The explosion and fire at a Robbins Lumber in Searsmont on Friday left 1 firefighter dead and at least 10 other people injured, officials said.
Rachel Estabrook
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Rachel Estabrook is an accountability reporter at the Portland Press Herald. Before joining the Press Herald in 2026, Rachel worked in the newsroom at Colorado Public Radio for 12 years. She's originally from Durham, New Hampshire, and enjoys skiing, hiking, swimming, and hanging out with her family, including two young kids. Rachel lives in Portland.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
GLP-1s are popular in Maine, but not with insurance providers
High costs have made employers and insurers wary, but patients who can be treated for obesity are increasingly being left in the lurch.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
State changing rules for its employees who use GLP-1 medications for weight loss
The state, which is Maine’s largest employer, will require employees to do health monitoring to retain insurance coverage.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Graham Platner or Susan Collins? Maine has never had a choice like this.
The unusual nature of this race will bring national money and attention to Maine. Political analysts say the candidates are the perfect contrast in styles.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Collins, Senate Republicans uphold Trump order on immigrant work authorizations
The order ends a practice that allowed people to keep working until the government could process their renewal applications.
Posted inMaine, News
Jury awards more than $100M in Robert Indiana art copyright case
The artist best known for his LOVE sculpture spent 40 years in Vinalhaven. Some of the artwork attributed to him late in life was fraudulent, a federal court and jury decided.
Posted inMaine, News
As Trump rewrites rules for asylum seekers, Maine businesses have to adapt
Leaders in a variety of industries say hiring asylum seekers has allowed them to get their ideas off the ground, or maintain and grow businesses.
Posted inMaine, News
A year of Trump’s immigration enforcement in Maine, in 5 charts
New data reveals more about the Trump administration’s strategies and the scope of enforcement.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine towns are sitting on hundreds of thousands of dollars for addiction treatment
4 years after settlement money started arriving, some recovery centers face funding cliffs as towns and counties deliberate — or in some cases hardly pay attention to — millions in unspent funds.
Posted inMaine, News
2 men died on the job, raising questions about safety in one of Maine’s most iconic industries
Kasie Malcolm, 20, and Allen Hornberger, 26, were likely exposed to toxic chemicals at the Woodland Pulp paper mill in January.