Most of the United States is being assailed with extreme winter weather this week as Arctic air blasts south from Canada, snow tracks up the Northeast coast and a potentially crippling winter storm takes aim at the South.

Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced Portland was awarded $2 million to overhaul Franklin Street. Also read: Portland receives federal funds to tackle homelessness with housing projects The project includes removing the grassy median,

The organizations are both celebrating milestone anniversaries and will join together for the first time for 2 performances of Puccini's classic opera.

The Maine Marine Patrol is resuming the search for two commercial fishermen reported missing Saturday. Chester Barrett and his son, Aaron Barrett, were reported missing by a family member when they failed to return to South Addison from Edmunds aboard the scallop fishing boat "Sudden Impact.

President Donald Trump mentioned Portland, Oregon in his second speech of the day, continuing his frequent references to the city's social justice protests during his first term in office.

You would be hard-pressed to watch this documentary and not come away with a new appreciation for the wonders of nature.

PORTLAND, Maine — As Black History Month approaches, local organizations are spotlighting Maine’s rich and often overlooked Black history. One such effort is a Black History Walking Tour hosted by Black Travel Maine, held Sunday in Portland.

Lisa Jones, the owner of Black Travel Maine, hopes the tour welcoming an underrepresented, and perhaps tentative, clientele counters a 'false narrative' about the Pine Tree State.

Winter weather is expected in Maine on Sunday, with several inches of snow set to be followed by frigid temperatures as the week goes on. Forecasters expect snow to accumulate Sunday afternoon into the evening.

Maine gave up the tying goal with 37 seconds left in the third period and skated to a 2-2 tie with UConn on Saturday at Alfond Arena. Maine (15-5-3, 7-3-3 Hockey East) won the shootout, 1-0, to earn the extra point in the Hockey East standings.

Owen Sylvain scored 14 points, including a 3-pointer in overtime, and Biddeford rallied from a 13-point halftime deficit to beat Marshwood, 51-46, in a Class A South boys basketball game Friday at Biddeford.

Maine started the second half on a 10-0 run and pulled away to beat the New Jersey Institute of Technology 57-44 in an America East men's basketball game on Thursday in Newark, New Jersey. AJ Lopez scored 12 of his game-high 18 points in the second half for Maine (11-8,