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SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — A Maine manufacturing plant is ready to begin production of COVID-19 tests. Abbott Laboratories received emergency authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the test, and production starts Wednesday at its production facility in Scarborough. The company expects to deliver more than 1 million testing kits per month that […]

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s largest electric utility is donating 6,000 masks to the Maine Emergency Management Agency to protect front-line medical workers from the coronavirus. Central Maine Powe said its parent company, Avangrid, rounded up 3,000 surgical masks and 3,000 N-95 respirators that were sent to the MEMA ofices Monday morning. The state is […]

Acadia National Park is shutting down in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Park officials announced that the park is closing its carriage trails, Park Loop Road, campgrounds, visitor centers, visitor services and all restrooms until further notice. The only park services will be those that support protection of the natural resources. David MacDonald, president of […]

Penobscot Community Health Care Chief Medical Officer Dr. Noah Nesin speaks with Zone Radio’s Don Cookson to update the number of Mainers who have tested positive for COVID-19,  recent changes to guidelines regarding testing for COVID -19 and Bangor’s centralized REFERRAL-ONLY testing site, as well as recent reports about whether or not some existing medications are […]

WKIT’s Don Cookson speaks with local public health officials about the Cornoavuirus pandemic arriving here in Maine, and what YOU can do to stay safe and help protect the broader community. Thanks to Penobscot Community Health Care CEO Lori Dwyer, PCHC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Noah Nesin, and City of Bangor Public Health Director Patty […]

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A Maine man charged with murder in the death of his wife is expected to stand trial in about a year. Prosecutors and defense attorneys have agreed to begin the trial of 40-year-old Frederick Allen Jr., of Newport on Feb. 22, 2021. He was charged with murder after police found the […]

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) A company paid $500,000 by Maine regulators to study the state’s electric grid may have been ineligible to receive the contract based on conflict of interest rules. London Economics International was the winning bidder on the study and was tasked with evaluating the pros and cons of converting Maine’s two investor-owned electric […]