5 Things

1. The Coast Guard is reminding the public that knowingly transmitting false distress calls is a federal crime, punishable by...

1. A person from York County has died from Powassan virus, the first deadly case of the infection in Maine...

1. The York County Sheriff's Office says a "lone gunman" got away with an undisclosed amount of money after allegedly...

1. Voters in Saco have approved a plan to build two new schools to house its pre-K through fifth-grade students,...

1. With wreckage from Baltimore's Key Bridge cleared, the original 700-foot wide and 50-foot deep shipping channel reopened yesterday, boosting...

1. More than 220 Bangor High School seniors received their diplomas in the Cross Insurance Center on Sunday. Graduating students...

1. Federal officials say a 40-foot-long female humpback whale was pulled from the Portland harbor Thursday. The whale was identified...

1. Quicksand startled a woman who suddenly sunk hip deep at Popham Beach on Saturday.  Rangers at the state park...

1. The University of Maine is hosting a national summit this week to prevent hazing.  According to the organization StopHazing...

1. Bomb squad robots were used to detonate a suspicious backpack in Portland on Monday morning. The backpack was left...