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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…

Thursday, May 14, 202005/14/2020

State Of Emergency Extended

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Matt covers, Mills extending coronavirus state of emergency for another month

Local Headlines

24 minutes ago in Local

Man Accused of Murdering Another Man Before Portland Police Shot, Injured Him

Fresh

Two officers are on administrative leave.

14 hours ago in Local

Portland Jetport Among Airports Hit by Technical Problems at Key Air Traffic Center

Hundreds of flights were canceled in the U.S. Northeast

14 hours ago in Local

Prime Bayside Lots in Portland Now Being Marketed for Development

The city rezoned the property for dense commercial housing.

National Headlines

37 minutes ago in National

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

Fresh

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.

4 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.