The center says 10 out of Maine’s 24 rural hospitals are at risk of closing. That's 42 percent. Four of them are listed as "immediate risk" of closure. That's on top of four hospitals which have already closed since 2005, which includes Northern Light Inland Hospital. It officially closes at the end of this month.

Police said they confirmed with authorities in Texas that the pair were wanted for murder, arson and abuse of a corpse.

The Trump administration is scaling back a grant program that states have long used to protect homes and businesses from floods and other disasters.

The National Weather Service is temporarily suspending some weather balloon launches from its Gray, Maine, office due to staffing shortages.

Two states, New York and Washington, have adopted similar laws allowing doctors to request that pharmacies replace their names with the name of the health care facility on prescription bottles for mifepristone,

Thornton continues to win and continues to rise in the Varsity Maine baseball poll. Two weeks ago, the Golden Trojans were unranked. Last week, they were third, and this week they move into second place behind the only other unbeaten team in Class A South, Scarborough, which has been on a tear recently.

George Wendt, an American actor and comedian who earned six consecutive Emmy nominations for his performance as Norm Peterson on the beloved NBC comedy series “Cheers,” died Tuesday morning at his home. He was 76. Wendt’s death was confirmed by his publicist Melissa Nathan with the following statement: “George was a doting family man, a …

A Maine woman is dead, and a Florida man was injured, in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 in Frederick County on Monday.