Baxter, a 3-year-old chocolate Lab 'comfort dog' for the Maine Bureau of Emergency Communications, died when the vehicle and air conditioning shut off. The state’s “first official comfort dog” died ...

An investigation is underway after Maine’s first official comfort dog, Baxter, was found dead inside a state vehicle, officials said Friday. Baxter’s death was “accidental,” the Maine Department of ...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI/Gray News) – Maine’s first official comfort dog died after he was left unattended in a hot car. Baxter, a 3-year-old chocolate lab, was found dead Wednesday inside a state vehicle ...

BANGOR, Maine (WMTW) — The Maine Department of Public Safety is grieving the unexpected death of Baxter, a 3-year-old chocolate lab who brought comfort and companionship to emergency responders as the ...

The Maine Department of Public Safety says Brodie Hinckley, who faces an animal cruelty charge, has resigned as the state's ...

The Piscataquis County Jail removed a third of its inmates after learning it failed a state inspection, and the Maine Department of Corrections restricted the jail's operations. Following a routine ...

May 29—The state's "first official comfort dog" died Wednesday while inside a vehicle that "unexpectedly" stopped running. Baxter, a 3-year-old chocolate Labrador, was found dead inside a state ...

Maine’s first official comfort dog, a 3-year-old chocolate lab named Baxter, was found dead in a state vehicle Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The Department of Public Safety called the death ...