Detecting variants and knowing where and how widely they are spreading could be critical to preventing another deadly wave of COVID-19.
2021
Posted inNation & World
Some power restored in Texas but water crisis persists
The extreme weather is blamed for the deaths of over three dozen people, some while trying to keep warm.
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Posted inSports
MLB notebook: AL Cy Young winner Bieber sidelined with COVID
Shane Bieber hasn’t yet reported to spring training because of his recent positive test.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
State regulator launches probe into future of Maine’s electric grid
The investigation comes after controversy over Central Maine Power’s estimated costs for connecting solar energy farms to the grid.
Posted inNation & World
Bob Dole says he’s been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer
The former longtime senator and presidential candidate said he was diagnosed recently and would begin treatment on Monday.
Posted inNation & World
‘Obviously a mistake’: Cruz returns to Texas from Cancun after uproar
Sen. Ted Cruz cuts short a vacation after media outlets reported that he had traveled out of the country with his family as hundreds of thousands of Texans were still grappling with the fallout of a winter storm that crippled the state’s power grid.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
MaineHealth receives $12.8 million grant for rural health care research
It will use the funds, from the National Institutes of Health, to study ways to reduce the disparity in health care quality between urban and rural areas of the state.
Posted inNation & World, News
NASA rover lands on Mars to mine for evidence of whether life ever existed there
Perseverance becomes the ninth spacecraft – all from the U.S. – to successfully touch down on the red planet.
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
Evening snowshoe planned for Feb. 25 in Belgrade
Event hosted by 7 Lakes Alliance.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine overdose deaths set new record in 2020, and 2021 started even worse
Drug overdose deaths surged in January, with 58 confirmed or suspected fatal overdoses, the highest monthly figure in at least a year.