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Friday, May 1, 202005/01/2020

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 1, 202005/01/2020

Antibody Testing

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Matt covers Antibody testing for coronavirus offered in Maine – with cautions

Friday, May 1, 202005/01/2020

Lyme Disease Awareness Month

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Sara Robinson, who is Program Director for the Infectious Disease Program at Maine CDC and May is Lyme Disease Awareness…

Friday, May 1, 202005/01/2020

Online Poll

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Matt goes over how Most Mainers support continued shutdown with 1 in 5 affected by layoffs

Thursday, April 30, 202004/30/2020

Senator Susan Collins

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Senator Collins speaks to Matt Gagnon about Paycheck Protection Program. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Small Business Coronavirus…

Thursday, April 30, 202004/30/2020

John Baldacci

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Former Governor & Congressman of Maine, John Baldacci speaks to Matt about the Governor Mill’s Plan to re-open to economy.

Thursday, April 30, 202004/30/2020

LePage Running In 2022

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Former Gov. LePage says he will run against Mills in 2022 on Howie Carr Show yesterday.

Thursday, April 30, 202004/30/2020

Veterans Count Maine / Virtual Event

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Joe Reagan speaks with matt about their upcoming virtual event. Three local comics, Danny Bullis, Bob Sheehy, and Jerry Caruso…

Thursday, April 30, 202004/30/2020

Experimental Drug Tested

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Matt talks about Experimental drug tested at Maine Med proves effective against coronavirus in study; ‘A drug can block this…

Wednesday, April 29, 202004/29/2020

Eye On Politics

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Former Maine Legislator Jeremy Fischer and Cumberland County Republican Chair Eric Lusk Eric give their  Analysis of Maine Politics to…

Local Headlines

21 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.

24 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.

1 day 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.