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Aroostook wind power backers see opportunity if western Maine transmission line fails

Amid opposition to an overhead powerline that would bring Quebec hydro electricity to Massachusetts through western Main

Jackson sworn in as President of the Maine Senate

Earlier today, Democratic Senator Troy Jackson of Allagash was sworn in as the 117th President of the Maine Senate. Sen. Jackson is serving his fifth nonconsecutive term in the Senate

Gov. LePage closes executive offices for Day of Mourning in honor of President George H.W. Bush

Governor Paul R. LePage has directed that all executive branch State of Maine offices will be closed on Wednesday, December 5, 2018, the National Day of Mourning for President George H.W. Bush, who passed away Friday, November 30 at the age of 94.

BMV offices closed; driver license exams, mobile unit visits cancelled Wednesday

The Department of the Secretary of State will be closed on Wednesday, Dec. 5, by proclamation of Gov. Paul LePage, in recognition of the National Day of Mourning for the late President George H.W. Bush.

Maine lawmaker wants to limit childhood vaccination exemptions

Some Mainers are gearing up for a fight over the future of the state’s philosophical exemption for childhood vaccinations, a battle that is expected to play out during the upcoming legislative session.

The IRS will usher in the new year with higher tax brackets

Mainers and other Americans may end up owing more than they expected when they file their 2018 taxes under the first year of the Trump administration’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed in December 2017, but there’s even more to come in 2019.

Evolution of ice and logging cleats involves Maine and Vikings

In Maine, when your driveway inevitably turns into a perilous chute of ice, you haul out the rock salt, scatter some gravel and — if you’re serious about not falling on your behind — strap on some ice cleats.

Maine DIF&W rolls out new online game registration

Back in September, wildlife biologist Randy Cross shared some information about the new online game registration system being rolled out by his employer, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Poll shows loan servicers make it worse for Mainers struggling to pay down student debt

The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) and the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) released a poll Nov. 29 that shows student loan debt is preventing a staggering number of borrowers from buying a home (42 percent), saving for retirement (56 percent) or even covering the cost of basic necessities (35 percent).

Deer hunters experience best year since 2002

With the regular firearms season for deer concluding on Saturday, Nov. 24, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s new online registration system showed that deer hunters had a very good year in Maine, likely the best in over 15 years.

Maine’s deer harvest tops 30,000 for the first time since 2004

The regular firearms season on deer ended a half-hour after sunset on Saturday, and the state’s hunters are having a banner year, with more hunting left to come.

Latest storm dropped 10 inches of snow on part of Aroostook

Parts of the St. John Valley saw up to 10 inches of snow from a storm that moved through the state Tuesday.

LePage requests stay of order to implement Medicaid expansion

Just days after a Superior Court judge ordered the LePage administration to implement Medicaid expansion, the governor has sought a stay of that order, arguing it would “prompt a fiscal crisis.”

‘We just want to get him home’: Dog hurt in Medway crash is still missing

Marvin, the missing dog from Mexico, is still out there, somewhere.

The for-profit company that turned around Maine’s failing addiction treatment initiative

Rodney and Heather Auger used to wake up each day knowing they’d need drugs to get through all 24 hours.

Storm batters Maine with heavy, wet snow

A storm that battered the Midwest with heavy snow on Monday is delivering a fresh blast of powder to much of inland Maine.

Group eyes Maine as launch site for satellites

It might sound like a moonshot, but a group of science and space enthusiasts wants Maine to become America’s leader in sending tiny satellites into space.

Poliquin calls for recount in 2nd Congressional District election

After his historic loss in a ranked-choice count earlier this month, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin of Maine’s 2nd Congressional District has asked for the state’s first recount using the new method, which is unlikely to reverse the outcome and is expected to take four weeks.

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