According to the California governor, more than 16,000 personnel have been deployed to battle the fires including two crews from Maine. Gov. Janet Mills announced 12 volunteer firefighters and eight forest rangers were sent to California for response and recovery efforts.

PORTLAND (WGME) – A Maine Forest Ranger battling California’s wildfires is sharing an update on the region's progress. Nearly two weeks ago, Governor Janet Mills sent eight forest rangers to California to help first responders on the ground. Right now, the rangers are working to put out a huge fire just north of Santa Clarita.

President Trump is taking the first trip of his term on Friday to North Carolina and California, visiting communities grappling with recovery from natural disasters.

After providing on-site support in North Carolina during Hurricane Helene, he is going back out to help those directly effected by the devastating fires in California.

This X post with 4 million views claims the Resnick’s own “the majority of California’s water.” Wonderful Co., owned by the Resnick family, does not own a majority of California’s water. While the company uses a significant amount, it accounts ...

The 75% figure comes from a report about the effects of raids that took place under Biden, not President Trump. It also hasn’t been confirmed by multiple sources.

Maine, meanwhile, is mired in a long-running debate over where to develop an offshore wind port — Mack Point, an existing industrial port in Searsport, or adjacent Sears Island, an undeveloped state-owned island linked by a causeway.

Experts say that while it has been quiet after Monday's quake, the risk of one or more aftershocks is not out of the question.

Maine, meanwhile, is mired in a long-running debate over where to develop an offshore wind port — Mack Point, an existing industrial port in Searsport, or adjacent Sears Island, an undeveloped state-owned island linked by a causeway.

A local planner told me southern Maine is attracting climate refugees who want to live with less chance of dangerous heat, drought or wildfire.

Alex de Steiguer was about to send an email from a house on Star Island, 7 miles off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire, when she heard what she thought was a big plane flying over. Outside, a flock of wild geese grazed around the house.