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Wednesday, May 27, 202005/27/2020

NHL Playoff Format

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NHL unveils 24-team playoff format, details its return to play plan

Wednesday, May 27, 202005/27/2020

Trump’s Tweets

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Matt covers how Twitter labels Trump’s tweets with a fact-check for the first time

Wednesday, May 27, 202005/27/2020

Summer Camps

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Ron Hall, executive director of Maine Summer Camps, which represents 147 Maine overnight and day camps. gives us an update…

Wednesday, May 27, 202005/27/2020

Going Out To Eat

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Matt covers a Popular Portland eatery to close for 2 weeks after employee tests positive for virus and about going…

Tuesday, May 26, 202005/26/2020

Andre  Cushing / Surprise Medical Bills

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Andre  Cushing – County Commissioner of Penobscot County and former State Senator speaks to Matt about Surprise Medical Bills. 

Tuesday, May 26, 202005/26/2020

Creative Graduations

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Matt Gagnon talks about how Maine high schools get creative to salvage graduations

Tuesday, May 26, 202005/26/2020

General Election

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Matt Gagnon goes over The general election scenario that Democrats are dreading

Tuesday, May 26, 202005/26/2020

Trey Stewart

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Assistant Senate Minority Leader Jeffrey Timberlake, R-Turner, and Assistant House Minority Leader Trey Stewart, R-Presque Isle, said  that they want…

Tuesday, May 26, 202005/26/2020

School Year Looks Different

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Coronavirus has led to a pared-down school year that looks different district by district

Tuesday, May 26, 202005/26/2020

Absentee Voting

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Matt goes over how Maine encourages absentee voting in July primary election

Local Headlines

19 hours ago in Local

Firefighter Killed in Searsmont Mill Explosion Identified

Firefighter Andrew Cross, 27, of the Morrill Fire Department, was killed in the line of duty while working to protect his community. This morning, a procession of over 100 first responders lined the roads to honor him and escort his remains back to Waldo County.

22 hours ago in Local

Body of missing Ellsworth paddleboarder found

20-year-old Grayson Mote went missing on May 5th after leaving his family's camp to go paddleboarding and didn't return for over an hour and a half.

22 hours ago in Local

Searsmont Fire Explosion Picked Up by Radar

The explosion during the fire was so large it was picked up by radar Friday afternoon.

National Headlines

4 days 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.

5 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.

5 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.

5 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.