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MILO, Maine (WABI) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is implementing a reclassification of medical cannabis under the federal Controlled Substances Act, and the change has caused confusion and uncertainty for Maine caregivers. The Justice Department said the change is intended to support state-regulated medical marijuana programs while maintaining federal...
PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) -- Governor-elect Hannah Pingree has announced Jesse Connolly as her chief of staff. Jesse Connolly is a political strategist who's worked in government for over 25 years. Connolly previously served as Hannah Pingree's chief of staff during her time in the Maine House of Representatives. He's also...
AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- Maine election officials hope to announce the final results of the state's 2nd Congressional District race Thursday after ranked-choice voting tabulations paused for Veterans Day on Wednesday. Democrat Matt Dunlap conceded the race to Republican Paul LePage last week when he was trailing by more than...
PORTLAND (WGME) -- A significant refund is coming to all Central Maine Power customers. A federal ruling found New England power companies were making too much profit on their transmission lines. For CMP though, the refunds come as the company is already looking for a rate increase to pay for...
A lighthouse that has guided ships since 1879 gets outlined in holiday bulbs each winter, and looking at it from the park costs exactly zero dollars. Even better, the glow switches back on for an hour before sunrise. Down the coast, people build towering Christmas trees out of stacked lobster...
Next year, the town of Kingfield will leave MSAD 58 to form its own school district. The move will allow the western Maine community of roughly 1,000 people to keep its elementary school building and operate its own district, which will serve about 80 students. Kingfield was the only one of more than a dozen […]
Rain and snow chances return to Aroostook County as temperatures drop into the 20s.
Despite my inability to do a good job reciting the constitutional amendments in 7th grade, it didn't stop me from being fascinated by history
PORTLAND (WGME) -- Votes for State Senate District 18 will be recounted along with three other races, according to the Department of the Secretary of State. State Senate District 18 will be recounted on Monday, November 16. It comes after Republican incumbent candidate John Andrews of Paris requested a recall...
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - Good evening everyone and happy Thursday. We had a decent day across the region today with sunshine making a return after several days of mostly cloudy skies and occasional rain and snow showers. Partly cloudy skies overnight tonight will once again allow temperatures to cool off into the upper teens and lower 20s. We’ll see more cloud coverage build into the region during the day tomorrow, with temperatures remaining slightly below average for this time of year. The coastal storm we’ve been watching over the past several days continues to look like a miss for our region, but we will still have to watch for some light shower activity heading into the upcoming weekend.
AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- Some Mainers could be compensated through a $183.5 million multistate settlement with Acima Digital, according to Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey. Acima partners with Maine retailers, mostly furniture and appliance stores, to offer financing to customers through rental-purchase agreements. In a statement, Attorney General Frey says:
A recently completed three-year initiative has successfully removed more than 2 million pounds of abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing gear from New England waters and shorelines, establishing a replicable blueprint for marine conservation. According to a Center for Coastal Studies press release, the New England Regional Fishing Gear Extraction & Response Coalition recovered 2,084,512 pounds of marine debris between July 2023 and June 2026.
PORTLAND (WGME) -- Clouds will win out on Thursday with cooler temperatures in store for Mainers. Rain could change to a mix or wet snow Thursday night into Friday morning, with even a light coating potentially making parts of Maine’s commute slick. As mentioned, Thursday will be very cloudy...
Maine wildlife officials want a subsidiary of energy giant Brookfield Renewable to pay $120,000 for a series of mass fish strandings caused by malfunctions at the Ripogenus Dam near Baxter State Park. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife proposed the payments to compensate for the hundreds of landlocked...
I-95 and I-295 travelers face a hidden winter hazard when road salt loses effectiveness below 20 degrees.
Medicare Advantage members in Maine, Iowa, Oklahoma and Texas whose plans end on Dec. 31 can move to Original Medicare and buy a Medigap supplement without being turned down over their health. Insurance regulators in the first three states and a health plan in Texas have each told members about the right, and Maine’s window […] The post Medicare Advantage members whose plans end Dec. 31 in Maine, Iowa, Oklahoma and Texas can buy Medigap without being turned down, and Maine’s window runs to March 31 appeared first on The Money Overview .
The median sales price for a Maine home fell 5.6% year over year to $402,500.
Maine — Cold rain, gusty northeast winds and a brief chance of wet snow could bring a wintry turn to Portland before the weekend. After temperatures reach approximately 51 degrees Wednesday, a developing weather system will push colder air across southern Maine.
PORTLAND (WGME) - Maine’s immigrant population is up from last year, according to new census data. The numbers show more immigrants have moved to the state, and that many of them also later became U.S. citizens. Roughly 1.4 million people call Maine home. Census data shows about 67,000 of...
There’s been a slight improvement in drought conditions in Maine over the past week. Portions of Washington, Hancock and Penobscot Counties have dropped to abnormally dry from the moderate drought level. (Maine Drought Monitor as of November 12, 2026) The entire state continues to be under some level of...
