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Maine Senate passes Jackson’s bill to lower drug costs

As the cost of prescription drugs continues to rise faster than wages and inflation alike, the Maine Senate on Thursday took action to lower drug costs by passing LD 1280, “An Act Regarding Drug Pricing,” sponsored by Senate Democratic Leader Troy Jackson of Allagash.

Lincoln man, 67, dies making explosives to ‘blow up tree stumps’

A local man died instantly in a basement explosion while he was making bombs he used for tree clearing, state police said Thursday.

LePage signs food sovereignty law, the first of its kind in the nation

With a stroke of his pen, Gov. Paul LePage last week enacted landmark legislation putting Maine in the forefront of the food sovereignty movement.

UMFK releases names of degree recipients

The University of Maine at Fort Kent graduating seniors received their degrees at the 135th commencement exercises held at UMFK on May 13.

Maine House GOP leader: Special budget panel ‘doomed to fail’

The committee that is supposed to find a path out of the budget impasse in Augusta is “too little, too late,” according to House Minority Leader Ken Fredette, R-Newport, who said the panel is “doomed to fail.”

House Whip Steve Scalise shot during congressional baseball practice; gunman dead

A gunman unleashed a barrage of gunfire Wednesday at a park in Alexandria, Virginia, as Republican members of Congress held a morning baseball practice, wounding at least five people, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana.

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.

Zinke needs to know this when he visits Maine’s monument

As part of his review of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is coming to Maine on Tuesday.

Maine lawmakers buck LePage, pass mineral mining rules after years of debate

A bill to regulate large-scale mining in Maine will go into law over the objections of Gov. Paul LePage following the Legislature’s rejection of his veto.

Officers raise Special Olympics money with Torch Run

Police officers and other law enforcement personnel from around the state are once again participating in the annual Torch Run to benefit the Maine Special Olympics.

Alleged murder weapons found in home of accused Houlton man

Police testified Tuesday that they found several articles of clothing, a hammer and a folding knife that all tested positive for blood when they searched the home of the 20-year-old defendant who is accused of beating and stabbing a Houlton man to death two years ago.

Nurse who sued Chris Christie over Ebola lockdown nears settlement

A nurse who was quarantined in New Jersey upon her return to the U.S. from Africa, where she was treating patients diagnosed with the Ebola virus during a deadly outbreak in 2014, is close to settling a lawsuit against the state’s governor, according to a letter filed by her attorney.

ARCA crew chief impressed with Fort Kent driver

The late Alan Kulwicki won the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup (now Monster Energy Cup) points championship and has been inducted into five halls of fame.

Tick-borne Powassan virus sickens two in midcoast Maine

Two residents of midcoast Maine are recovering from the Powassan virus, a rare but life-threatening illness spread by a tick bite.

Hefty 45% increase proposed in any-deer permits

Deer hunters will be happy to hear that the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Department is proposing a significant 45% increase in any-deer permits this year. The proposal must be approved by the Fish and Wildlife Advisory Council, but that’s a sure thing.

‘One peaceful place’: Midcoast man builds tiny house by hand

In a small clearing off a sleepy dirt road in Thorndike, something surprising is tucked behind a screen of trees: an emerald-green lawn with a handmade tiny house sitting on it that juts up to the sky.

New firefighters finish final session of training with live burns

Seven people from surrounding fire departments completed the latest rotation of the Aroostook Regional Fire School on May 27, with three live burn exercises at North Lakes Fire and Rescue’s Cross Lake station and training ground.

State supreme court upholds St. Francis man’s murder conviction

The state’s highest court has upheld the murder conviction of a St. Francis man who killed his former girlfriend in her home three years ago.

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