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Monday, August 31, 202008/31/2020

Secretary Of State, Matt Dunlap

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Secretary Of State, Matt Dunlap speaks to Matt about appealing the judge’s ruling on ranked-choice voting. 

Monday, August 31, 202008/31/2020

Cindy Soule – Finalist For Maine Teacher of Year

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Portland Public Schools Teacher is Finalist for Teacher of Year! Cindy Soule, a fourth-grade teacher at Talbot Community School, was…

Monday, August 31, 202008/31/2020

Aquaboggan Waterpark

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Aquaboggan Water Park owner Wesley Hurst calls in about the closing of their Waterpark.  For those of you with unused…

Friday, August 28, 202008/28/2020

Senator Susan Collins on Hugh Hewitt

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Hugh Hewitt spoke with Republican Senator Susan Collins on WGAN the morning after President Trump accepted his party’s nomination at the Republican National Convention.

Friday, August 28, 202008/28/2020

Bruce Poliquin

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Former Congressman from the 2nd District, Bruce Poliquin joins Matt Gagnon to go over The RNC .

Friday, August 28, 202008/28/2020

Millinocket Outbreak

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Guests had temps taken at Millinocket Lake wedding reception, but COVID-19 still took root. 

Friday, August 28, 202008/28/2020

COVID-19 Testing

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State opens new COVID-19 mobile testing lab, quadrupling capacity, Plus Rapid, inexpensive COVID-19 test to be produced in Maine, creating…

Friday, August 28, 202008/28/2020

Demi Kouzounas

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Demi Kouzounas Chair of Maine Republican Party speaks to Matt about the final night of RNC.

Friday, August 28, 202008/28/2020

Fall Sports

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Maine principals give go-ahead to fall sports season pending state approval

Friday, August 28, 202008/28/2020

211 Maine

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Nikki Busmanis / 211 Maine Program Manager, speaks to us about the launch of a redesigned website, www.211Maine.org.  211 Maine and…

Local Headlines

4 hours ago in Local

Oklahoma Fugitive Wanted on Child Exploitation Charges Arrested in Maine

U.S. Marshals say an investigation determined that Jaime A. Oktay had fled Oklahoma and was hiding in Maine

4 hours ago in Local

Shed Destroyed in Topsham Fire

Firefighters say discarded woodstove ashes are the cause of a fire that destroyed a shed at a home in Topsham…

4 hours ago in Local

New York Woman Pleads Guilty To Illegal Marijuana Grow Operation in Somerset County

Prosecutors say Jiamin Liao admitted to federal agents that she grew marijuana in Madison and stored it in Norridgewock

National Headlines

14 hours ago in National

George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

Five years ago, video images from a Minneapolis street showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as his life slipped away ignited a social movement. Now, videos from another Minneapolis street showing the last moments of Renee Good's life are central to another debate about law enforcement in America.

4 days ago in National

Protests over federal enforcement operations after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland

As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis' streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded, sparked additional protests and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the U.S.

4 days ago in National

Minnesota must play a role in the investigation into Renee Good’s killing by ICE, governor says

The state of Minnesota must play a role in investigating the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Gov. Tim Walz insisted Thursday, pushing back against the Trump administration's decision to keep the investigation solely in federal hands.

5 days ago in National

Senate considers limiting Trump’s war powers after Venezuela raid

The Senate is expected to vote on a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, setting up a test for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.