Maine has spent more than two years debating how to solve a public defense crisis that many say has been in the making for decades. A judge has ruled that our system for providing attorneys to those who cannot afford their own isn't meeting its constitutional obligations and has ordered a three-day hearing in Kennebec County Superior Court to discuss possible fixes.

Maine's only Cracker Barrel location has permanently closed its doors after 15 years of Southern hospitality. The restaurant chain confirmed in a statement that the South Portland location struggled to overcome post-pandemic difficulties,

Norway-headquartered aquaculture firm Nordic Aquafarms has abandoned its years-long fight to build a recirculating aquaculture system [RAS] salmon farm in Belfast, Maine, U.S.A. "It’s a sad day for Maine’s economy and the outlook for aquaculture and any significant investment in the state,

President Donald Trump issued hundreds of presidential pardons Monday night. After former President Joe Biden pre-emptively pardoned people involved in the January 6 investigations, Trump has now pardoned the same people who stormed the U.

A father-son pair of commercial fishermen went missing Saturday night off the coast of northern Maine, authorities said.

Earlier this month, the independent watchdog monitoring Maine’s child welfare agency went before the legislature’s government oversight committee and admitted frustration. In recent years, she has repeatedly identified the same problems with the agency’s approach to child protection investigations, she said, yet little has changed.

Trump signed a handful of executive orders Monday, including declaring a national emergency at the southern border.

Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte sent a letter to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) that oversees lobster caught by New Hampshire and Maine fishermen, stating New Hampshire would not comply with the guidelines set to go into effect July 1.

"It’s not his job to reinterpret the Constitution. It’s his job to follow the Constitution," Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said Tuesday.

Toxic, potentially cancer-causing firefighting foam, like what spilled in Brunswick last year, is still being used in some places in Maine.

In a heart-wrenching tragedy that has rocked the small fishing community of South Addison, Maine, two fishermen, Chester Barrett, 67, and his son Aaron Barrett, 29, are feared lost at sea after their scallop dragger, Sudden Impact, failed to return on Saturday evening.

So you think you know a lot about Maine’s game birds and mammals? Let’s find out. Here’s a little quiz, and don’t cheat. Take a guess before you read the answer.