Retired Air Force general to run for Senate in 2020

A retired Air Force general plans to seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

Lawmakers push for federal aid to wild blueberry industry

Maine’s Congressional delegation is getting involved in a push to extend federal aid to members of the state’s wild blueberry industry.

Insanity defense dropped in fatal stabbing trial

AUBURN, Maine (AP)  The defense has dropped an insanity defense in the trial of a man who’s accused of stabbing a woman to death in front of her 11-year-old twins

Court rules in favor of letting planned salmon farm go ahead

BELFAST, Maine (AP)   A Maine judge says a city that is working with an aquaculture developer on a large project did not break the law when it changed a land use plan to let the development move forward

Attorney: Mother to seek dismissal of murder charge

An attorney for the mother of a 10-year-old girl killed in February 2018 says he will ask the state to dismiss murder charges against her, if the girl’s stepfather pleads guilty.

Truck carrying crane crashed into overpass on Maine Turnpike

The driver of a truck hauling a crane which struck a bridge overpass in South Portland is suffering serious injuries.

Sen. Collins: Trump’s tweet was ‘way over the line’

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says the president’s tweet that four congresswomen of color should go back to the places from which they came “was way over the line.”

Campaign says Collins has outraised her 2014 reelection bid

Republican Sen. Susan Collins’s campaign says she has brought in $2 million in the second quarter of 2019.

Group homes for adults struggle to find workers

The waiting list for group homes for Maine adults with intellectual disabilities is 1,580 people deep as nonprofits struggle to find workers to staff homes.

4-vehicle pileup closes US 1 in Woolwich, Maine

The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department says busy U.S. 1 is closed because of a four-vehicle pileup in Woolwich.