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Tuesday, June 2, 202006/02/2020

Cumberland County DA Jonathan Sahrbeck

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Cumberland County DA Jonathan Sahrbeck speaks to Matt Gagnon and gives us an updates on the courts and also speaks…

Monday, June 1, 202006/01/2020

CBS Space Consultant Bill Harwood

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CBS Space Consultant Bill Harwood speaks to Matt about Historic SpaceX Launch

Monday, June 1, 202006/01/2020

Dr. Nirav Shah / Maine CDC

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Dr. Nirav Shah with Maine CDC, gives us an update on Coronavirus.

Monday, June 1, 202006/01/2020

Bishop Robert Deeley

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Bishop Robert Deeley, Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland speaks to Matt about Church’s re-opening in Maine.

Monday, June 1, 202006/01/2020

Commissioner Heather Johnson

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Commissioner Heather Johnson gives an update on Reopening today in 4 counties.

Monday, June 1, 202006/01/2020

Buying Restaurant Food

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Matt talks about how Governor Mills directs Corrections Department to buy surplus restaurant food. 

Monday, June 1, 202006/01/2020

Jason Levesque

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Jason Levesque,  Mayor of Auburn speaks to Matt about Reopening plan changes -specifically restaurants in Androscoggin County as well as…

Monday, June 1, 202006/01/2020

What’s Open Statewide

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Matt covers  the latest on what’s open, what’s closed and what’s next for Maine.

Friday, May 29, 202005/29/2020

5th Annual Make 12 Hours Count Radiothon

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On March 18th, Veterans Count had anticipated their fifth and largest Radio Thon to date- and then COVID-19 rolled into…

Friday, May 29, 202005/29/2020

Joe Reagan

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Yesterday was WGAN’s Make 12 Hours Count for Veteran’s Count Radiothon. Joe was originally going to reveal the total funds raised by WGAN listeners, but since money is still coming in, he is extending the time for donations for this incredibly successful event

Local Headlines

2 days ago in Local

Police seek suspects in Eddington stabbing

Penobscot County deputies are looking for suspects who they say stabbed man in the neck during a robbery in Eddington Thursday morning.

2 days ago in Local

Maine man indicted on attempted murder and other charges for hitting police cruiser in Bar Harbor

A man accused of leading police on a chase and crashing into a police cruiser in Bar Harbor in April has been indicted for attempted murder.

2 days ago in Local

Platner Denies Hurting Ex-Girlfriend, Will Not Leave Race

Platner, an oyster farmer and combat veteran who is favored to win Tuesday’s Democratic primary

National Headlines

2 days ago in National

Employers added 172,000 jobs last month as US job market shows resilience despite Iran war

The American job market continues to show surprising strength, shrugging off the high costs of the Iran war. Employers added 172,000 jobs in May – roughly double what forecasters had expected – and the unemployment rate remained at a low 4.3%.

3 days ago in National

Homicide convictions reversed for Colorado paramedics who injected ketamine into Elijah McClain

A Colorado court reversed homicide convictions against two paramedics on Thursday in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was pinned down by police and injected with a fatal dose of ketamine.

4 days ago in National

Takeaways from primaries featuring Spencer Pratt, a missing congressman and a rare Trump setback

Here are takeaways from primary elections Tuesday in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.

6 days ago in National

Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming company concealed serious risks of ChatGPT

The state of Florida filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Monday, claiming the company knowingly released and aggressively marketed ChatGPT to the public while concealing serious risks.