1 week ago

Chief justice: Public will be able to access court documents online for a fee

The judiciary Thursday announced that the public would be able to access some court documents online once the $15 million electronic case filing system is implemented over the next few years, but that it would not be free.

4 weeks ago

Canadian poacher pleads guilty to illegally importing moose antlers into US

A Canadian outfitter and guide convicted of poaching in New Brunswick pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to illegally importing wildlife, according to court documents.

3 months ago

Eastern Maine Healthcare is changing its name

Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems announced Friday that it is changing its name in October to Northern Light Health.

4 months ago

Maine chief justice proposes expanding drug courts to address opioid crisis

The chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday recommended in her annual address to lawmakers the creation of a “full wrap-around drug court” as an alternative to traditional drug courts.

4 months ago

Maine will get winter reprieve Wednesday when temperatures rise into 60s

A reprieve from winter was expected midweek with temperatures predicted to reach 60 degrees in much of Maine, according to the National Weather Service in Caribou.

5 months ago

Maine’s federal prosecutor says he will focus on ‘hard drugs,’ not pot users

Maine’s top federal prosecutor said Tuesday that his office would focus on prosecuting traffickers of “hard drugs,” not marijuana users.

9 months ago

High court to decide if medical marijuana covered by workers’ comp

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will decide if state law requires Workers’ Compensation Insurance to pay for a millworker’s medical marijuana or if the insurer could be charged as an accessory in a drug deal under federal law.

9 months ago

Man who bicycled illegally across border at Saint-Pamphile sentenced to 113 days

A French citizen who bicycled across the border into Maine was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Bangor to time served or 113 days in jail, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

10 months ago

More rain expected to sweep across Maine middle of the week

More rainfall was expected to move into Maine on late Tuesday and remain through Thursday, according to the National Weather Service stations in Caribou and Gray.

10 months ago

We will seize your pot, Border Patrol warns

Don’t let a Border Patrol agent know you’ve got marijuana, regardless of whether you have a prescription, if you don’t want to lose it, the Border Patrol warns.