kennebec county

Published
May 18, 2022

Officials hope incentives will ease staffing shortages, burnout at Kennebec County Correctional Facility

County jail in Augusta now running with about half the staff needed to operate, leading to high overtime costs and burnout among those who work there.
Published
April 14, 2022

Suspended Kennebec County official pleads no contest to sexual assault of female inmate

Initially charged with three counts of gross sexual assault, James Saucier, 60, of Belgrade pleads no contest to lesser charges related to incidents involving a female inmate he supervised.
Published
February 9, 2022

As municipal road salt supplies run low, local agency works to secure shipments

Kennebec Valley Council of Governments is coordinating shipments of road salt as supplies dwindle in many central Maine communties.
Published
December 8, 2021

Kennebec County Correctional Facility reports case number has tripled in second week of COVID-19 outbreak

Of the 32 people testing positive, 20 are inmates and 12 are staff members.
Published
November 10, 2021

Kennebec County charts largest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases

The Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention reports 177 new cases Wednesday in Kennebec County, the largest single-day increase in the county since the pandemic began.
Published
September 8, 2021

Panel to shed light on its plan to rebalance Maine’s voting districts

Maine's congressional districts are about to get a makeover, as a legislative commission contemplates how to move about 23,300 voters out of what is now the 1st District in response to the latest federal census.
Published
June 24, 2021

Kennebec County Republican Committee votes to censure Collins

While the move is only procedural and unlikely to affect Sen. Susan Collins, experts say it is part of a populist shift in the Republican Party from the local to the national level.
Published
May 3, 2021

Kennebec County settles excessive force lawsuit against jail guard

The county's insurer paid $30,000 to settle the complaint by an inmate who was pepper-sprayed in 2019.
Published
April 8, 2021

Lawyer: Donor of controversial Augusta statue might be willing to take back his gift

A lawyer representing Robert Fuller Jr., who donated the statue of Melville W. Fuller to Kennebec County in 2013, suggested his client is willing to take back his gift.
Published
March 18, 2021

Kennebec County group debates whether controversial Fuller statue is ‘our collective problem’

Kennebec County Commissioners voted unanimously in February to remove the statue of Melville Fuller from county courthouse property. They now must decide where it will go.