USDA designates Maine counties as natural disaster areas

Maine center guiding local opioid settlement spending says data will be public early next year.The USM-based center is providing technical support as millions of dollars flow into local governments to combat the opioid crisis. Read this story by Emily Bader of The Maine Monitor.

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Union accuses Mills administration of bargaining in bad faith | Spectrum News Maine

USDA designates Maine counties as primary natural disaster areas because of drought | WMTW

LePage and Republicans think 2nd District is theirs to win after Golden’s exit | Bangor Daily News

Ripple effects of Penobscot County’s HIV outbreak are spreading throughout Maine | Bangor Daily News

Trump helped Schumer get three of his dream candidates for 2026, including Mills | NOTUS

Maine isn’t tracking a crucial metric about homeownership | Bangor Daily News

Platner hopes his campaign births a movement that continues even if he loses | Portland Press Herald

After recent teen suicides, Oxford Hills puts new emphasis on prevention | Advertiser Democrat

'Once in a generation' opportunity protects wildlife, working forest and recreation in western Maine | Maine Public

Lewiston swears in first female police chief | Spectrum News Maine

Avangrid’s hydropower project gets final Maine permit despite losing referendum | Associated Press

Driver of school bus in Rockland fatality had prior OUI, crash | Midcoast Villager

Wreaths Across America says they are short 25,000 sponsored headstones | WGME

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