Insight: Wildfires exhibit wild behavior

Fire tornados, fire induced windstorms and 'dry lightning' create new challenges in bone dry western forests.

Commentary: Face it, the Olympics have always been a forum for protest

Commentary: Want to reduce overdose rates? Treat poverty first

Restricted access to basic needs, along with chronic stress, make people in poverty more vulnerable to substance use disorder.

Maine Voices: City should let voters speak on publicly financed elections

The state's highest court has ruled that Portland had no basis for blocking a referendum. But the question is still not on a ballot.

The View From Here: Portland is at a crossroads (again)

Even a magazine’s puffery noted the tensions at work as Maine’s largest city looks to the future.

Insight: Leaving the faith

A researcher digs behind the shrinking numbers of people who identify as white Evangelical Christians.

Maine Voices: Dam removal would hurt Maine economy

State policy has been shifted to support the rights of fish over humans, a state senator writes.

Maine Voices: Citizenship for Dreamers is an overdue immigration reform

Nine years since the creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival, 700,000 of our neighbors have uncertain status under the law.

Maine Observer: Granny and Harold, two old birds

An angry and misbehaved pet found peace when he found the right home.

Commentary: The politics of Maine’s vaccine hesitancy

Your choice for president in 2020 largely predicts your choice on the COVID vaccine in 2021.