AUGUSTA The Humane Society of the United States is considering an initiative to ban bear hounding and trapping practices in Maine through a 2016 ballot referendum, according Wayne Pacelle, president of the group. “We are taking a very serious look on a measure on trapping and hounding,” said Pacelle in a phone interview Wednesday evening. […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage is taking his ongoing dispute with Attorney General Janet Mills to the state’s highest court. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hold oral arguments today on questions posed by the governor regarding the scope of the attorney general’s power. LePage asked the court last month to decide whether […]

BANGOR ( AP) — The trial of a Maine man accused to using social media to lure a teen to her death is getting back underway after a delay caused by a 70-car pile-up on Interstate 95. The trial of 21-year-old Kyle Dube, of Orono, was scheduled to enter its third day Wednesday morning. Dube […]

BIDDEFORD ( AP) — Maine police say a former tollbooth attendant wielding a gun robbed another toll taker and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police say they charged 25-year-old Jacqueline Bilbrey of Biddeford with robbery on Tuesday. She is accused of robbing a toll taker on the Maine turnpike on Friday night. […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — An effort to overhaul Maine’s mining regulations is reigniting a contentious debate in Augusta. The proposed mining rules were reintroduced by Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration after they were rejected by the Democratic-controlled Legislature last year. Supporters say that current regulations are out- of- date and that mining for various metals […]

LUBEC ( AP) — Maine fishery regulators say they are getting ready to close several waterways to scallop fishing for the season due to the volume of catch. The nine areas include scallop-rich Cobscook Bay, one of the primary scallop fishing areas in Maine. Regulators say the closures will begin March 2. Some of the […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — A Maine state lawmaker is proposing a new way for the state’s public schools to make up snow days. Under current law, schools have to make up entire days at a time, by scheduling Saturday classes, scheduling school during April vacation week, or by extending the school year. Schools can also […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Portland police are looking for a woman they say wielded pepper spray and bit a store clerk during a robbery attempt. Police say the woman walked into a 7-Eleven at about 1:15 a.m. Wednesday and asked for a carton of cigarettes. As the clerk and customer chatted, the woman pulled pepper spray […]

PORTLAND — A 54-yearold man was sentenced to 2? years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm during a hearing Wednesday in U.S. District Court. Lawrence Young of Lebanon was discovered hunting with a 16- gauge shotgun on May 1, 2014, in Acton, according to court records. Young was prohibited from […]