BATH (AP) — A Maine high school graduate has donated $50,000 to his high school over personal concerns that the federal government under President Donald Trump will not support arts programs. Allen Commeau, a 1962 graduate of Morse High School in Bath, said Tuesday he had been thinking about supporting his alma mater’s music department […]

LEWISTON (AP) — A climate scientist who filed a whistleblower complaint against President Donald Trump’s interior secretary and later resigned is speaking at a Maine college. Joel Clement was a leading official in climate change policy in the U.S. Department of the Interior before he was demoted. He is scheduled to speak at Bates College’s […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine tribal leaders and environmental groups are criticizing Democratic Attorney General Janet Mills for calling for review of a federal court ruling backing tribal fishing rights in Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to review a federal court order that could force Washington to pay billions of dollars to restore salmon […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Police in Portland are warning business about a rash of thefts targeting checks left in unsecured desks and cabinets. Portland police issued the crime alert Monday, saying a number of offices have been entered with a thief targeting checks left in unsecured desks at local businesses. There has been no sign of […]