Convicted bank thief pleads guilty to robbing Waterville Goodwill store with pellet gun

Kevin Lee Barr, who robbed a KeyBank branch in 2018, pleaded guilty Tuesday to also robbing the Waterville Goodwill store last year.

Augusta city, school budget proposal would increase property taxes 4.7%

The City Council is expected to vote Thursday on a proposed $79.7 million budget for 2023-24.

Kennebec County seeks new Emergency Management Agency director

Interviews are underway to fill the vacancy created when Art True stepped down last month after 10 months on the job.

Augusta officials say property owners can host homeless campers

Officials also say many of the homeless people who had been staying at a now-closed overnight warming center are receiving help.

Kennebec Valley Community College graduates bring family with them

Fairfield college's 53rd commencement honored 369 graduates.

Maine state employees speak out about hiring, pay as legislators consider review of compensation system

More than two-thirds of state legislators have sponsored a bill that would require the Mills administration to allocate $1 million to study the pay of state workers.

Additional violations found at Augusta residence where porch collapsed, but tenants allowed to return

The violations are considered common and are not imminently hazardous, said the city's director of code enforcement.

Explosion, fire in truck parked outside Blaine House in Augusta not considered suspicious

A loud explosion was reported before flames engulfed the bed of a pickup parked alongside the governor's mansion.

St. Michael School to hold Rosary event, May crowning May 12

Chancellor of Penn State Beaver named new president of UMA

The hiring of Jenifer Cushman caps off the second search for a president of the Augusta-based university following a botched search last year.