Hobby Lobby, Harbor Freight Tools eye expansion into Augusta

The national chains are looking to occupy retail space in the former Sears building at Turnpike Mall off of Western Avenue.

Capitol Police Officer revives 2 men after apparent drug overdose

Gary Boulet, with the Bureau of Capitol Police in Augusta, was alerted to two unresponsive men in a car near an Augusta hospital.

Gardiner store robber to serve 30 months in prison on felony charge

Joshua L. Brown was identified as the robber, including by his own mother, after police circulate security video image of him at the Big Apple store.

Augusta man charged with kidnapping, domestic violence charges in Lincoln County

Law enforcement officers say Guy Ricketts held a woman and a man at gunpoint at a Whitefield home Sunday night before forcing the man to leave the residence with him at gunpoint.

Augusta Post 205, Scouts take part in Flag Day retirement ceremony

Workforce housing proposed for Western Avenue in Augusta

The developer of the Stevens Commons site in Hallowell is hoping to build more than three dozen studio and one-bedroom apartments at 99 Western Ave. for people making up to 60% of the area's average income.

Fort Western to celebrate museum’s 100th anniversary, Fourth of July

Upcoming triathlon sparks city discussion of waiving ban on swimming in Kennebec River in Augusta

Swimming in the Kennebec River has been banned in Augusta since at least 1986, but officials recently amended that rule to make way for an upcoming triathlon that will include a river swim.

Augusta center to offer free Holocaust, anti-bias work seminars

Local Nichols College students make president’s list