Morning Update: What you need to know in Maine today

Rockland police say criminal charges justified in death of child hit by school bus

The police chief issued a statement after the district attorney's office dropped a criminal manslaughter charge against the school bus driver.

Three people charged with threatening judge, witness and officials tied to Nolan Wells investigation

Three people have been charged with threatening a judge, a witness and local officials connected to the investigation into the death of Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old found dead after a July Fourth boat trip with friends to an island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. None of the three appear to know Wells, his family or […]

Maine DHHS says it’s already fighting fraud amid Trump administration claims

The statement comes one day after Dr. Mehmet Oz made the unsupported claim that 90% of Maine's Medicaid billing is fraudulent.

Presque Isle greenlights construction of $5M hangar for aerospace research park

The building will be identical to another research hangar currently under construction, and will be built after that hangar is completed.

Firefighters get a handle on Spokane wildfires as tens of thousands remain evacuated

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters have taken advantage of cooler weather to begin getting a handle on wildfires that have displaced tens of thousands of people around Washington state’s second-largest city, but hotter, drier and breezier days lie ahead. Officials reported Wednesday that firefighters had established containment lines around the perimeters of all three fires […]