Nobody was hurt in the explosion, fire officials said, but the cause of the blast was unknown as of Friday afternoon.

Bonnie Coombs, 69, who is charged with the murder of her sister, Velma Withee, 78, made an initial court appearance Friday afternoon.

The board voted after months of debate and several hostile meetings. One board member says she will bring a motion to rescind its approval at the next board meeting.

A group campaigning to require photo identification when voting sued the secretary of state over the wording of the question.

A judge issued a warrant for the arrest of Nicholas Worthing, 37, after he failed to appear in court for his sentencing Friday.

The creamy smooth, velvety-textured treat is being introduced to central Maine by Philadelphia natives and expatriates, Bobby Dombroski and his wife, Larkin Silverman.

In the wrong hands, artificial intelligence could endanger us all.

It is universally acknowledged that the so-called “big, beautiful bill” imposes massive pain on low and middle income people, while transferring billions to the most wealthy. It will be particularly painful for rural states such as our own. Less visible are two small, ugly, and radically anti-democratic provisions buried in the bill: one restricts federal […]

In response to the June 6 letter concerning the Second Amendment (“Wrong to suggest electorate would take up arms“), when that was passed in the late 18th century, it took maybe a minute to a minute and a half to reload a musket. The cyclical rate of fire for an M-16 is 700 to 900 […]

The Office of Chief Medical Examiners says Esther Keiderling died of blunt force trauma and Baxter State Park officials say she likely slipped on icy terrain during the descent.