Two men charged with drug trafficking following Maine Turnpike traffic stop

Police arresting two men for drug trafficking after a traffic stop on the Maine Turnpike.

Unemployment rate dips to 3 percent in Maine

The Maine Department of Labor says the state’s unemployment rate dipped to a record low based on preliminary figures for July.

Maine rollout of Real ID law causes hiccups for some users

Maine’s secretary of state is working to clear up confusion created by the state’s rollout of two different types of driver’s licenses and state identification cards.

Peaks Island rental golf carts must be all-electric by 2021

A Maine city will require that gas-powered rental golf carts used to get around a nearby island become all-electric by the summer of 2021 to address noise, traffic, exhaust and safety complaints from residents.

Maine bicentennial celebration gets boost from NEH

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   The National Endowment for the Humanities is going to help a pair of Maine cultural institutions engage more with the public about the state’s bicentennial

Man charged in Alaska cold case killing pleads not guilty

A Maine man charged in the sexual assault and murder of a woman in Alaska in a long-unsolved cold case has pleaded not guilty.

L.L. Bean heir and wife donate $1M to Maine hospital

An L.L. Bean heir and his wife are contributing $1 million toward the relocation of Mercy Hospital.

1 dead in Androscoggin River incident in Bethel

Authorities in Maine say a 75-year-old woman from Maryland drowned in the Androscoggin River when the canoe she was in overturned and she became trapped beneath it.

National Weather Service confirms tornado in rural Maine

KOSSUTH TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP)   Recent unsettled weather in Maine has produced the first tornado of 2019

Maine finds homes several hundreds of African asylum seekers

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   A frantic scramble has produced homes for most of the hundreds of African asylum seekers whose arrival flooded shelters in Maine’s largest city