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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

13 minutes ago in Local

Skowhegan Man Charged with Murder in Augusta Shooting

Fresh

The suspect is now being held in the Somerset County Jail without bail.

12 hours ago in Local

Oldest known whale recording could unlock mysteries of the ocean

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of how the…

23 hours ago in Local

Sen King Introduces Measure to Hike Benefits for Service Members Who Die in Action

Congress increased burial benefits for non-service-connected deaths and tied them to inflation back in 2020.

National Headlines

9 hours ago in National

Trump will pay his respects in Delaware to 6 US service members killed in the Middle East

President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

9 hours ago in National, Trending

Muskets crack, drums echo as Boston marks 250 years since British evacuation

Reenactors in 18th-century military coats and tricorn hats filled the pews of one of the nation's oldest Catholic Churches on Tuesday before firing muskets outside and marching through neighborhood streets, marking the 250th anniversary of the day British forces evacuated the city.

1 day ago in National

Winds, blizzards and triple-digit heat put over half of the US in the path of extreme weather

From a surprising heatwave in California to blizzards burying parts of the Midwest and storms rolling into the East Coast, chaotic weather on Monday put more than half the nation's population in the path of extreme conditions.

1 day ago in National

What’s in the voting bill that Republicans are pushing to the Senate floor

Legislation that would require proof of U.S. citizenship for new voters has become a rallying cry for President Donald Trump, who claims that passage of the bill will "guarantee the midterms" for his Republican Party in November.