March 10, 2023 Maine deputy justified in fatal shooting, state AG rules The Maine Department of Justice will not pursue charges against York County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Levi Johnson, who they determined was justified in fatally shooting Tyler Woodburn.
March 10, 2023 Maine court orders state rephrase potentially 'misleading' ballot question A Maine court has ordered Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to reword a ballot question proposing a governmental takeover of electric utilities.
March 9, 2023 Maine's Bowdoin College names psychologist, Williams dean first female president Brunswick, Maine's Bowdoin College has named psychologist and cognitive scientist Safa Zaki as its next president. Zaki will begin her tenure at Bowdoin on July 1.
March 9, 2023 Maine motorists fighting back after state recalls hundreds of custom 'inappropriate' license plates The Maine government has recalled 274 custom license plates that were deemed inappropriate. Derogatory references to age, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation are all banned.
March 8, 2023 Murder sentence overturned after Maine judge accused of bias The Maine Supreme Court overturned Rayshaun Moore's 2021 murder conviction after determining the judge in the case may have punished Moore for his decision to stand trial.
March 7, 2023 Top New England dogsled race crowns first female champion Katherine Langlais, a Canadian dogsled racer from Glenwood, New Brunswick, won this year's Can-Am Crown in northern Maine, becoming the crown's first female recipient.
March 2, 2023 Federal judge sentences Massachusetts man to probation for running illegal hare trapping operation in Maine A Massachusetts man was sentenced to probation for running an illegal hare trapping operation in Maine. The man was fined $10,000 and was ordered to pay $1,843 in restitution to Maine.
March 1, 2023 Maine's Bates College hires former Minnesota law school dean Bates College, a liberal arts school in Maine, has tapped University of Minnesota Law School dean Garry Jenkins to be its next president.
February 28, 2023 Maine women missing for 4 days found alive in car Game wardens located two Topsham, Maine, women in a car on a remote road in a rural part of the state. They had been missing for four days before being found alive.
February 28, 2023 ME man charged with killing Massachusetts man, Maine teen A man was charged with killing a teenager from Maine and a man from Massachusetts. The man is currently in custody in New Hampshire. The bodies were discovered in Poland, Maine.