Patty Wight

At least two Maine beaches are closed due to elevated bacteria levels and the state Department of Environmental Protection is advising the public not to swim at nine others.

The Mills administration says it's decided how it will spend nearly half of the $190 million it's received this year through the federal Rural Health Transformation Fund.

Newly released data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture find that Maine's error rate last year was nearly 11%, the bulk of which were overpayments. That's in line with the U.S. average. But starting in October of next year, states with error rates above 6% must cover a portion of the SNAP benefits.

Maine could face up to $50 million in penalties next year due to errors in its payments for federal food benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

The Maine attorney general's office brought the case against Gregory after receiving consumer complaints that her business served the wrong food, not enough food, showed up late for events or abruptly canceled.

Burn survivors often face a grueling road to recovery, both physically and emotionally. And while their lives may be forever altered, some say years later that the experience has made them stronger.

The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the federal government for not including the horseshoe crab in the endangered species list.

Horseshoe crabs are often called living fossils. They've roamed the Earth since well before the dinosaurs. But some scientists say they're now threatened with extinction

The deaths of two chemical engineers at Woodland Pulp in Baileyville earlier this year following the release of toxic gas was a tragedy that should have never happened, according to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board.

In Lewiston Tuesday night, more than a hundred people gathered at Kennedy Park for a vigil for Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. The 26-year-old man died Monday in Biddeford after being shot by a federal immigration agent.