BIDDEFORD, Maine – A garage fire at a Biddeford home Tuesday morning was traced to an electrical outlet issue, sending one firefighter to the hospital with minor injuries, officials said. The Biddeford Fire Department responded…

PORTLAND, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills (D) said her administration will review Portland’s request to declare a state of emergency and impose a 60-day statewide eviction moratorium, a move city leaders say is needed to…

Local and federal law enforcement discovered an illicit biolab with links to China operating out of a Las Vegas home over the weekend, possibly containing biological agents with “unusually high transmissibility,” with potentially “extensive exposure”…

LEWISTON, Maine — Lewiston’s school superintendent Jake Langlais, told school committee members this week that immigration enforcement activity has not occurred at district schools, bus stops, buses or school events “to any of our knowledge,”…

Jack Cowhick is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation. A flyer posted in Minneapolis, Minnesota tells residents they can “fight ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] without any risks.” Minneapolis Spring, a leftist X…

The effort by anti-potters to halt Maine’s marijuana party failed to catch fire, state officials say. The Secretary of State’s Office says the people behind the citizens petition missed the February 2 deadline, according to…

The Lewiston Police Department arrested a homeless man on Tuesday after he allegedly robbed a bank on Sabbatus Street. [RELATED: Three New York Men Busted with False Identities After Fraud Scheme Targeting Banks in Wiscasset…

The spending package to end the partial government shutdown was approved by lawmakers in the House Tuesday and signed into law by President Donald Trump (R) later that same day. Although the House had already…

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, a hefty-Maine oceanfront taxpayer for many years, says he’s pulling for Kraft & Co. That would be New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and former highly successful Pats coach Bill Belichick.…

Globetrotter lifestyle guru Martha Stewart’s seen it all, but in the presence of threatened perjury she can’t deny it – Maine is her fave. Stewart’s “no place like home,” it turns out, is Mount Desert…

The cops in the “Dairy Capital Of Maine” have been milking the internet to shed the stereotypical image of a bunch of lazy, donut-devouring slugs. The PR campaign seems to be a cream-on-the-top success. In…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Susan Collins (R) says she secured new funding and legislative language aimed at combating Chinese-linked illicit drug operations in Maine as the Fiscal Year 2026 National Security, Department of State, and…

LEWISTON, Maine — Residents and elected officials returned once again to the Lewiston City Council chambers this week, urging city leaders to investigate the handling of millions of dollars raised after the Lewiston mass shooting,…

The Maine State Police arrested a Howland sex offender on Wednesday after he allegedly violated the sex offender registration requirements and had contact with a minor. [RELATED: Howland Sex Offender Let Off With Time Served…

The Maine State Police are investigating a fatal crash that took place in Vassalboro on Monday between a pickup truck and a commercial vehicle. [RELATED: State Police Investigating Fatal Crash in Pittsfield…] At approximately 6:40…

The United State Supreme Court has announced that on April 1 the Justices will be hearing oral arguments in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s (R) stance on birthright citizenship. This past fall, the Trump…

The Maine Fire Marshal’s Office arrested a Buckfield man on Monday after he allegedly manufactured explosives and detonated them in a snowbank. [RELATED: Frozen Pipes, Heaters Spark Accidental Structure Fire in Norway, Fire Marshal Says…]…

AUGUSTA, Maine – The Maine Senate on Tuesday formally recognized Steve Robinson, editor in chief of The Maine Wire, honoring him for receiving a national journalism award for investigative reporting. Robinson was recognized on the…

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills is backing emergency legislation that would block federal immigration officers from entering private areas of Maine schools, hospitals, childcare centers and libraries, or accessing nonpublic records, unless they produce…

Nearly a year ago, Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a bill into law prohibiting banks from charging customers a fee for opting to receive paper statements. Now, lawmakers are considering a proposal to clarify what…

AUGUSTA, Maine — A citizen group seeking to bar transgender students from competing in girls’ school sports in Maine says it has validated enough signatures to force a statewide referendum in November 2026, setting up…

PORTLAND, Maine -The Portland City Council and Mayor Mark Dion voted unanimously Monday night to send a letter to Janet Mills (D) urging her to declare a state of emergency and impose a 60-day moratorium…

The U.S. Marshals executed a high-risk warrant on Howe St. in Lewiston on Monday, searching for two fugitives from justice wanted for a Massachusetts homicide—and the Maine Wire was along for the ride for the…

AUGUSTA, Maine – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has ended its recent “enhanced” enforcement operations in Maine, according to Sen. Susan Collins, but federal officials and state leaders are still locked in a fight over…