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Tuesday, August 10, 202108/10/2021

Speaker Ryan Fecteau

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Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau speaks to The WGAN Morning to give us an update on The Maine Legislature.

Tuesday, August 10, 202108/10/2021

Holy Donut’s New Location

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In The Old Port, The Holy Donut, the space formerly occupied by Bill’s Pizza on commercial street.

Monday, August 9, 202108/09/2021

USM President Glenn Cummings

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We speak to USM President Glenn Cummings about how the upcoming school year will look like at USM.

Friday, August 6, 202108/06/2021

Pete Geiger | Farmer’s Almanac

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2022 Farmers’ Almanac  is out and their call for “winter weather”.

Friday, August 6, 202108/06/2021

Maine Policy Institute

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Keeping you informed about what is happening inside Augusta with the experts from Maine Policy Institute.

Friday, August 6, 202108/06/2021

Phil Briggs | Eye On Veterans Preview

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Navy Veteran and Journalist Phil Briggs looks at life from the military veteran’s perspective With Eye On Veterans,  Every Sunday Morning…

Thursday, August 5, 202108/05/2021

You Tell Us: Thursday

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You Tell Us: If your employer required you to get a vaccine you didn’t want, would you comply, or would…

Thursday, August 5, 202108/05/2021

Capital Insights With Governor John Baldacci

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Former Governor & Congressman of Maine, John Baldacci gives us his Capital Insights on  Local and National Politics.

Thursday, August 5, 202108/05/2021

Jason Savage / Maine GOP

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Keeping you informed about what’s going on in state and national politics,  Executive Director of the Maine Republican Party, Jason Savage.

Wednesday, August 4, 202108/04/2021

You Tell Us: Wednesday

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You Tell Us: Do you think that Bruce Poliquin will be able to beat Jared Golden for the 2nd District…

Local Headlines

24 minutes ago in Local

Vance touts work of his anti-fraud task force in visit to Maine ahead of primary election

Fresh

Vice President JD Vance highlighted the Trump administration’s efforts to combat fraud in a visit to Maine on Thursday ahead of the state’s primary elections for several high-profile races.

20 hours ago in Local

U.S. Marshals Arrest Maine Man Who Failed to Appear in Court for Manslaughter

Albert Deschaine of Peru was convicted in 2024 for a fatal crash in Auburn that killed another man.

21 hours ago in Local

Portland Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Child Pornography

Derren Wood-Peterson also received 10 years of supervised release.

National Headlines

24 hours ago in National, Trending

Prosecutors to retry Alex Murdaugh in deaths of wife and son after high court overturned convictions

Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions and life sentence for the deaths of his wife and son were overturned Wednesday by the South Carolina Supreme Court because the court clerk at his trial suggested he was guilty. But the disgraced lawyer won't be leaving prison anytime soon.

2 days ago in National

Denver airport security missed trespasser who was killed by plane on runway

Workers at Denver airport initially missed a security breach by man who scaled an 8-foot perimeter fence and crossed a runway where he was hit and killed in a fiery collision by a plane with 231 people on board, authorities said Tuesday.

2 days ago in National

US consumer prices jump as Iran war sends energy prices rapidly higher

The Labor Department's consumer price index rose 3.8% from April 2025, according to data released Tuesday. On a month-to-month basis, April prices rose 0.6% from March as gasoline prices rose 5.4% during the month; the month-over-month gain was down from 0.9% increase from February to March.

2 days ago in National

Hegseth is facing a new round of questioning from Congress on the Iran war and more

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Congress on Tuesday about the Trump administration's end game for the Iran war, the conflict's costs and its impact on diminishing weapons stockpiles.