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Thursday, August 7, 202508/07/2025

Josh Filler

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We speak with Josh Filler. Josh Filler is an attorney and former New York City, White House, and Department of…

Thursday, August 7, 202508/07/2025

Jason Savage

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Stay updated on state and national politics with Jason Savage, the Executive Director of the Maine Republican Party  

Wednesday, August 6, 202508/06/2025

Eye On Politics

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Former Cumberland County Republican Chair Eric Lusk and Political Consultant & Maine’s DNC National Committeeman BJ McCollister give their Analysis…

Wednesday, August 6, 202508/06/2025

Tech Talk

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Craig Peterson – America’s Leading CyberSecurity Coach, Joins The WGAN Morning News every Wednesday at 7:35 for Tech Talk. Catch…

Wednesday, August 6, 202508/06/2025

Doge Staffer Injured

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Elon Musk’s protege and former Doge staffer, Edward Gorestein, known as “Big Balls,” was injured in a carjacking in Washington,…

Wednesday, August 6, 202508/06/2025

House Democrats Fled The State

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is pursuing legal action to remove House Democrats who fled the state, asserting they have…

Wednesday, August 6, 202508/06/2025

Ben Midgley’s Run For Governor

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Ben Midgley, founder of fitness chains including Planet Fitness, announced his candidacy for Maine’s 2026 gubernatorial election. Midgley, 55, highlighted…

Tuesday, August 5, 202508/05/2025

Phil Harriman

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Phil Harriman has served in Augusta, and is the founder of WGAN’s Saturday show “Inside Maine.” Every week he joins…

Tuesday, August 5, 202508/05/2025

Texas Democrats’ absence

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Matt Gagnon discussed the Texas Democrats’ absence from the state to prevent a quorum and delay GOP efforts to redraw…

Tuesday, August 5, 202508/05/2025

Tuesday’s With Howie Carr

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Howie’s on vacation and in for Howie all week is Aaron Chadbourne.

Local Headlines

16 hours ago in Local

Maine Congressional Delegation Calls for Investigation into Biddeford ICE Shooting

The lawmakers are asking a detailed sequence of events that led to the shooting.

17 hours ago in Local

Noted Maine College Professor Dies at Lake in Acadia National Park

Nancy Andrews was a professor at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor.

20 hours ago in Local

Gas leak that killed 2 at Maine paper mill was preventable, federal investigators say

Federal investigators say a deadly gas release at a Maine paper mill could have been prevented.

National Headlines

1 day ago in National

An experimental Alzheimer’s drug shows some promise as researchers hunt new approaches

An experimental drug might help slow early Alzheimer's disease in a markedly different way than today's treatments — by lowering levels of a brain protein called tau, researchers reported Tuesday.

1 day ago in National

Darline Graham Nordone, sister of Lindsey Graham, chosen to fulfill remainder of his US Senate term

Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, has been named as his temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate after his unexpected death over the weekend.

6 days ago in National

El Nino powers up as forecasters predict historic strength and a rainier winter for the US South

An intensifying El Nino, nature's heat-releasing thermostat that spikes global temperatures, is heading to historically strong levels, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.

7 days ago in National

Judge orders E. Jean Carroll be paid $5.8M in Trump sex abuse and defamation case; Trump appeals

The writer E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million held in escrow since a jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Trump's lawyers immediately appealed to stop the payment.