Maine

Maine is home to the last wild Atlantic salmon populations in the U.S., but a new push to protect the fish at the state level is unlikely to land them on the endangered list. Atlantic salmon once teemed in U.S. rivers, but now return from the sea to only a handful of rivers in eastern and central Maine. The...

The cocaine was wrapped in plastic with coffee grounds sprinkled on top, a tactic used by drug traffickers to hide the scent of the drug from K-9 dogs.

Two people were arrested in Gardiner, Maine, after DEA agents and police found $200,000 worth of cocaine in their car, including two pounds disguised as a cake.

After a year of the pandemic, social upheaval and mass remote work, these ten states are America’s best places to live.

The Pine Tree State boasts America’s lowest crime rate. But the infrastructure? You can’t get there from here.

A Maine man says he was “speechless” after he received the 2001 high school class ring of his daughter, who lost her life to cancer five years ago at age 32

America’s infrastructure, from roads to bridges, power and broadband internet, is in bad shape in many states. But the following states rank as the worst.

These ten states may be perfectly fine places to live, but they come up short if that life includes working from home.

Trying to fill this dumpling order left one business in a pinch: A common but disruptive shipping error sent a custom dumpling-making machine manufactured in China to the wrong Portland in May. The owners of Little Brother Chinese Food, which sells frozen dumplings in Portland, Maine, ordered a custom dumpling machine in March to help them fulfill demand, but an…

Millions of Americans may soon face eviction. Two of them are Andrew Cleland, 75, and his 82-year-old wife, Carol.

Nearly 60 years ago, dozens of soldiers assembled for a top-secret mission to Vietnam, three years before President Lyndon Johnson officially sent U.S. combat troops to the country. They never made it. Their airplane disappeared between Guam and the Philippines, leaving behind no trace. Ever since, their families have been fighting to get answers about the mission from the Pentagon….

It appears mothers of all species have the same loving instincts for their children.

The popular chef was set to marry her girlfriend, Brittanie Lynn Ritchie, in October.

The bodies of two hikers were found Saturday in Acadia National Park after being reported missing Friday night, authorities said. The woman, 30, and man, 28, from Rutland, Massachusetts, appeared to have fallen about 100 feet along an ice-covered cliff on Dorr Mountain, according to the National Park Service. The pair of hikers haven’t been identified. The search for the…

The Maine mansion that actor John Travolta shared with his late wife, actor Kelly Preston, has been put up for sale. The 67-year-old star of “Grease” and “Saturday Night Fever” recently listed the home on Islesboro, an island off the coast of Maine, for $5 million, according to the Portland Press Herald. The couple bought the home in 1991 as newlyweds…

Apple should have paid state taxes on the full price of iPhones sold at discounted prices through wireless carriers over a three-year period at its stores in Maine, the state supreme court ruled. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court unanimously overturned a judge’s decision that sided with Apple after the state tax assessor argued that taxes were underpaid by tens...

A Maine company that’s developing a rocket to propel small satellites into space passed its first major test.

TikTok has helped sea shanties surge into the mainstream, and many people who sing sea shanties at local festivals in seaport locations across the U.S. are thrilled by the sudden attention

A nursing home in rural Maine has found a new partner after a difficult few weeks battling COVID-19 after months fighting the pandemic, which has killed more than a dozen of its residents. Nursing and medical students from the University of New England gained real-world experience they otherwise would not have had during the pandemic while the nursing home would...

Birds often found in tropical places like the Caribbean and Florida are appearing in Maine. Over the past week, people from Gray, outside Portland to the Acadia region have reported what scientists have identified as purple gallinules. “If you see photos of them, they’ve got these incredibly long toes,” said Doug Hitchcox, a naturalist at Maine Audubon. How did...