Portland Press Herald News Stories

'Outermark' tells the complicated story of trouble on a Maine island.

As a member of the Senate Armed Services and Select Intelligence Committees, Sen. Angus King wields considerable political influence. He recently signed Senate Resolution 224 requesting that the Trump administration hasten aid delivery to starving Palestinians in Gaza. A good start, although far too late for the tens of thousands who have died from starvation, […]

Sen. Susan Collins should vote against the current reconciliation bill. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the cuts to Medicaid in the bill will make 39,000 Mainers lose their health insurance. The last thing Maine needs is fewer people who can afford to go to the doctor, more people putting off treatment they need or […]

This childhood treat has grown up and gone to finishing school.

Maine is home to several hundred people with roots in Iran who are now wrestling with the U.S. bombing of 3 nuclear facilities last weekend.

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.

The Newport basketball standout brings notoriety to the state as the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft.

The Newport native becomes first Mainer to be drafted No. 1 overall in a major sports league in America.

The Legislature also passed a bill banning untraceable 'ghost guns' and sustained the 5 vetoes Gov. Janet Mills has issued so far this year.

The 18-year-old from Newport, Maine, is the indisputable toast of the NBA draft.