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() – In April, 113 illegal foreign nationals from 16 countries were arrested in Maine, the greatest number in one month in nearly 24 years, Houlton Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Craig Shepley said.

The town of Newport, Maine, has a population of about 3,200 people. There’s a bowling alley, a popular local diner that serves breakfast all day, a hunting club and it costs only $6 to license your dog.

Two horses died Tuesday in a crash in Eddington, Maine, officials said. A report of the crash on Route 9 came to the Penobscot Regional Communications Center at 2 p.m., according to a statement from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office.

USDA cut two federal programs that provided about one billion dollars in funding that helps schools and food banks nationwide.

Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy ruled the state of Maine was at fault for unconstitutionally leaving poor defendants without court-appointed attorneys.

Transgender Miss Maine USA participant Isabelle St. Cyr spoke out about a conversation with Jordon Hudson behind the scenes at the pageant.

AUGUSTA (WGME) – Lawmakers are debating two bills that could create a universal health care system in Maine. A public hearing was held Wednesday. One bill would implement universal healthcare along with an oversight agency. The other calls for a study to assess the costs and funding of a universal health care plan.

A growing number of rural Maine homeowners are at risk of losing their homes due to unresolved issues with USDA loans—some stretching back nearly a decade.

Maine has its own state endangered species law, but environmentalists say a proposed change in federal law could hurt some Maine species the state has worked to protect.

The Maine Warden Service got a call around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday about a fisherman on Cobbosseecontee Lake who had not returned home.