Fort Kent nurses demand a contract in Saturday rally

The FAA says airplane departures can resume

The nation's top homeland security official attributed the problem to a telecommunications outage and said there was no indication the communications failure was related to a cyberattack.

Sudden FAA ground stop throws the sports weekend into chaos

The pause on air travel left NBA, NHL and college teams stranded, and NFL teams wondering whether the issue would be resolved in time to travel to their games this weekend.

Investigation says understaffing and unexpected fire behavior led to firefighter deaths

Unexpected fire behavior, chronic understaffing, a lack of highly trained employees and a new policy to quash fires quickly were among the factors that contributed to the deaths of four helitack firefighters as they battled a blaze in western Colorado in June, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The […]

Trump administration cancels mandatory pay hike for Head Start teachers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday canceled a rule mandating pay increases for teachers in Head Start, the federally funded early education program that serves more than 700,000 of the nation’s neediest preschoolers every year. The move undoes a requirement, created in 2024 under President Joe Biden, that large Head Start programs gradually […]

Belfast approves loan for bike shop to finish brownfield cleanup

An earlier environmental assessment revealed a toxic soup below the former gas station and auto repair garage.