Maine News Updates

WATERVILLE -- A local man has been identified as a the gunman in last Thursday’s armed robbery at an apartment complex known as the Beehive.

PORTLAND -- Bob Crider, managing editor of the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, will be leaving Maine this month to accept a position in Washington state.

AUGUSTA -- The state energy office says the average cash price for heating oil in Maine has dropped another nickel to $2.15 a gallon.

AUGUSTA -- Gov. John Baldacci is proposing to name two new members to the University of Maine System board of trustees.

Fish population estimates that are driving severe fishing restrictions in New England are based on the best available science, although federal fisheries managers need to work better with the indus

Dozens of long term care advocates and others came to the Statehouse today to lobby on behalf of a bill that overhauls the state’s elder care system and calls for an additional $1 million state inv

AUGUSTA -- A bill that would have punished drivers who engage in road rage has been killed.

The Maine Association of Basketball Coaches has announced the finalists for Mr. and Miss Basketball.

The family of Caleb Crosby, the 7-year-old diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and given two to six months to live, is asking for help.

AUGUSTA -- A $60 million expansion of the newly commissioned Stetson wind farm in eastern Maine has won the approval of a Maine regulatory panel's staff, setting the stage for a final vote.