AUGUSTA Maine is dealing with so many drug overdose deaths that the state medical examiner is asking for money to handle the workload. The epidemic of heroin, fentanyl and other opioids is behind a record number of overdose deaths — a reported 378 last year in Maine. The state attorney general’s office, which oversees the […]

WALES (AP) — A Maine man has been arrested for the second time in over two months on charges he climbed a utility pole and used jumper cable clamps to steal electricity from a utility company for his home. Maine State Police had received a tip that claimed Nicholas Gage reconnected power cables from the […]

WATERVILLE (AP) — A Maine bridge is set to get a $1 million overhaul this summer. The Morning Sentinel reports that work on the Thayer Memorial Bridge over Messalonskee Stream in Waterville is scheduled to begin in mid-June and be completed in the fall. Waterville Public Works Director Mark Turner says the work will include […]

ORONO (AP) — A mechanical engineer at the University of Maine will receive more than a half million dollars to study human voice production. The National Science Foundation is giving Xudong Zheng the grant, which will help him lead a project to use computer models to look at sound production. The university says Zheng’s long-term […]

BRUNSWICK (AP) — A company that makes leather products and a startup that wants to design a new Lyme disease test are among the recipients of more than $1 million in grants from the Maine Technology Institute. The institute says it has approved 25 awards that will support innovation all around the state. The grants […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Elected officials across Maine have alleged that the state has breached its contract with their municipalities by keeping tax revenues intended to reduce pressure on local property taxes. The Portland Press Herald reports the accusations were levied during legislative hearings in Augusta on several proposed bills that would again require Maine to […]

CAMDEN (AP) — The ex-wife of Don McLean wants the “American Pie” singer found in contempt of court for tweeting about her shortly after she was granted a protection order. A Maine court granted the order for Patrisha McLean this month. Don McLean pleaded guilty last year to domestic violence assault. Patrisha McLean filed papers […]

BANGOR (AP) — Maine Sen. Susan Collins says President Donald Trump’s labor secretary nominee should work to protect the Trade Adjustment Assistance program if he is confirmed. Collins, a Republican, is a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. She questioned nominee Alex Acosta about the trade adjustment program during a […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor says he’ll testify before Congress against a national monument in his state. Then-President Barack Obama created the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument last summer on nearly 90,000 acres of donated forestlands. Maine Gov. Paul LePage opposes the designation. LePage said during a Thursday appearance on WGAN-AM that he’s […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Hackers may have stolen personal information from people who used a job search database in 10 states, including Maine. The Maine Department of Labor on Wednesday announced the breach of the America’s JobLink, a multi-state web-based system that links jobseekers with employers. The company confirmed that a breach occurred on Tuesday that […]