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Maine’s medical cannabis market had its boom. Is it in a bust?
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Endangered Atlantic salmon population takes a hit after river dredged in Phillips
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In rural Maine, efforts to provide drug treatment often met with resistance, despite high demand
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Nation & World
Beryl strengthens into a hurricane in the Atlantic, forecast to become a major storm
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Election 2024
After president’s debate debacle, Jill Biden delivering message that they’re still all in
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New and expecting parents get gifts, support at ‘community baby shower’
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Watch: After a record-breaking day for the Monmouth Fair, a gloomy Saturday brings out the women for Woodsman’s Day
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Health
Maine CDC issues warning after child’s death is linked to influenza
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Nation & World
10 Ukrainians, imprisoned in Russia for years, return home after Vatican mediation
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Nation & World
UN starts to move tons of aid from U.S.-built pier after security fears suspended work there
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Nation & World
In Egypt, Gaza evacuees live in the shadows: ‘Everything is closing in’
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at 6:29 AMGeranium is part of the Danish capital’s growing reputation as a revolutionary culinary destination, but the domestic furor over its menu shows not everyone in Denmark is ready for innovative plant-based cuisine.
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June 29Guy Stevens, 68, was ejected from his car Friday when he failed to negotiate a sharp turn in the road, according to a Somerset County Sheriff's official.
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June 29They are warning that the group should not count on the United States or anyone else being able to hold off Israeli leaders if they decide to execute battle-ready plans for an offensive into Lebanon.
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June 29Arts leaders across the state say it's the first time they recall a Florida governor eliminating all grant funding for arts and culture.
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June 29He played Colonel Mustard in the 1985 movie adaptation of the board game 'Clue,' which, like many things Mull appeared in, has become a cult classic.
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June 29The U.S. Department of Labor reached a settlement with the Portland-based insurance company Friday.
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June 28The incident Tuesday appears to involve a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 that took off on a closed runway where an airport vehicle was conducting a safety inspection.
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June 28Defense lawyers are poised to call witnesses starting Monday to defend the New Jersey Democrat, who, along with 2 businessmen, faces multiple federal charges.
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June 28The union claims Sheriff Kevin Joyce committed an ethical – and possibly criminal – violation when he issued a news release 4 years ago blaming a jail guard for assaulting an inmate.
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June 28Lewiston and Farmington organizations to receive $3.3 million in Maine Connectivity Authority grantsSeniorsPlus and YWCA Central Maine in Lewiston, and Franklin County Adult and Community Education in Farmington are set to receive $3.3 million in total between them to bring digital improvements and better internet access to their communities.
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June 28The ruling removes one of the last hurdles before prosecutors can bring the case to trial with jury selection scheduled for July 9 in Santa Fe.
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June 28Some cities said they do not anticipate any immediate changes in response to Friday's ruling, including in Augusta.
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June 28Vice President Kamala Harris said the contrast between the president and Donald Trump ultimately has to be on Biden’s performance in office, rather than in one debate.
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June 28Scout Boudreau was only 19 months old in 2011 when her father completed a 5K trail run at Bond Brook Recreation Area while pushing her in a stroller. This week, she returned to complete the course under her own power.
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June 28A 10-year project is planned to improve water quality in China Lake, which supplies drinking water to tens of thousands of people.
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June 28A facilitator hopes to have strategic plan in about seven months to more efficiently and effectively help homeless people in the Augusta area.
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June 28Gary Getchell decided to run for local office so people had options when voting. Now he's ready to serve.
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June 28Augusta- and Waterville-area arrests for June 21-28, 2024.
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June 28The U.S. Department of Transportation granted Downeast Transportation Inc. the funding to buy 23 electric buses.
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June 28Charlie Martin has been working to open Maine Plywood USA in the small Somerset County town, investing millions to manufacture a product in the U.S. that now is largely imported.
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June 28The court’s decision to undercut the ability of administrative agencies to interpret vague laws also casts a long shadow over efforts to online privacy laws, approvals of some drugs and net neutrality.
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June 28Authorities were alerted about 20-year-old Gregory Taylor after an eyewitness reported seeing a swimmer in distress.
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June 28Suspicion about the fate of the calf has grown as weeks have passed without another sighting since it was born in the Lamar Valley, a prime spot for wildlife viewing in Yellowstone.
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June 28Indictment accuses former Uvalde schools police chief of delays while shooter was ‘hunting’ childrenThe now-former police chief was arrested and briefly booked into the Uvalde County jail before he was released Thursday night on 10 felony counts of abandoning or endangering a child in the 2022 attack.
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June 29The Supreme Court rejected an opioid settlement that could have brought Maine $20 million. What now?While the parties will now have to renegotiate a new settlement, Maine is expecting to receive about $235 million over the next 18 years from other opioid settlements.
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June 28It would be nearly impossible for Democrats to replace President Biden as their 2024 presidential nominee unless he chooses to step aside.
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June 28Joseph Eaton, who faces four counts of murder and one count of aggravated attempted murder, will appear in Sagadahoc County Superior Court on Monday afternoon.
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June 28Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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June 28The justices ruled that the charge of obstructing an official proceeding – which Trump has also been charged with – must include proof that defendants tried to tamper with or destroy documents.
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June 28In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the court reversed an appeals court ruling that found outdoor sleeping bans amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
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June 28The Mexican restaurant at 60 Waterville Road opened about two weeks ago after about four months of floor-to-ceiling renovations to the space.
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June 28The 1984 decision colloquially known as Chevron made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections.
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June 28Biden 'just didn’t have the spark that we needed tonight,' Rosemarie DeAngelus, a Democrat from South Portland, said from her watch party at Broadway Bowl.
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June 28President Biden and former President Donald Trump held an unusually early debate on Thursday night in Atlanta, speaking to an electorate that has expressed strong dissatisfaction with their choice of candidates.
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June 28Amtrak and CSX will be installing a 'positive train control' system on the Downeaster tracks, intended to automatically control train speeds and movements.
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June 28The indictment makes the former Uvalde schools police chief the first officer to face criminal charges in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.
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June 27Family members earlier bade a tearful goodbye to the children as they and their escorts left the Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis bound for the Kerem Shalom cargo crossing with Israel.
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U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin includes both Mainers among moderates he's endorsing from both parties.
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June 28Hallowell police allege that Manchester Fire Chief Francis R. Wozniak had blue lights installed on a town of Manchester-owned pickup truck and told people he was the town 'constable,' a position that does not exist.
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June 28'America's Best Restaurants' filmed Thursday at My Dad's Place in North Jay.
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June 28The 'Find Waldo Local' event in Downtown Farmington invites families to search for the iconic character at 20 local businesses throughout July, culminating in a prize drawing and celebration.
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June 27Bob Sanders passed through the Augusta area Thursday — one stop in a tour of the three northern New England states to raise funds to support humanitarian aid in Gaza and other causes.
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June 28Gov. Janet Mills' brother, who has served as executive director of the quasi-governmental agency since 2011, said his health factored into his decision to not seek reappointment in September.
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June 27The order amounts to a mixed result for both sides and ensures further delays in a criminal case that has already been snarled by significant postponements.
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June 28The man has everything he needs, including a bed, a thick wool blanket, a solar panel and insulation for his windows, Amy Calder writes.
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June 27Maine's 1st District congresswoman said the effort is meant to draw attention to the toll that mass-produced clothing has on climate change.
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June 27The donation was made by the Harold Alfond Foundation to build on the success of existing programming that the organization believes can help ease Maine's labor shortage.
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June 27The directive sent Thursday to superintendents across the state says adherence to the mandate is compulsory and 'immediate and strict compliance is expected.'
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June 28Maxwell Goguen, 24, was northbound from North Anson toward Embden when his 2006 Chevrolet Malibu went off the left side of the road just before 7:30 p.m., according to the Somerset County Sheriff's Office, which is investigating the crash.
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June 27The National Transportation Safety Board says Boeing 'blatantly violated' the agency's investigative regulations, as well as a signed agreement, by providing nonpublic investigative information to the media.
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June 27Police say an electric vehicle crashed into a tree at high speed, forcing officials to temporarily close Harrison Road in Naples when battery debris spread over a wide area and started numerous small fires.
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June 27Judge Timothy Fancourt said it was troubling that all communications between the Duke of Sussex and writer J.R. Moehringer, along with all drafts of the best-selling 'Spare,' were destroyed.
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June 28The Kennebec Roofing Industrial Annex is expected to accommodate 10 storefronts, and plans are underway for more office space and a multisport facility.
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June 27U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston said Thursday a Texas judge's ruling that victim Jesse Lewis' family could start collecting on the settlement conflicts with federal bankruptcy law.
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June 27Bolivian President Luis Arce has denied being behind an attempted coup against him, lashing out at accusations that he had asked for the mutiny in a plan to boost his popularity.
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June 27When Tyler Anderson was arrested, a spokesperson for Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said that texts were directed at his campaign.
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June 27The justices ruled in a 6-3 vote that people accused of fraud by the SEC, which regulates securities markets, have the right to a jury trial in federal court.
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June 27The ruling came a day after an opinion was briefly posted on the court's website accidentally and quickly taken down, but not before it was obtained by Bloomberg.
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June 27The high court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, has increasingly reined in the powers of federal agencies, including the EPA, in recent years.
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June 27The settlement would have shielded Sackler family members who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would've provided billions of dollars to combat the epidemic.
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June 27Israel's war in Gaza has decimated the strip's sanitation system while simultaneously displacing the vast majority of the population, leaving many Palestinians living in tent camps nearby water contaminated with sewage and growing piles of garbage.
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June 27America’s auto industry has grown concerned that Chinese carmakers may be preparing to set up shop in Mexico to exploit North American trade rules.
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June 27Wednesday’s rebellion followed months of tensions, with economic hardship and protests growing ever stronger.
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June 27The state's only aquarium reopened Wednesday and features new exhibits and research about the Gulf of Maine.
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June 26Four years ago, then-President Trump arrived at the first debate with Joe Biden in Cleveland seemingly determined to steamroll Biden at every turn
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Law enforcement services throughout Franklin County will continue to be provided during the training.
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June 27Select Board approves money for police recruitment video.
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June 26Town officials cited concerns over not hiring the employees, liability, insurances and other legalities.
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June 26Amazon now joins Google's parent Alphabet, software behemoth Microsoft, iPhone maker Apple, and AI chip maker Nvidia among companies with valuations of at least $2 trillion.
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June 26Wednesday’s rebellion followed months of tensions, with economic hardship and protests growing ever stronger.
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June 26Jurors have to consider whether the sometimes tiny bits of evidence – pieces of a broken tail light, a single human hair – point to the girlfriend’s guilt, or a sprawling cover-up by law enforcement officers.
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June 26President Biden points to the legislation as an example of investing in alternative energy in ways that'll help the environment and lift the economy. But one solar company shows how that legislation can yield mammoth returns to the well-connected.
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June 26This week, Boeing said the Starliner capsule's problems aren’t a concern for the return trip and 'the astronauts are not stranded.'
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June 26An independent watchdog within the IRS reports that while taxpayer services have vastly improved, the agency is still too slow to resolve identity theft cases
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June 26Fentanyl poisoning has been the leading cause of death for Americans between age 18 and 45 since 2019, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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June 26Robert Fanning, 39, was arrested June 14 by the Oxford County Sheriff's Office.
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June 27About a dozen employees from Huhtamaki were volunteering Wednesday to help frame up the structure.