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If police had used this new method of determining risk, it’s likely Randy Iles would not have been released on bail, and he would have been unable to kill Arlene May.

Dr. Charles Pattavina became chief of the Department of Emergency Medicine at St. Joseph Hospital 6½ years ago. He hadn’t been at the Bangor facility more than a couple weeks when a man sent by the Maine office of substance abuse knocked on his door to talk about why he should use the state’s prescription […]

Starting Nov. 1, 2015, it’s possible that as many as 200 Maine inmates convicted of drug-related crimes will become eligible over time for an earlier release, under a likely change in federal sentencing guidelines. That means a greater number of federal prisoners could be returning to their homes, families and communities in a shorter period […]

As Maine confronts a future with fewer residents and, therefore, dwindling economic prospects, there is one small but regular source of new arrivals.

A look at the punishments handed down to University of Maine students for sexual assault.

There is still work to do to ensure military survivors of sexual assault can successfully maneuver the VA claims process.