DENVER — A private jet went off the side of a runway in Aspen, flipped over and burst into flames, killing one man and injuring two others, Colorado authorities say. Officials said the flight to the wealthy mountain resort city originated in Mexico and all three aboard were Mexican pilots, two were flying and one […]

FREEPORT — Fire chiefs and lawmakers are working to protect the system of volunteer firefighting that has served rural America for more than a century but is threatened by an ambiguity in President Barack Obama’s health care law. Small and rural fire departments from California to Maine, which has one of the country’s highest percentages […]

COLUMBIA (AP) — Maine utility officials say a logging accident knocked out power to about 5,000 Washington County customers. The Bangor Daily News quotes utility officials as saying that logging activity tripped a power line between Epping and Columbia at about 6:45 Saturday morning. Emera Maine spokesman Bob Potts said Sunday that power was fully […]

CONCORD, N.H. — Death, taxes, gambling and insurance for New Hampshire’s poorest adults are the issues expected to dominate the 2014 legislative session. Death penalty repeal advocates are hoping a sympathetic Gov. Maggie Hassan will help win support to strip capital punishment from the state’s books. Lawmakers voted to repeal the law in 2000, but […]

VALDOSTA, Ga. — Each weekday, the mother and father come to the same corner outside the county courthouse and spend hours camped out with cardboard signs. As cars stream past, some drivers wave and honk. Others occasionally shout jeers: “Go home!” or “Give it a rest!” It’s been a year since Kenneth and Jacquelyn Johnson’s […]