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Route 302 in Napes closes after tractor-trailer tips onto its side
NAPLES, Maine (WGAN) Roosevelt Trail in Naples closed briefly Wednesday night after a tractor-trailer truck went off the road.
Maine Senate gives approval for hospital staffing bill
Lawmakers in the Senate voted in favor of a bill Wednesday that would set mandatory nurse staffing ratios at hospitals in Maine.
Man who admitted to killing his girlfriend on York beach sentenced to 40 years
A man who beat his girlfriend to death on Short Sands Beach in York was sentenced to 40 years behind bars on Wednesday.
Drug bust in Somerset County leads to seizure of marijuana plants, one drug arrest
Hundreds of illegally grown marijuana plants were seized in Somerset County this month, leading to an arrest.
Investigators looking into cause of fatal fire in St. George
A fatal fire in Knox County is being investigated by the State Fire Marshal’s Office.
Maine fishermen caught more fish in 2023, thanks to a hunger relief program and COVID funds
Maine fishermen bucked yearslong, industrywide trends last year and caught more fish, a development regulators and industry members said shows the impact of COVID-19 relief funds.
Suspect in sexual assault investigation killed in crash in Farmington after fleeing from police
A man was killed after he crashed into a tree while leading police on a pursuit in Farmington.
Beyond ‘yellow flag’ law, Maine commission highlights another missed opportunity before shootings
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) The commission probing Maine’s deadliest mass shooting concluded law enforcement had ample grounds to pursue assault charges against Robert Card for punching a fellow Army reservist in the face six weeks before he killed 18 people in Lewiston.
Teen pulls knife on employees while stealing alcohol from Bangor Walmart, police say
BANGOR, Maine (WGAN) A 19-year-old is facing charges after Bangor police say he pulled a knife on Walmart employees as they attempted to stop him from stealing a shopping cart full of alcohol.
