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Wednesday, August 5, 202008/05/2020

Portland’s Reopening Plan

In Local, Podcasts

Portland teachers, parents air concerns over school reopening plan

Wednesday, August 5, 202008/05/2020

Who’s The Boss

In Local, Podcasts

“Entertainment Weekly” says they turned it down . . . but Deadline.com says they’re “supportive” of the idea, and “hope…

Wednesday, August 5, 202008/05/2020

Catharine Hartnett With CMP

In Local, Podcasts

Catharine Hartnett With CMP gives us an update as Outages exceeded 91,000 at one point as tropical storm came through…

Tuesday, August 4, 202008/04/2020

Spencer Thibodeau / Biden’s Campaign

In Local, Podcasts

Portland City Councilor & Senior Adviser for The Biden Campaign In Maine,  Spencer Thibodeau gives us an update on Biden’s…

Tuesday, August 4, 202008/04/2020

Erin Perrine / Trump’s Campaign

In Local, Podcasts

Erin Perrine, Director of Press Operations for the Trump campaign speaks to us to update President Trump’s Campaign.

Tuesday, August 4, 202008/04/2020

Secretary Of State, Matt Dunlap

In Local, Podcasts

Secretary Of State, Matt Dunlap speaks to us about how Maine reruns ranked-choice races after missing 13,000 ballots.

Tuesday, August 4, 202008/04/2020

Water Restrictions Lifted

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Shark-related water restrictions lifted at 3 Maine state parks

Tuesday, August 4, 202008/04/2020

Jonathan Sahrbeck

In Local, Podcasts

Cumberland County District Attorney Jonathan Sahrbeck gives us an update on catching up with Grand Jury sessions now underway since…

Tuesday, August 4, 202008/04/2020

Larry Bird Tomato / The Gagnon Tree

In Local, Podcasts

We kick off the show with the pronunciation of Isaias. Then the famous Tomato that looks like Larry Bird, plus…

Monday, August 3, 202008/03/2020

The Gagnon Way

In Local, Podcasts

Matt sets the record on the pronunciation of his last name.

Local Headlines

4 hours ago in Local

Maine Senators Urge President Trump to Release Heating Oil Reserves

Maine is the most heating oil-reliant state in the country

5 hours ago in Local

Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office Warning About Spike in Auto Burglaries, Thefts

The sheriff's office says the increase is across the region

8 hours ago in Local

Somerset County man charged with manslaughter in connection with boating-related death

A Maine man has been charged in connection with the death of a Skowhegan man who drowned in the Kennebec River on July 4.

National Headlines

15 hours ago in National

California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops

It's harvest time in California wine country, but many growers are struggling to sell their grapes as changing drinking habits have caused demand to plunge. The decline is forcing some growers to tear out vineyards that their families have grown for generations.

5 days ago in National, Trending

Early voting begins in US midterm elections that could flip control of Congress

In-person voting for this year's midterm elections began Friday, ushering in the final six weeks for Americans to decide which party they trust to lead Congress through a cost-of-living crisis, a prolonged war in Iran and other pressing issues.

2 weeks ago in National, Trending

US marks 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks

Americans are commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity.

2 weeks ago in National, Trending

Anthropic researcher resigns with warning about the dangers of AI development

An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of the industry about the technology's potential to elude human control.