Judge rebukes slow district attorney’s office as prosecutors across Maine buckle under high caseloads

Wildfires burn across western US and Canada as residents are evacuated

Wildfires burning across the western U.S. and Canada on Sunday left some residents keeping a weary eye out for possible evacuation orders while others already forced to flee their homes waited to see what would be left on their return. In western Canada, over 20,000 people were forced to flee communities along Okanagan Lake in […]

Maine paper mill employees asked for safety monitors for decades. It took 2 deaths to get them.

After a gas leak that killed two men in January, Woodland Pulp is making safety upgrades to bring it in line with other mills, union reps say.

How to spot the Perseid meteor shower, a summer light show that promises to dazzle

NEW YORK (AP) — The Perseid summer light show is back — and viewing conditions are especially promising for the Northern Hemisphere. The meteor shower’s peak Wednesday night into Thursday morning coincides with a total solar eclipse across Spain, Iceland and Greenland and a six-planet parade — though the best time to view the fireballs […]

Many immigrants face deportation without a lawyer at their side in court. This program tries to help

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lawyer Kamalpreet Chohan ran her finger down a list of 57 names of people scheduled to appear during a morning of hearings at the immigration court in California’s capital and pointed out one glaring absence. “None of these folks are represented,” she said. Chohan is the coordinator of a program that […]

Fire crews battle blaze at old Moosehead Mill

A permitted debris burn got out of control at a Monson mill Saturday night, destroying at least three buildings.