11+ hour, 57+ min ago   (314+ words) Roughly 40 percent of the state is currently experiencing severe drought conditions. Maine’s wildfire danger is currently rated moderate by the Maine Forest Service, placing the state at Level 2 on a scale of 1 to 5. While a Level 2 rating is considered relatively…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (308+ words) Tariffs continue to be a point of contention in the race for Maine’s seat in the U.S. Senate. Sen. Susan Collins is standing by her latest efforts to lower the impact of Canadian tariffs on Maine after being criticized by…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (500+ words) The Jordan Avenue Station has a new $18.5 million extension that adds multiple new steps of filtration. Brunswick and Topsham Water District has opened a new water treatment facility at the Jordan Avenue Station. In addition to aeration and disinfection, water…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (428+ words) After months of reporting, 8 Investigates continues to press the Maine Department of Health and Human Services for more information about how the agency decides to crack down on MaineCare fraud. Using Maine’s Freedom of Access Act, 8 Investigates reviewed dozens of…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (279+ words) Drought conditions expected to worsen through the fall Drought conditions are expanding across Maine, with severe drought now reaching farther inland as dry weather continues across the state. About 90 percent of Maine residents are now living in moderate drought or…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (145+ words) Gusty winds were reported across Maine on Thursday, and thousands of customers were without power. As of 2 p.m., Central Maine Power (CMP) was reporting 8,123 customers without power. More than 3,000 of those were in York County, with more than 1,000 in both Kennebec…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (426+ words) In a social media post, Maine Medical Center nurses said a Customs and Border Protection officer was outside a non-U.S. citizen's room in the emergency department causing pushback from the nurses union. Last week, a social media post was circulating…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (234+ words) A building at the Fisher Engineering headquarters in Rockland was evacuated after a machine caught fire, according to officials. Rockland Fire Chief Chris Whytock said that at about 6:20 a.m. Wednesday, the Knox County Communications Center received a phone call from a…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (353+ words) A new poll from CNN, conducted by SSRS, released on Wednesday, shows a very tight race between Republican Senator Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson in the U.S. Senate race in Maine. The poll of 880 registered voters was conducted from Aug....

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (127+ words) There has been a lot of shark activity along the Maine coast this summer, and Labor Day weekend was no different. Higgins Beach is also near where a lifeguard was dragged under water by a shark at Scarborough Beach State…...