PORTLAND (AP) — More than 1,000 children are reported missing each year in Maine. The vast majority are quickly reunited with loved ones, often within hours. Over 40 years, only three missing-person cases involving young children remain unsolved. The case of Ayla Reynolds — which drew national attention as hundreds of searchers looked for her […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — State of Maine flags may be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset in Mount Vernon to honor Russell Libby, a leader of the organic farming movement in the state. The 56-year-old Libby died last Sunday after a battle with cancer. Libby was executive director of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners […]

BIDDEFORD (AP) — A Massachusetts supermarket chain has announced its first expansion into Maine. Biddeford city officials say Tewksbury, Mass.-based Market Basket is scheduled to open a store next fall. Economic Development Director Daniel Stevenson tells The Journal Tribune the family-owned company plans to invest $11 million to redevelop the former Lowe’s store at The […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Democrats have named their party’s representatives on the committee that will review and redraw legislative district lines. The state law requires district maps to be updated every 10 years based on census changes. The Democratic appointees announced Thursday by the presiding officers of the House and Senate include Sens. Troy Jackson of […]

PORTLAND (AP) — U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree has been appointed to the House Appropriations Committee. The Maine Democrat said it’s a great opportunity to have a significant impact on how money is spent on programs that affect Maine, like shipbuilding or agriculture.

WATERVILLE (AP) — Due to congressional redistricting, U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud’s office in Waterville has been closed. A redistricting plan passed last year by the Maine Legislature moved Winslow and Waterville into the 1st Congressional District. The towns of Mount Vernon, Gardiner, West Gardiner, Unity, Sidney, Belgrade, Rome, Vienna, Albion, Monmouth, and Randolph were moved […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. John Kerry, who unsuccessfully sought the presidency in 2004 and has pined for the job of top diplomat, vaulted to the head of President Barack Obama’s short list of secretary of state candidates after U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice suddenly withdrew from consideration to avoid a contentious confirmation fight with emboldened […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the nation teetering on an economic “fiscal cliff,” federal judges may soon force Congress to dedicate possibly millions of dollars to what some of those same judges must consider a worthy cause: their own salaries. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in October ordered Congress to pay six […]

YORK (AP) — Sally Struthers has entered a not guilty plea on charges she drove drunk in Maine, where she was performing in a musical. The Portland Press Herald reports the 65-year-old Struthers did not appear in York District Court on Thursday, and entered the plea through her lawyer. Police arrested Struthers on Sept. 12 […]

DENVER (AP) — Police say four people were set on fire during an attack at a northwest Denver home. Police spokesman Sonny Jackson says two men showed up at the front door of the residence at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Some words were exchanged, and a woman who answered the door was sprayed with a […]