katmai National Park and Preserve against each other for the title of most oversized ursine.
5 hours ago in Local
Central Maine Power says one of its substations in Yarmouth experienced a failure.
5 hours ago in Local
The crash remains under investigation.
1 day ago in Local
Katahdin isn't the only peak that's currently "greening", with the same thing happening at approximately 70% of mountains in the Northeast, and roughly 90% of the Northeast high alpine areas overall.
2 days ago in Sports, Trending
Mike Ditka, who personified the toughness and grit of Chicago in a Hall of Fame career as a player and coach of the Bears and the leader of arguably the most dominant team in NFL history, has died. He was 86.
2 days ago in Local
New polling from the Washington Post has Democrat Troy Jackson with a slight lead over incumbent Republican Susan Collins in the race for U.S. Senate.