Colleges around Maine will send students home to finish the semester remotely after Thanksgiving, but only after testing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during travel.

The owners of the Bethel restaurant say they'll comply with judge's order to close until their license is reinstated.

The state must confront logistical hurdles when the first doses arrive, possibly as early as December.

Waiters and bartenders are losing their jobs – again – as governors and local officials shut down indoor dining and drinking establishments to combat the nationwide surge in coronavirus infections.

The high school has had three confirmed cases within 14 days and will begin all-remote learning on Monday.

It's not clear if those inmates were infected during an ongoing outbreak at the prison in Windham, the state's largest single-site outbreak during the pandemic.

With four out of five daily trips from Brunswick to Boston back up and running following a two-month shut down in the spring and only up to 50 percent capacity on a train at a time,  Downeaster officials are reporting only about 400 travelers per day— just about a quarter of projected totals. 

The failure of Congress and the White House to agree on a new relief bill may make Maine’s recovery from the pandemic recession longer and harder, a study panel warns.

All basketball and hockey games have been called off through at least Dec. 8.

Superintendents say data does not suggest schools are a main source of transmission for the virus.

Citing an uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases among emergency personnel, Selectmen move the polling location for the Dec. 15 election from the Fire Department to the Community Building.

The Capital Judicial Center was closed to the public Tuesday and Wednesday.

Councilor Elliott Storey says the city administration and City Council "want to take away liberties, I want to preserve them."

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.

International air travel could come booming back next year but with a new rule: Travelers to certain countries must be vaccinated before they can fly.

Millions of Americans are crowding the nation’s airports, many of them unwilling to miss out on seeing family and convinced they can do it safely.

Millions of pilgrims travel to Mexico City to celebrate the Virgin every Dec. 12.

Tom Keene had served as the Skowhegan Fire Chief from 1992 to 2001 and again from 2008 to 2014.

The game is one of several slated to be played at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, as college basketball tries to navigate games during the coronavirus pandemic.

Despite pleas from the CDC to skip Thanksgiving travel, about 1 million people a day packed planes over the weekend.

Terry Wood, school superintendent, said Monday that two district parents have tested positive for the virus, but there have not been any positive cases identified in either students or staff at this point. Students will return Nov. 30.

Calls to both the Maine Crisis Line and the Intentional Warm Line have ticked back up as COVID-19 has spread in recent weeks.

In “Let Us Dream,” Francis also criticizes populist politicians who whip up rallies in ways reminiscent of the 1930s, and the hypocrisy of “rigid” conservative Catholics who support them.

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.

State officials reports 185 more coronavirus cases and one death Monday, and its director says new infections are outpacing the agency's ability to keep up.

Coronavirus has compounded the statewide problem that existed before its onset as it attacks EMTs and those training for the service.

Unlike the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, the Oxford-AstraZeneca candidate doesn’t have to be stored at ultra-cold temperatures, making it easier to distribute.

Municipal officials want residents to rate the pandemic response so far and indicate what more needs to be done.

Doubts still linger among Mainers about the safest ways to use them, so here are some answers.

A second officer has has tested probable for the coronavirus as the small department adjusts to having two members of its force in quarantine.

Russia’s health care system has been under severe strains in recent weeks, as a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic has swept the country.

The initiative focuses on expanding testing and increased public health education.

But Regeneron's antibody treatment is expected to be in short supply.

The coalition expresses support for COVAX, an international initiative to distribute vaccines to countries worldwide, which the U.S. declined to join under President Trump.

Some pop-up clinics are charging $150 or more for a place at the front of the line.

Historically, Brunswick has kicked off the season with a huge downtown event drawing between 1,000 and 1,500 people, but with gathering restrictions in place to help prevent the spread of the virus, many of those events have been canceled or gone virtual. Downtown businesses and supporters are hoping that even without it, Brunswick can be a holiday shopping destination, bringing a much-needed pandemic reprieve.

'You get pushed to a level that is absurd,' said one Maine pharmacist. And COVID-19 vaccinations are coming soon. 'Lives are on the line,' said another.

It's the seventh time new daily cases have topped 200 in the past two weeks, as hospitalizations set a new record of 94 during the pandemic.

Volunteers are chronicling the Victoria Mansion's history and how each room was used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

These techniques save time and oven energy.

Thanks to the pandemic, Mainers are ditching some Thanksgiving traditions this year, and introducing a range of new ones.

Is this really the time to be starting a new business? Plenty of Mainers seem to think so.

Owners of new Maine restaurants say they were too far along to abandon their business plans when the pandemic hit.

Residents of Maine and surrounding states are expected to stay home in unusually large numbers because of the worsening pandemic.

With the Summer Olympics and Paralympics pushed to 2021, an extra year of preparation could be a boost for four Maine natives.

The final in a series in which we share a recipe, here for Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad, from a 2020 Beard Award finalist.

The Mills administration's 9 p.m. closing order isn't punitive. It's common sense.

We can’t do everything we did in previous years, but we can make sure this year’s spending will help local businesses.

Gardens Aglow, opening for its sixth year Saturday at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, will be a drive-thru experience during this year of the pandemic. Tickets are $40 per car for non-members, and tickets must be purchased in advance.

We stop at stop signs even though they're annoying, because it helps our society. The same goes for wearing a mask to protect ourselves and others.

'You get pushed to a level that is absurd,' said one Maine pharmacist. And COVID-19 vaccinations are coming soon. 'Lives are on the line,' said another.

The new wave of pantry stockpiling hits about eight months after the March boom.

Winning buy-in from health care workers is crucial to gaining broader public support.

Nearly 200 legislators nationwide have tested positive for the virus and four have died.

Some are considering extraordinary steps to draw customers.

The Spanish flu and the coronavirus both induced certain degrees of denial.

Certainly, keep returning college kids away from the people in your household who are most at risk.

The two join 46 other states to be designated high risk for COVID-19 by the Bay State's Department of Health.

The day after the agency's director, Dr. Nirav Shah, warned that 'If we don’t do something different, nothing is going to change,' Maine tops 10,000 cumulative cases.

A person working on a recount of ballots at the Portland Expo this week initially tested positive for the virus but a second test showed a negative result, city officials say.

However, there has not been enough screening statewide to offer warning signs of potential case spikes.

Meanwhile, the number of people in the hospital with the coronavirus hits another all-time high at more than 80,000.

The Maine Principals' Association releases its COVID-19 safety guidelines on each high school winter sport.

Stocks ended an up-and-down week on a down note, taking 0.7% off the S&P 500.

The government persuades e-commerce businesses like Amazon and supermarket chains to delay the discount shopping promotion by a week to Dec. 4.

The MSNBC host says her partner’s COVID-19 case was so serious they thought it might kill her.

The public’s first chance to see how strong the evidence of its effectiveness really is will come in early December at a public meeting of the FDA’s scientific advisers.