Governor announces she's running for Senate — then deletes the announcement

Maine Gov. Janet Mills' Democratic campaign for Senate appeared to get off to a rocky start Friday afternoon. A video dropped on X of Mills' campaign announcement, proclaiming she would be a vote for a Democratic majority, harshly criticizing...

States Newsroom: No Kings day brings millions into U.S. streets in anti-Trump protests

WASHINGTON — Millions of Americans packed streets, parks and town squares across the United States Saturday for No Kings day, according to the organizers of the massive day of demonstrations protesting President Donald Trump’s administration —...

23 states sue EPA for terminating Solar for All program

Attorneys general from Colorado, California and 21 other states are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin for ending the $7 billion Solar for All program that lowers energy costs and pollution by bringing...

No Kings Day: What’s Really Driving the Protests?

Millions of Americans packed streets, parks and town squares across the United States Saturday for No Kings day, according to the organizers of the massive day of demonstrations protesting President Donald Trump’s administration — from his...

CNBC ranks CT as 5th-best state in terms of quality of life in 2025

Connecticut was named the fifth-best state for quality of life in CNBC's "Top States for Business" study this year. CNBC ranks each U.S. state annually from a business standpoint. The states are given scores in 10 categories: Economy,...

Land returns to Indigenous Nations focus of Mitchell Center talk Oct. 20

The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a panel discussion about land return, rematriation and conservation work led by Indigenous peoples on Monday, Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. These efforts...

No Kings day brings millions into US streets in anti-Trump protests

WASHINGTON — Millions of Americans packed streets, parks and town squares across the United States Saturday for No Kings day, according to the organizers of the massive day of demonstrations protesting President Donald Trump’s administration —...

Unidentified floating objects? Belgrade’s Great Pond residents intrigued by unmanned vessels

This unmanned watercraft is one of several that people on Great Pond in Belgrade and Rome have reported seeing in recent weeks. (Courtesy of Ed Ducharme) Have the robots arrived to invade Great Pond? Most likely not. But in recent weeks, those who...

21 Attorneys General Challenge EPA Over Solar Program Cuts

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and 22 other plaintiffs have sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin for ending a $7 billion program to fund solar panels for low-income families. Congress created the...

Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner apologizes for past social media posts

Graham Platner, an oyster farmer who is running in the Democratic primary for Senate in Maine, on Friday apologized for some of his past social media posts in which he referred to himself as a “communist,” criticized police and called rural, white...

SGS joins EcoVadis as global consulting partner to drive ESG performance, ratings excellence

Geneva (Oct. 17, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is proud to be designated as a key global consulting partner of EcoVadis, the world standard for resilient, sustainable supply chains. Becoming an...

Daylight saving time ends in a few days. Here's where each state stands on making daylight saving time permanent

Is it time to stop changing our clocks twice a year? Here's a state-by-state look at efforts to make daylight saving time permanent. WASHINGTON — In just a few days, millions of Americans will gain an hour of sleep as daylight saving time ends. On...

UVA scientists map east coast's ghost forests

You can see them from space— swaths of bleached trees that were drowned by flooding or poisoned by salt water as sea levels rose. But satellite imagery isn’t detailed enough to tell the whole story. That’s why UVA grad student Henry Yeung started...

Can a Squad of Progressive Vets Storm Capitol Hill in 2026?

During the mid-term election next year, the Democratic Party hopes to regain lost ground on Capitol Hill by running a new crop of “service candidates”—men and women whose campaign bios stress their past experience in the military and national...

'IT: Welcome to Derry' Episode 1 Is Bloody Good

Like Pennywise himself, director Andy Muschietti knows how to make an entrance. Across both IT (2017) and IT: Chapter Two (2019), Bill Skärsgard's demonic entity occasionally slithers into frame, slowly and eerily, through the cracks of what's...

Costly Consequences: How mylar balloons can cause power outages, harm to animals

(InvestigateTV) — Colorful, shiny and sometimes covered in messages, mylar balloons can help celebrate or commemorate a life event. However, when the party’s over, these eye-catching inflatables can also have serious infrastructure and...

Camden Hills Regional High School Student Leadership Forum focuses on conversation, discovery

The Five Town CSD hosted its second annual Student Leadership Forum October 15, welcoming 42 juniors and seniors from Camden Hills for a day of dialog, discovery and leadership development. The event, held at the Camden Yacht Club, was organized...

UMaine Extension offers webinar on native plants for landscape professionals

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a webinar on incorporating native plants into cultivated landscapes, Monday, Nov. 3, from 6 – 7:15 p.m. “Transitioning to Native Plants in the Landscape or Garden” will feature Cathy Rees,...

Michigan joins lawsuit challenging EPA's termination of solar energy funding

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, along with 22 other state plaintiffs, has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its Administrator Lee Zeldin. The lawsuit challenges the EPA's decision to terminate a $7...

Thousands rally for No Kings in Bangor and across the state

Thousands gathered at Broadway Park in Bangor on Saturday for the No Kings rally, one of 37 planned across Maine as part of a nationwide protest against the policies and actions of President Donald Trump’s administration. Speakers included...