Public comment period on federal permit for proposed Eastport data center ends Monday

$130M refund to Maine customers in limbo as electric utilities appeal order to cut profits

Federal regulators said New England utilities must retroactively lower their profits from transmission infrastructure. The companies appealed.

Police have no new info 6 months after midcoast death

Officials said there was no known danger to the public and no additional information is being released at this time.

Man with bloodied face waves down Bangor officer after alleged robbery

The incident happened Wednesday afternoon on Ohio Street.

DOJ reaches settlement with Mississippi police department it found routinely violated civil rights

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday it reached a settlement forcing reforms in a Mississippi city and its police department, which the DOJ found discriminated against Black people, used excessive force and retaliated against critics. The settlement comes after a scathing 2024 DOJ report said the Lexington Police Department routinely […]

Susan Collins’ offices among targets of suspicious mailings to political figures

A Collins spokesperson said the senator’s Portland office received such a letter Friday, addressed directly to the five-term Republican.