Maine is coming off a banner potato crop, but UMaine researchers fear a more heat-tolerant variety is needed.

Signs outside the restaurant near the Maine Mall say the closure is temporary, but no further information is given and a customer with a Thanksgiving reservation says she wasn't told.

The animated film takes in $40.3 million in the U.S. over the extended holiday weekend.

An under-the-radar cheese that's been around since the 1500s is making inroads in the U.S. Americans may know paneer, a staple of Indian menus, as the central ingredient in saag paneer.

Quebec produces 73 percent of the world's supply but a shorter and warmer spring sugaring season caused output to fall by nearly a quarter.

Central Maine shop owners say more people seem to be shopping locally.

Government scientists said their review identified several potential risks, including possible toxicity to developing fetuses.

At Macy’s in Manhattan, gone were the shoes stacked so high shoppers couldn’t reach them.

Authorities are trying to figure out why they were dumped in a ravine.

Christmas tree farmers are advising people who want to trim a tree this year to shop early. Demand is high and supply is low.

A coronavirus variant recently identified in southern Africa is leading to a new round of travel restrictions just as many had finally begun to ease.

An Interior Department report describes an "outdated" federal oil and gas leasing program that "fails to provide a fair return to taxpayers, even before factoring in the resulting climate-related costs."

The Robin's Nest will open in February in a building at 173 Main St. that's owned by Colby College.

The S&P 500 index dropped 106.84 points, or 2.3%, in the worst day for Wall Street's benchmark index since February.

Retailers are expecting bigger crowds than last year, but supply chain problems caused by the pandemic continue to limit selection, and prices are up.

The phenomenon, which economists have dubbed the "Amazon Effect," happens because rivals tend to follow Amazon's lead to match each other on online pricing.

Retailers are expected to usher in the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season Friday with bigger crowds than last year.

The New England Clean Energy Connect will argue for an injunction just days before a voter-approved law to ban the project is set to take effect Dec. 19.

Shoppers buoyed by solid hiring, healthy pay gains and substantial savings are returning to stores and splurging on all types of items

Another 239 people were rescued after a methane gas explosion and fire filled the mine with toxic fumes Thursday.

The developers of a 145-mile transmission line through the state agreed to suspend work but said that also means payments for benefits will be held back.

Seven major offshore wind farms would be developed on the east and west coasts of the U.S. and in the Gulf of Mexico under a plan announced last month by the Biden administration.

Many feel emboldened by the fact that nearly 200 million Americans are now fully vaccinated, but it also means brushing aside concerns about a resurgent virus.

The packages will reach more than 2 dozen food pantries Down East this fall.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will study the Shawmut Dam in Fairfield and three others that fish must pass to reach key habitat in western Maine’s Sandy River.

It's another sign that the U.S. job market is rebounding rapidly from last year’s coronavirus recession.

Plus a smorgasbord of options, from kelp to Bloody Marys, monkfish stew to S'mores.

Gov. Mills says she will propose using some of the added revenue to help Mainers struggling with increased costs of electricity, home heating fuels, gas at the pump, and other necessities.

A promising test is being used in a major National Institutes of Health-funded drug study at 75 medical centers.

A $34 million plan to remove silt from wharves and marinas was not selected from hundreds of applicants for a U.S. Department of Transportation grant.

The suit seeks to block the company from breaking into Apple’s products, like the iPhone.

The license will be reinstated if the New England Clean Energy Connect project's developer wins its legal fights over state land or a pending statutory ban.

The hospital said it wants to get more beds in service sooner and will ask the city and state to let it modify its planned Malone Family Tower project.

This was the first time pharmacy companies had completed a trial to defend themselves in a drug crisis that has killed a half-million Americans over the past 2 decades.

The union, which formed last year, represents 40 museum employees.

Gasoline usually responds at a lag to changes in oil prices, and administration officials suggested this is one of several steps toward ultimately bringing down costs.

The EU drug regulator said it was considering an application from J&J to recommend booster doses of the J&J vaccine for adults 18 and over, at least two months after they were first immunized.

The company behind a defunct redevelopment project in Bayside is challenging a city decision to seize Lot 6 at 59 Somerset St., though the city says it is acting within the law.

The unemployment rate in the state was 4.9% for the month and has been 4.8% or 4.9% for each of the last nine months.

A late drop robbed the S&P 500 of another record high on Wall Street Monday and left major indexes mostly lower after being up for much of the day.

Continued low inventory in Maine's housing market led to a nearly 11% decline in single-family home sales across the state.

The expense of stricter pollution controls on wastewater leave many coal-fired plants unable to compete with renewable and natural gas-fired plants.

The fishery will be eligible for disaster assistance, and some fishery-related businesses might also qualify for federal loans, the commerce department said.

Privately held Pure Watercraft makes an electric outboard propulsion system powered by a lithium-ion battery.

Prices in Maine went up 1.2 cents per gallon over the past week, according to GasBuddy.

The decision rewards Powell for helping rescue the U.S. economy from the pandemic and gives him the task of protecting that recovery from a surge in consumer prices.

Medical and recreational marijuana are legal in New Mexico, but because its tribal lands are policed by a federal agency, cannabis users face increased risks.

The Department of Environmental Protection heard arguments Monday for and against suspending or revoking the NECEC project's construction license.

Houston-based Group 1 Automotive closed on its purchase of the dealerships on Wednesday, the same day Prime Automotive signed a settlement agreement with David Rosenberg.

Workers and families with private health insurance would reap savings on prescription drugs from a little-noticed provision in President Biden's social agenda bill.

Three people were arrested while the majority got away after the large-scale theft Saturday night at the Nordstrom store.

Even as visitors again crowd below the jumbo screens in New York’s Times Square, the souvenir shops, restaurants, hotels and entrepreneurs there are still reeling from a staggering pandemic.

Business is booming at a truck-driving academy in suburban Los Angeles amid a nationwide shortage of long-haul drivers.