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USDA to help Maine meat processor rebuild after plant fire

KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) The federal government is providing a small meat processor in Maine with $200,000 to help rebuild from a devastating fire last year.

Gas prices up again in Maine despite nationwide trend

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Gas prices rose in parts of northern New England in the last week.

More Maine firefighters to get bulletproof vests

CARIBOU, Maine (AP) Caribou Fire and Ambulance is the latest in the state to equip ambulance workers with bulletproof vests.

Affordable housing key to return of island nursing home

Ronda Dodge, the president of the nursing home board, said the nursing home had between 26 and 28 people decline job offers because they could not find housing in the area.

Researchers try producing potato resistant to climate change

BANGOR, Maine (AP) University of Maine researchers are trying to produce potatoes that can better withstand warming temperatures as the climate changes.

Maine’s fall hunting seasons ending for the year

Maine wildlife managers have encouraged more hunting these past two years because it’s a socially distant activity.

Maine art museum receives $750,000 gift, renames gallery

The Ogunquit Museum of American Art said it received the $750,000 gift from Carol and Noel Leary.

Maine hospitals have three tools in their toolbelt to expand hospital capacity amid record COVID-19 cases

Many of the 323 Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 in Maine are only still there because there are very few open nursing home beds in the state to discharge them to.

10 Maine communities working together to prevent flooding

The communities involved in the project are Portland, Freeport, Falmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, South Portland, Chebeague Island and Long Island.

Shippers prepare for another pandemic crush of holiday gifts

The Postal Service and private shippers UPS and FedEx are bolstering their hiring by bringing in about 230,000 seasonal workers to ensure they don’t become overwhelmed by packages again.

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FILE -Olympic Rings are pictured in front of The Olympic House, headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the opening of the executive board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, March 28, 2023. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

The IOC and Saudi Arabia have canceled their 12-year deal to host the video gaming Esports Olympics in Riyadh in a rare setback for a sports project backed by the oil-rich kingdom.