Maine’s court system needs an additional $14 million so it can safely resume full-time operations and start clearing a backlog of cases that has built up during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the state’s court administrator.

In January, the Trump Administration weakened the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 by removing the act’s prohibition against the killing of birds by industrial activities.

For almost as long as I have been writing about the Maine outdoors, this fascinating question has persisted: “Are there mountain lions (cougars) in Maine?”   In a way, the elusive and mysterious cougar has become somewhat of a Maine folklore icon, the Maine equivalent of  Bigfoot in the Pacific Northwest.

A 33-year-old hiker from Ohio was airlifted from one of the most remote sections of the Appalachian Trail early on Sunday, July 27 after he was experiencing chest pains.

To the Editor; As the pandemic forces global changes towards animals, Maine remains in the dark as the global pandemic rages.

The current pandemic has revealed that broadband is the modern-day necessity.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — At approximately 9:50 Saturday morning officers from the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department were called to 26 Harvey Street for the report of a male subject that had appeared in the street, per a post on the department Facebook page.

My first experience with a fly rod was not encouraging.

As Maine chief forest ranger Bill Hamilton spent a few minutes discussing campfire safety recently, much of the state baked on yet another 80-degree day, and Bangor-area lawns turned brown after weeks of little rain.

When I started fly fishing, I knew less than nothing about the sport, and everything about it made me nervous   I didn’t want to make a fool out of myself, and didn’t know who to ask for help.