Emily Allen

The state will return more than $163,000 in seized unemployment benefits to 54 people who were incarcerated in Maine in 2020 and barred from the state’s work-release program during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jonathan Sahrbeck declined to release a copy of a report on the independent investigation on the altercations last summer, but felt confident after reviewing it that the use of force was reasonable.

A York County judge throws out evidence obtained through an unconstitutional search warrant in the second murder trial of a Limington man whose conviction in a neighbor’s killing was vacated last fall.

The first 50 bikes are expected to be available in downtown Portland on Aug. 15, the operator says.

York County Superior Court Justice Richard Mulhern must decide whether to continue denying bail to Andrew Huber Young, 19, basing the decision on whether there’s probable cause the defendant intended to kill someone.

Scott Willett, 55, will appear before a Penobscot County judge in August.

Authorities began looking for Pedro Matala, 18, on Sunday afternoon after friends told them he went under while swimming but did not resurface. They found his body Sunday night.

Four men are facing murder and robbery-related charges in the shooting death of Derald ‘Darry’ Coffin. Three entered pleas Monday; a 4th will appear Tuesday.

The ruling on a program for rural communities that do not have their own public high schools could create opportunities for school choice programs in other states.

Cardiff Met clinched the Adran Trophy in dramatic fashion with a 1-0 victory over Cardiff City, as Emily Allen scored a late winner.

West Virginia lawmakers are considering new laws to increase the monitoring of security cameras in schools and to prevent teachers who harm children from working in the classroom.

West Virginia’s Mountaineer Rental Assistance Program (MRAP) hasn’t been getting federal money for rental assistance out fast enough.

Despite existing near Morgantown and having had decades to transition its economy away from coal, Osage, West Virginia, still struggles.

Some landowners have miles of the pipeline already installed on their properties. Contractors for Duke and Dominion also cleared trees along more than 110 miles across West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina, leaving about half of the felled trees on the property.

Huntington and Cabell County got their day in court. Now dozens of West Virginia counties, cities and towns await their turn.