LOCAL STORIES

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- This legislative session is the first one in Maine history in which the two top leadership positions - Senate President and Speaker of the House - are being held by women.

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A former mayor of Bangor held a news conference Thursday outlining some of his ideas to restructure state government.

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The legislature is considering a bill that would encourage the development of off-shore wind and tidal power.

OXFORD, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The owner of an aviation company in Oxford County claims a dispute with the county is forcing him to lay off workers.

DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Michael Toby's murder trial continued Thursday.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine's state budget prospects are looking a little better as the budget gap shrinks again. The gap between revenues and expenses -- pegged at $438 million a few weeks ago -- is now around $310 million.

ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) -- Jurors have been sent home for the day without reaching a verdict in the trial of a Maine lobsterman charged with shooting a fellow lobsterman in a feud over lobster traps.

HERMON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The flowers are blooming, the trees are budding and now the golf courses are beginning to open. Hermon Meadow Golf Club opened Thursday, the earliest it's ever opened.

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- This year, visitors to the Portland Flower Show will be taking a walk on the wild side. The theme is "Gardens Gone Wild".

AUBURN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The Good Shepherd Food-Bank received a donation on Thursday which will go long way in helping feed hungry families.

Augusta, MAINE (NEWS CENTER) - A bill that would bring a casino to Oxford County went before lawmakers in Augusta today.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine's had a medical marijuana law for more than a decade, but it did not include a way to distribute the pain-easing drug.

(NEWS CENTER) -- Former U.S. Senator and Secretary of Defense William Cohen talks about current political battles in Washington and struggles around the world on this edition of In The Arena.

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Police in Bangor say they have returned Edgard Anziani to Maine to face a murder charge.
MATINICUS ROCK, Maine (AP) -- A weather station on an uninhabited island 25 miles off the Maine's coast is working again after being out of service for more than a year.