Maine’s lighthouses are under a dire threat from significant coastal storms and sea level rise due to climate change.

A Democratic state lawmaker is proposing a tax on smokers to help fund a medical school in Maine. Democratic State Senator Joe Baldacci (D-Bangor) put out a bill last month that would add a $1 tax to each pack of cigarettes to pay for a medical school at the University of Maine in Orono.

State officials are preparing to end a transitional housing program for asylum seekers later this year amid high costs and a declining number of new arrivals to Maine. The Mills administration and MaineHousing,

With Monday being a holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., schools and many businesses will be closed and not worried about delays.Behind this storm is some very cold air. Look for Arctic cold air to hit the area Tuesday and Wednesday.

After two storms walloped the Maine coast last January, devastating waterfront communities and causing more than $70 million in damage, Ford Reiche boarded a helicopter to check on nearly two dozen lighthouses.

The reimbursement rate cutbacks would amount to about a 36% cut in Medicaid payments to some doctors, according to hospital operators.

Not sure what to do in the winter months in Maine? Here is a quick list of activities to try both outdoors and indoors, plus a few popular spots to try them.

Police say they have made an arrest in connection with a shooting last month that stemmed from a fight that broke out at a steakhouse in South Portland, Maine, last month. South Portland police said 21-year-old Jonathan Hanson,

Police have arrested one suspect in connection with a shooting incident that happened in December near the Maine Mall. On Dec. 18, South Portland police officers responded to the parking lot of Kobe Steakhouse located at 380 Gorham Rd. for a reported shooting incident, according to a news release from the department.

While more homes have recently come onto the market in southern Maine, experts don’t think that is holding prices down.

Hardee's! Home of the Thickburger! Only seven states in the U.S don't have a Hardee's and sadly New Hampshire is one of them. NO FAIR! The other six are Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont and New York.

Food Network has released a list of the best pizza slices you can find across America including one you can snag in Maine