Fishermen, Environmentalists: Fight Over Monitors Not Over

Commercial fishermen and environmental groups agree a longstanding dispute over the future of at-sea monitoring is far from over, despite recent funding help from Congress.

Maine Utility Says It Has Faith in Audit of High Bills

A Maine utility that is facing complaints of unusually high power bills says it has faith that a state audit will determine whether its systems are producing accurate bills.

Maine Woman Accused of Setting Fire to Her House Arrested on Arson Charges

A former Stow woman is under arrest and charged with setting fire to her own home last month.

Mayor Receives Backlash Over Tweet about Parkland Student

WATERVILLE, Maine (AP)   A Maine mayor is receiving backlash for a tweet making fun of a Parkland, Florida, school shooting survivor

Biomass Plant Will Receive Subsidy Despite Missing Goals

JONESBORO, Maine (AP)   A Maine commission has approved part of a subsidy designed to keep a pair of stand-alone biomass plants going

Lawmakers Start to Debate Medicaid Expansion Funding

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   Maine lawmakers are trying to figure out how to pay for voter-approved Medicaid expansion as tens of thousands of low-income Mainers wait for the state to take action

Portland, Maine, Sues Drug Makers Over Opioid Epidemic Toll

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   Maine’s largest city is suing a host of pharmaceutical companies over the toll of the nationwide opioid abuse epidemic locally

Police Say Women Found in Car Trunk Died from an Overdose

PITTSFIELD, Maine (WGAN)  State Police say the woman whose body was found in the trunk of her car in early March in Pittsfield died from a drug overdose

Maine Man Accused of Massachusetts Killings Indicted

WOBURN, Mass (WGAN)- A Maine man who is accused of killing his mother and grandparents in Massachusetts has been indicted…

Three Arrested on Drug Charges in Knox County

WARREN, Maine (WGAN)  The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency says three people were arrested Wednesday following a crack cocaine investigation in Knox and Lincoln counties