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Monday, May 18, 202005/18/2020

Dining Out

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Matt covers how Some restaurants will reopen today, but Mainers are mixed on dining out

Monday, May 18, 202005/18/2020

Commissioner Heather Johnson

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Commissioner Heather Johnson gives an update on the status of the rural reopening, future of things like 14 day quarantine.

Monday, May 18, 202005/18/2020

Jake Posik / Maine Policy Institute

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Jake Posik, Communications Director at the Maine Policy Institute goes over Rural reopening.

Friday, May 15, 202005/15/2020

Outdoors Movies

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Outdoor movies will start showing at 4 Maine drive-ins this week and some are already sold out, with people eager…

Friday, May 15, 202005/15/2020

Tech Talk w/ Craig Peterson

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It’s Tech Talk with Craig Peterson and he discussing the latest in Technology.

Friday, May 15, 202005/15/2020

Coronavirus Testing / Lodging

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A Kittery nursing home asked for exposed staff and residents to be tested, but Maine CDC said no and Mills…

Friday, May 15, 202005/15/2020

Portland City Manager Jon Jennings

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Portland City Manager Jon Jennings speaks to us and gives us an update on what Portland is doing in regards…

Friday, May 15, 202005/15/2020

Thorn Dickinson / NECEC

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Thorn Dickinson, the President/CEO of NECEC speaks to Matt Gagnon about Department of Environmental Protection  (DEP) issuing a permit to…

Friday, May 15, 202005/15/2020

Mayor Jason Levesque

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Mayor Jason Levesque  speaks to WGAN Morning News about letter to Governor Mills.

Thursday, May 14, 202005/14/2020

John Baldacci

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Former Governor & Congressman of Maine, John Baldacci joins Matt Gagnon and gives his analysis on the current with Coronavirus…

Local Headlines

1 hour ago in Local

Crews Spent 5 Hours in Frigid Weather Battling Fire in Bucksport

Fresh

Investigators have not released the cause of the overnight fire in Bucksport.

2 hours ago in Local

Rockland Councilors Say They Received Threats Over Vote Against ICE Cooperation

Fresh

The City Council last week approved a local ordinance barring Rockland employees from assisting federal immigration agents

4 hours ago in Local

Gov. Mills to allow law limiting police cooperation with ICE to become law

Gov. Janet Mills is allowing a bill to become law that will limit the ability of state and local police to work with immigration agents.

National Headlines

6 hours 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.

13 hours ago in National

Authorities say they will release person of interest detained in Brown University shooting

A person of interest detained after a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine will be released after law enforcement authorities determined there was no basis to keep the individual in custody, officials said Sunday night.

4 days ago in National

Washington state faces historic floods that have washed away homes and stranded families

Days of torrential rain in Washington state caused historic floods that have stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and ripped at least two homes from their foundations, and experts warned that even more flooding expected Friday could be catastrophic.

5 days ago in National

Tariffs have cost U.S. households $1,200 each since Trump returned to the White House, Democrats say

Sweeping taxes on imports have cost the average American household nearly $1,200 since Donald Trump returned to the White House this year, according to calculations by Democrats on Congress' Joint Economic Committee.