PORTLAND (WGME) – A Democratic state lawmaker is proposing a tax on smokers to help fund a medical school in Maine. Democratic State Senator Joe Baldacci (D-Bangor) put out a bill last month that ...

Low pressure will track a little closer to Maine and could bring accumulating snow to the region Sunday night.

Engines were revving inside the Cross-Insurance Arena as racers got ready to go head to head in the X-treme International Ice Racing competition. Portland has hosted the event for seven years, and ...

The Portland Board of Public Education announced Friday afternoon that it had canceled a scheduled 6 p.m. meeting regarding ...

Cumberland County Sheriff's deputies chased an erratic driver through Casco and ended up arresting two criminals ...

John Henderson is a historian and educator living in Auburn. He is the author of “Na Eireannaigh Na HAndroscoggin: The Irish ...

The long-awaited $25 million Harbor dredging project starts on Monday as contractors begin digging a 9-acre pit in a shallow South cove where seven decades of a working waterfront's industrial sins ...

Beginning in her first year in office, Gov. Janet Mills has done everything in her power to make Maine a magnet for illegal ...

From neon signs to bespoke boots, tonight we meet makers who find inspiration in their New England surroundings ...

Nine of the 12 forwards who played for the Black Bears entered the game without a goal since at least Dec. 8 against ...

State officials are preparing to end a transitional housing program for asylum seekers later this year amid high costs and a declining number of new arrivals to Maine. The Mills administration and ...

With President-elect Donald Trump set to take office next week, changes are on the horizon for the Department of Justice.