Due to the impending winter storm, the Wiscasset Town Office will be closed on Thursday, Feb. 13, an announcement Wednesday night read; also, all Thursday day and evening meetings will be canceled.

The Arizona Supreme Court has set a March 19 execution date for a man who pleaded guilty to murder more than 17 years ago and has said himself that his lethal injection is long overdue ...

Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade ...

Public health authorities said Tuesday that an outbreak of measles in western Texas has expanded, while a new case was confirmed nearby across state lines in New Mexico ...

A federal judge has told government agencies to restore public access to health-related webpages and datasets they removed to comply with an executive order by President Donald Trump ...

The U.N. food agency says one of its staffers detained last month by Houthi rebels in Yemen has died in prison ...

Kilauea volcano is shooting lava into the air once again in Hawaii ...

The U.S. border czar has pushed back against Pope Francis' criticism of the U.S. mass deportation of migrants plan ...

A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a Trump administration push to reinstate a sweeping pause on federal funding, a decision that comes after a judge found the administration had not fully obe ...

The Wiscasset Wolverines hope it's "deja vu" all over again Saturday, Feb. 15 when they face No. 3 Telstar/Gould (13-5) in ...

In his own words, author Salman Rushdie describes the moments when a stranger rushed at him on stage in western New York and began attacking him ...

A judge has ordered Louisiana State University to fully reinstate a professor who was removed from his teaching duties last month after he used vulgar language to criticize Gov. Jeff Landry and Presid ...