After nearly a year of debate over the environmental merits, a slightly scaled back proposal to expand parking at the Portland International Jetport cleared a key hurdle.

For those looking to go at their own pace, a solo trip to Portland, Maine makes for a great destination. Portland is Maine’s largest city with a population of approximately 68,000 residents. Maine is the lobster capital of the world,

Forecasters expect snow to accumulate Sunday afternoon into the evening. The Portland area could see anywhere from 4-8 inches, said Hunter Tubbs, a National Weather Service meteorologist based in Gray.

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake rattled parts of New England on Monday morning, with shaking felt from Boston to Portland, Maine, the US Geological Survey said.

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Top Chef” is returning for Season 22, as Bravo announced today, and though the new season won’t feature any contestants from Oregon, one very prominent Portland chef and restaurateur will be back for a guest appearance.

A day after President Trump's inauguration, activists opposing Trump and his policies gathered to lift each other up and prepare for the next four years.

Hundreds of demonstrators are expected to flood downtown Portland in response to President Donald Trump’s second inauguration on Monday.

Prior to this week, former Oregon State center, Kylor Kelley, had never stepped foot into an NBA game. However, that all changed on Monday night. Kelley scored his

When snow covers Maine, many farms slow down—but one is finding a unique way to keep people coming back: winter goat yoga.

In a confirmation hearing for his nomination to head the $1.7 trillion Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confused two of the massive healthcare programs he would be overseeing as secretary — Medicare and Medicaid — and insisted he was not anti-vaccine.

Commercial-scale leases in the Gulf of Maine, a state research project and plans for a turbine-assembly port will be affected by one of the new president's first executive orders.