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Monday, July 20, 202007/20/2020

Heather Johnson

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Heather Johnson, Commissioner, Maine Department of Economic Community Development speaks to Matt and gives us an update on Maine’s Economy.

Monday, July 20, 202007/20/2020

Man Saws Neighbor’s Garage In Half

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Maine man saws neighbor’s garage in half amid boundary dispute

Monday, July 20, 202007/20/2020

Drug Overdose Deaths

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Drug overdose deaths in Maine jump to 127 in first quarter of 2020. 

Monday, July 20, 202007/20/2020

Further Evaluation

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Mills administration releases new guidance for return to school

Friday, July 17, 202007/17/2020

Will The Legislature Reconvene

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Republicans’ demands keep lawmakers sidelined, with hundreds of bills in limbo…..There’s still no agreement to reconvene the Maine Legislature

Friday, July 17, 202007/17/2020

Sports & Alleged Sexual Harassment

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UMaine football season in doubt, with league expected to cancel schedule . Plus Matt covers how Fifteen women accuse Washington…

Friday, July 17, 202007/17/2020

Dr. Alicyn Smart

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Dr. Alicyn Smart Plant Pathologist & Director of the Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The…

Friday, July 17, 202007/17/2020

Andre Cushing / BIW Strike

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Former State Senator and Current County Commissioner Andre Cushing speaks to Matt Gagnon on The WGAN Morning News about The…

Friday, July 17, 202007/17/2020

Bruce Poliquin

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Former Congressman from the 2nd District,  Bruce Poliquin, gives us his analysis on the current State and National Politics. Including …

Friday, July 17, 202007/17/2020

Pandemic & The Affect

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Maine unemployment claims increase after weeks of decline and a BIW executive, family man took his life as depression mounted…

Local Headlines

5 hours ago in Local

Rockland Police arrest 19-year-old and Minor After Thomaston Theft

Police say minor faces theft and numerous other charges.

5 hours ago in Local

Rockland Police Investigating Threats Against City Councilors After ICE Vote

The issue of threats arose after the City Council approved an ordinance barring Rockland employees from assisting federal immigration.

7 hours ago in Local

NTSB to join state, local police to investigate death of kindergartener hit by school bus in Standish

Federal authorities are involved in the investigation of a school bus crash that killed a 5-year-old boy in Standish this week.

National Headlines

9 hours ago in National

Democrats keep 2024 election review under wraps, saying a public rehash won’t help them win in 2026

The Democratic National Committee head has decided not to publish a formal assessment of the party's defeat that returned Donald Trump to power and gave Republicans complete control in Washington.

16 hours ago in National

US government admits role in causing helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington

The U.S. government admitted Wednesday that the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilot played a role in causing a collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk near the nation's capital, killing 67 people.

1 day ago in National

4 Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies

Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.

3 days ago in National

Search for the Brown University shooter resumes as questions swirl about campus security

Authorities knocked on doors Monday searching for any video there might be of the Brown University gunman, who could be seen in grainy footage walking away from the weekend attack that killed two students and wounded nine others.