‘A freight train ready to crash’: Inside Penobscot County’s $7M budget crisis

Cyclists pedal from Portland to the St. John Valley in 4 days

Since early childhood, Griffin Lavertu has crossed the state to visit his grandfather. But this summer he decided to take the trip on a bicycle.

Letter: Protect home and community-based services

“Direct support work cannot be replaced, and the people we support cannot be left behind.”

‘Constant’ truck traffic has plummeted in Brewer since I-395 connector’s debut

The 6-mile route finally opened last year after more than two decades of planning.

Michigan parents charged with murder in death of 7-year-old son who weighed 255 pounds

The parents of a 7-year-old Michigan boy who weighed 255 pounds (116 kilograms) when he died have been charged with murder, torture and child abuse, prosecutors said. “Clearly the parents were feeding the child improperly, to say the least,” Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said Monday. “He wasn’t getting the nutrition he needed.” Casper O’Brien […]

Echoes of deadly Arizona wildfire with 3 firefighters killed in Colorado-Utah blaze

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A wildfire that killed three firefighters along the Colorado-Utah border is one of the deadliest for firefighters since an Arizona wildfire 13 years ago. The Yarnell Hill Fire that killed 19 firefighters on June 30, 2013, remains the deadliest event on record for U.S. firefighters since the Sept. 11, 2001, […]