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Wednesday, September 16, 202009/16/2020

Jim Copland

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Jim Copland is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, where he has directed legal-policy research since…

Wednesday, September 16, 202009/16/2020

Statewide Book Drive

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Maine Businesses, State Chamber Collect More Than 2,000 Books for Maine Kids in Statewide Book Drive Access to books to help…

Wednesday, September 16, 202009/16/2020

No Contested Choice

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For the first time since 1998, more than 30 seats in the Maine Legislature will go to candidates, mostly Democrats,…

Tuesday, September 15, 202009/15/2020

Colonel Terry Virts

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Former astronaut, Endeavour shuttle pilot, Intl Space Station commander Colonel Terry Virts (retired) served in the US Air Force as…

Tuesday, September 15, 202009/15/2020

Bill O’Reilly

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‘Killing Crazy Horse’ The Merciless Indian Wars in America is  Bill O’Reilly’s Newest History Book in the #1 Best-Selling Series…

Tuesday, September 15, 202009/15/2020

Mask Wearing

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Spruce Head man, charged with threatening couple for not wearing masks. Police say Kibitz was carrying a gun and confronted…

Tuesday, September 15, 202009/15/2020

Senator Angus King

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Join the Portland Community Chamber of Commerce and Senator Angus King as they kick off our 2020-21 season of Eggs…

Tuesday, September 15, 202009/15/2020

Life On Venus?

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Astronomers find possible sign of life on Venus. We also speak with CBS Correspondent Vicki Barker in London about this. …

Monday, September 14, 202009/14/2020

Dr. Nirav Shah

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Dr. Nirav Shah, Director Of Maine CDC,  gives us an update on the latest with Covid-19 in Maine

Monday, September 14, 202009/14/2020

Xavier Botana / Portland Public Schools

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Xavier Botana speaks to us about Portland’s first day of school. Also, School meals will be free to all City of…

Local Headlines

7 hours ago in Local

Police arrest 3 accused of running from crash scene in Richmond

Three men from Venezuela accused of running from police after a crash in Richmond are facing charges.

7 hours ago in Local

Portland police chief responds to reports that officers cooperated with ICE

Portland's Police Chief says the city does not participate in federal immigration enforcement.

1 day ago in Local

One Person Stabbed in Mattawamkeag Home Invasion

Deputies say the victim had left the scene in a vehicle and was subsequently located at another residence.

National Headlines

9 hours ago in National, Trending

US forecasts blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome and atmospheric river all at once

Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) heat. Two storms will dump snow by the foot over northern Great Lakes states. And the dreaded polar vortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing Arctic chill. This forecast of extremes comes as weather whiplash has already hit much of the East.

16 hours ago in National

Key inflation gauge worsened in January, before Iran war lifted gas prices

An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved higher in January in the latest sign that prices were persistently elevated even before the Iran war caused spikes in oil and gas costs.

16 hours ago in National

Man in Michigan synagogue attack lost family members in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, official says

A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials are saying was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday.

2 days ago in National

Epstein’s longtime accountant testifies on his wealth and business ties

House lawmakers were digging into Jeffrey Epstein's sprawling financial portfolio on Wednesday as a committee deposed his former accountant and tried to understand his connections to some of the world's wealthiest men.