Maine seeking applicants to lead marijuana safety campaign

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Maine is looking for applicants to lead the state’s marijuana safety campaign, now that recreational cannabis is available for purchase in the state.

Last Maine National Guard soldiers return from DC

BANGOR, Maine (AP) All of the Maine National Guard soldiers sent to Washington after rioters stormed the Capitol building have returned home from the deployment, officials said Monday.

Maine Med eases pandemic-related visitor restrictions

PORTLAND, Maine – Maine’s largest hospital is relaxing visitor restrictions for patients who don’t have COVID-19.

Mainers benefit from ACA expansion

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Most of Maine’s 63,000 residents who get health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplace are going to see a benefit from the American Rescue Plan signed into law last week.

Maine unemployment ticks up, but with positive signs

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Unemployment nudged upward in Maine in January, and remains higher than it was a year ago.

Susan Collins joins senators who want to stop ineligible gun buys

BANGOR, Maine (AP) Maine Sen. Susan Collins has joined a bipartisan group of colleagues that wants states to better enforce laws that prevent ineligible people from buying a gun.

Winthrop man extricated from vehicle, taken to hospital after collision with train

A man was life-flighted to the hospital after his vehicle collided with a train early Monday morning in New Gloucester.

Maine lawmakers to consider improved energy storage systems

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Maine lawmakers will consider a proposal designed to improve the reliability of energy storage in the state.

Police investigate double shooting in Wells

WELLS, Maine (AP) One man was shot in the chest and another man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Wells, police said.

Maine teacher can’t get vaccinated because she lives in NH

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Maine is allowing all teachers to be vaccinated as soon as possible but some are being left out in border towns in southern Maine.