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Gov. Mills announces plan to quadruple state’s coronavirus testing capacity

Governor Janet Mills’ administration has announced another step forward for coronavirus testing in Maine.

Maine’s hospitals get federal help to fight outbreak

The federal government has given Maine’s hospitals a funding boost to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Rural Maine communities get a boost for broadband

ARGYLE, Maine (AP) Rural areas in Maine are getting a boost of more than $500,000 from the state as part of a drive to bring broadband to more communities.

Maine adds to slaughtering capacity to ease meat bottleneck

ETNA, Maine (AP) Maine regulators are attempting to address a meat processing bottleneck in the food supply chain by adding three new processors to the state’s food system.

Maine DA to defy attorney general, charge officer in death

BANGOR, Maine (AP) A Maine district attorney says she will prosecute a former police officer who shot and killed a teenager if the state doesn’t.

Maine supreme court rejects manslaughter appeal in Caribou death

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – A Maine man convicted of manslaughter for delivering a brutal kick to a man who was on his knees lost his appeal to the state supreme court.

U.S. Postal vehicle flipped on its side in crash

A car crash causes a U-S Postal truck to tip over on its side in Raymond Saturday.

Teenagers are the majority at Sanford’s BLM protest on Saturday

Black Lives Matters protestors gathered at Gowen Park in Sanford on Saturday. It was similar to other protests in that it was peaceful and vocal. The majority of the people who showed up were students from Sanford High School.