4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (119+ words) Host Robin Young speaks with Jessica Taylor, the Senate and governors editor for The Cook Political Report, about the Maine Senate race between Democratic candidate and former state Sen. Troy Jackson... This newscast is updated weekdays at 6am, 9am, noon, 3pm, and 6pm. The…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (393+ words) Democrat Troy Jackson is leading U.S. Sen. Susan Collins by 3 percentage points among likely Maine voters in a CNN poll released Wednesday, the latest in a string of surveys with similar findings in the crucial race. The poll, conducted by the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (300+ words) Sean Frost trapped a 638-pound bear Friday, using a Maine Bear Snare, a pipe cable restraint designed by Chris Hill. Frost, of Skowhegan, brought the bear to Berry’s General Store in West Forks to be registered. “We opened in 1963. I…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (32+ words) Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, touted her leadership as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee while answering questions from Politico about President Donald Trump’s influence on her party and her reelection bid. Collins…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (675+ words) Preliminary counts for enrollment across Maine’s seven public universities and law school show that student enrollment could exceed 28,000 this school year, continuing an upward trend in enrollment driven by online learners. Officials said the preliminary head count, which happens before…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (868+ words) Supporters of teaching high school students "soft" skills such as communication, critical thinking and teamwork usually tout how they can help succeed in a job or even help students get into college. Starting this fall, there's a new, more tangible…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (397+ words) Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced on Wednesday that he, along with the attorneys general of 50 other states and territories, had reached a settlement agreement with Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, over concerns about the addictive nature…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (405+ words) (The Center Square) — A group of congressional Democrats held a "shadow" hearing in Maine on Monday to take testimony from witnesses to the shooting death of a man by an ICE agent last month. Monday's field hearing in Biddeford, titled…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (877+ words) BIDDEFORD, Maine — The man ICE agents were targeting when an officer fatally shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero here last month did not have a final removal order, US Representative Chellie Pingree said Monday, contradicting the Department of Homeland Security’s account…...