Nine command centers take new approach to tackling homelessness

Seth Carey plans to run for district attorney again

Though the Rumford resident faces felony sexual assault charges and his law license is suspended, Carey hopes to win the Republican primary in June, as he did four years ago.

Former Franklin County prosecutor admits to federal crime linked to large marijuana operation

The attorney for Kayla Alves said the former assistant district attorney was not a part of an alleged illegal marijuana distribution and laundering conspiracy.

Western Maine groundwater levels ‘some of the lowest we’ve ever seen’

At least some part of the region has been in drought conditions since June 2020.

District Judge Rick Lawrence nominated to Maine Supreme Judicial Court

If his nomination by Gov. Mills is confirmed in the Maine Senate, he'll be the first Black justice on the state's highest court.

Impact of locally spread sewage sludge not yet known

New town officials and farms changing hands or no longer operating mean little may ever be known about how much or how long sewage sludge was spread on agricultural fields in Franklin County.

Farmington-based school district ‘compromises’ on amended COVID-19 procedures for isolation

Chairwoman Carol Coles called the decision "one of the most difficult that I think we faced as a board."

U.S. Department of Justice grant funds Adult Drug Treatment Courts in Franklin, Oxford counties

The four-year program also includes Lincoln, Knox, Waldo and Sagadahoc counties.

David Fuller retiring from Extension Feb. 17

Fuller is well known for his work with fiddleheads and garlic.

Maine is getting hammered by COVID-19 along with the rest of New England

Rural Maine is especially hard hit by the disease, in part because its vaccination rates are lower than the rest of the state.