No need to be quiet about this: Waterville Public Library reopens after 2 1/2-year closure

The COVID-19 pandemic, extensive renovations and related safety issues had required the library to be closed since March 2020.

Biotechnology now employs nearly 10,000 workers in Maine

An industry report said jobs with life sciences companies in the state have an average salary of more than $100,000.

Federal judge approves plan to reimburse Maine inmates who lost unemployment benefits

The state will return more than $163,000 in seized unemployment benefits to 54 people who were incarcerated in Maine in 2020 and barred from the state's work-release program during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 hospitalizations increase sharply in Maine

Still, public health experts are not projecting a return to the winter surges that the omicron wave caused in Maine and the U.S.

Maine transit agencies drop mask requirement

Starting Wednesday, passengers on public transportation in southern Maine will no longer have to wear masks after a federal judge struck down a nationwide face covering mandate.

The pandemic effect: Personal stories of change

COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to drop; state reports 50 deaths from January

As new numbers slow, the Maine CDC continues to sort through a backlog from the height of the omicron surge.

Gov. Mills calls White House, gets more COVID-19 treatments for Maine despite undercount of cases

Maine has been getting a smaller allocation of a monoclonal antibody treatment because of a large backlog of positive tests that have yet to be screened and added to the daily total of confirmed new cases.

Backlog of positive tests reduces Maine’s ration of lifesaving COVID-19 drug

With tens of thousands of test results waiting to be processed, the state's case rate is artificially low, and that is reducing Maine's federal allocation of monoclonal antibody treatment.

Maine COVID-19 hospitalizations remain high over weekend

A total of 109 coronavirus patients were in critical care on Sunday and 56 on ventilators.