The Trust for Public Land announces the acquisition of forestland and shoreline around Bald Mountain Pond.
2020
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Gov. Mills joins call for Trump to lift tariff on Canadian aluminum
Mills has joined New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu and Vermont Gov. Phil Scott in asking for the 10% tariff to be lifted, saying it hurts businesses and consumers.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
White House directs agencies to relax regulatory enforcement
A memo tells agencies not to open multiple investigations into the same company and urges them to seek political appointees’ approval before proceeding with an inquiry.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Fauci says halt of vaccine trial because of volunteer’s illness shows ‘safety valve’ at work
The pharmaceutical company has been recruiting volunteers in the U.S. while also testing its vaccine on thousands in Britain, Brazil and South Africa.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
UPS says it plans to hire more than 100,000 holiday workers
UPS said Wednesday that it expects a record peak season.
Posted inNation & World
Scientists cast doubt on results from Russian COVID-19 vaccine
The researchers flagged concerns over seemingly identical levels of antibodies in a number of study participants who were inoculated with the experimental vaccine.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Kennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Dana Wilde: The blue wanderers of the woods
Blue jays are tricksters who know what they’re doing, and also what they’re talking about, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inMaine, News
York County still driving majority of new COVID-19 cases
Of the 23 new cases reported by the Maine CDC on Wednesday, 14 were in York County, which is dealing with several active outbreaks.
Posted inNation & World, News
The Latest: Vaccine by Nov. 3? Halted study explains just how unlikely
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. WASHINGTON — The suspension of a huge COVID-19 vaccine study over an illness in a single participant shows there will be “no compromises” on safety in the race to develop the shot, the chief of the National Institutes of Health told Congress […]
Posted inNation & World
Far-right Norwegian lawmaker nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Christian Tybring-Gjedde was also one of two Norwegian lawmakers who nominated Trump in 2018 for his efforts to bring reconciliation between North and South Korea.