1 week 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.

2 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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.

1 month ago

Correctional officer faces felony charge after shooting another officer

A former Cumberland County correctional officer pleaded not guilty Monday at the Capital Judicial Center to a felony charge in connection with an accidental shooting, according to a prosecutor.

2 months ago

Man who killed two in 2015 rampage gets life for murders

An Aroostook County man who killed two people and wounded three others in a two-county rampage over two days in July 2015, was sentenced Monday at the Penobscot Judicial Center to life in prison.

2 months ago

Family dog that mauled newborn to be euthanized

No charges will be filed in the July 29 mauling death of an infant in Bangor, but the dog will be euthanized, Bangor police said.

2 months ago

Kaci Hickox drops lawsuit for ‘Bill of Rights’ in quarantine cases

A former Maine nurse who was quarantined in New Jersey when she returned to the U.S. from treating Ebola patients in Africa in 2014 has settled her lawsuit against the governor, according to filings in U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey.

3 months ago

Mills threatens to sue Trump administration if it rescinds monument

Maine Attorney General Janet Mills threatened to sue the Trump administration if it decides to reverse the presidential order that created Maine’s national monument.

4 months ago

Eagle Lake woman crashes car into apartment while trying to get package

A local woman on Saturday ran her 2005 Chevy Impala into a Covenant Road apartment complex, according to the Aroostook County sheriff.