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Friday, January 30, 202601/30/2026

Deqa Dhalac Not Running

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State Representative Deqa Dhalac, a Somali American, announced she would not seek re-election due to a hostile legislature and calls…

Friday, January 30, 202601/30/2026

Maine Policy Institute

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Montana Towers from the Maine Policy Institute joins Matt Gagnon for his regular segment on State and National Policy.

Friday, January 30, 202601/30/2026

A Government Shutdown?

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The conversation revolves around a deal to avoid a government shutdown, with President Trump endorsing a bipartisan spending bill. The…

Friday, January 30, 202601/30/2026

Pizza Cutter

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Mark Anderson, a 36-year-old from Minnesota, impersonated an FBI agent at a federal jail in Brooklyn to free Luigi Mangione,…

Friday, January 30, 202601/30/2026

Joe Lundberg

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  Lundberg discussed the upcoming weekend weather in the Greater Portland area. He predicted minimal snowfall, with only a few…

Friday, January 30, 202601/30/2026

Cooper Flagg’s Game | Patriots

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The conversation revolves around the extraordinary performance of 19-year-old Cooper Flagg, who scored 49 points in an NBA game, narrowly…

Thursday, January 29, 202601/29/2026

WGAN Morning News Replay 1/29/26

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Thursday, January 29, 202601/29/2026

Visualization Of Ideology

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The discussion centers on a 2023 study from the British Psychological Society on political attitudes, highlighting the diversity within political…

Thursday, January 29, 202601/29/2026

Showing Emotion

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Tim from New Gloucester criticizes Janet Mills’ speaking style, comparing her to a kindergarten teacher and mocking her attempts at…

Thursday, January 29, 202601/29/2026

Maine Vintage Toys

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  Jesse Fairbanks from Maine Vintage Toys is in talking about all things Nostalgic, Triva and more!

Local Headlines

9 hours ago in Local

Court to try 19-year-old charged in death of Maine paddleboarder as an adult

The 19-year-old accused of killing paddleboarder Sunny Stewart on Crawford Pond in Union last year will be tried as an adult.

13 hours ago in Local

Missing man with dementia being sought by Portland Police

Police in Portland are looking for a man with dementia who left a retirement home.

1 day ago in Local

Drought Conditions Still Getting Worse in Maine

Extreme conditions have expanded to cover a section of northern Maine.

National Headlines

2 days ago in National

What’s next in the investigation of the Learjet crash in Florida that killed 9?

Investigators are just beginning the lengthy process of determining why a business jet plummeted from the sky in Florida after encountering a thunderstorm and slammed into the ground with such force that it created a crater and shattered the plane.

3 days ago in National, Trending

Democrats usher in a new era with their resounding sweep of the House and the Senate

Democrats are riding their sweep of Congress into a new era, eager to meet voter demands for change with plans to tackle high costs of living and confront President Donald Trump's final years in the White House.

3 days ago in National

AP Poll: Why Republicans Lost the Midterms

WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than a decade with Donald Trump at the epicenter of U.S. politics, most voters appear…

3 days ago in National

A referendum on Trump, election monitors and a Democratic shift: What to watch on Election Day

President Donald Trump has repeatedly encouraged voters to pretend he's on the ballot this Election Day. He's not, of course. But there is reason to believe that Tuesday's midterms, above all, will be a referendum on his performance over the last two years.