A hard-hitting thunderstorm blew through the woods and lakes north of Moosehead Lake yesterday, churning the air at speeds that reached nearly 70 mph and indicating to the National Weather Service that Maine may have seen its first tornado of the year.
Large portions of Maine, including southern and central Aroostook, could feel as warm at 100 degrees on Monday, prompting an official warning about the sticky, sweltering air.
A proposal by the Presque Isle police chief, urging cops to field test potentially lethal drugs with a chemical pouch, has stirred debated inside the department, after two high-ranking officers cited safety concerns over the widely discouraged practice.
Heat and hazardous weather advisories have been posted across the state as Maine braces for a week of sweltering humidity and warm air.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents set up a checkpoint Wednesday on Interstate 95, stopping drivers and asking them questions about their citizenship before letting them proceed.
The Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles will now allow residents to designate their gender as “non-binary” on driver’s licenses, to the Maine secretary of state’s office.
Drug agents have charged nine people accused of operating a massive drug trafficking ring out of Aroostook County, authorities said.
Three women who staged a sit-in inside Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ Bangor office last December will spend 24 hours in jail for disobeying repeated orders to leave the premises.
A U.S. customs officer in Houlton faces a federal child pornography charge.
A wave of cold air is expected to blow through Maine for the next three days, battering much of the state with freezing rain, wind and possibly some light snow, according to the National Weather Service.
