The United States is approaching a record for the number of new daily coronavirus cases in the latest ominous sign of the disease’s grip on the nation.

A student who tested positive this week has been moved into isolation housing.

It is a simple act of compassion to wear a mask, and it saves lives in a big way, Amy Calder writes.

Decision comes after state designates Waldo County as "yellow" after coronavirus cases associated with church grow.

A study published Friday in Nature Medicine considers 5 scenarios for how the pandemic could play out with different levels of mask-wearing.

A bright yellow helicopter has flown a COVID-19 patient from the Netherlands to a German intensive care unit

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The additional funding will provide money for student and staff support, school administration, personal protective equipment, operations maintenance, transportation, food service and community services.

Proposed new task force to seek better coordination of those who can help those in need find housing.

The $75,000 gift coincides with Lights On Afterschool, a national event celebrated Thursday highlighting the importance of afterschool programs, and restarts fundraising for a new and improved clubhouse in Gardiner.

Executive Director Charles Huerth is rolling out new programs in line with the newly renamed Augusta Teen Center's mission of helping teens.

Owners ordered to allow state inspectors at Bethel restaurant.  

The three-time World Cup winner will spend the day isolated with a few family members in Brazil.

Prior to the pandemic, the Social Security Administration had estimated the the Social Security trust fund would be depleted by 2035.

The median price of Maine homes sold in September was $273,500 – an increase of 19.6% from the same month a year earlier.

The new site at Northern Light Inland Hospital on Kennedy Memorial Drive is expected to open Nov. 4 and will be located behind the hospital near the Inland Woods trailhead.

Superintendent Carl Gartley said the staff member is not a teacher and already been out of school after learning of positive tests with close contacts.

An outbreak connected to a Waldo County church continues to grow, and is now linked to 49 cases.

Seven months into the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of Mainers are still filing new jobless claims each week.

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We won't know when the economy will recover until we know what's happening with the coronavirus.

The average, statewide cash price for heating oil earlier this week was $1.89 a gallon, down 31% from January.

The school has five weeks left until Thanksgiving break, at which point they will shift to full remote learning.

City councilors on Tuesday said the city will not be providing barricades to close off Burleigh Street on Oct. 31 so as not to encourage trick-or-treaters there, and families who don't want to take part in Halloween will turn off lights and not answer doors.

The pastor of Kingdom Life Church says new safety measures are in place and the church is encouraging virtual attendance to its services, which are streamed online.

There have been 20 cases within the charter school and all afflicted have recovered, though some remain in quarantine due to their contact with positive cases.

The annual Maine Department of Education event, created to connect more girls to trades careers, went virtual this year.

Several states set records for the number of people hospitalized and leaders are scrambling to find extra beds and staff.

Employee testing continues this week after four workers connected to the facility tested positive.

The single-day increase is the highest in nearly a month and the 7-day average of new cases is the highest it's been since July 2.

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Governor Janet Mills said that town clerks will have up to a week ahead of time to begin tabulating ballots to prepare for potentially 57% of Mainers voting by absentee ballots.

In every recession since the 1970s, older workers had persistently lower unemployment rates than midcareer workers — partly because of seniority benefits.

President Trump is hoping for an agreement before the election, eager to announce another round of $1,200 direct payments going out under his name.

The collaboration serves to support local artisans belonging to the co-op and promote the nearby trail system as Somerset Woods will host a walk to the Gorge Overlook in November.

The new declaration from Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue covers 14 of the state's 16 counties.

There are several treatment options for COVID-19, and which one is best depends on how sick someone is

Maine's CDC director says more cases related to Brooks Pentecostal Church and its school can be expected in the coming days.

The state's estimated unemployment rate was 6% for the month, but was likely higher because thousands of potential workers are no longer counted in the labor force.

All residents and staff have since been tested, and the nursing home is awaiting those results.

This type of research, known as a human challenge study, is used infrequently because some consider the risk involved in infecting otherwise healthy individuals to be unethical.

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Managing schools during a pandemic is hard enough without artificial deadlines on spending.

State and local officials say the tradition of giving out candy carries a risk of spreading COVID-19, leading some people to look for creative alternatives to celebrate Halloween.

The decision was made by the City Council on Monday night to help businesses get through the pandemic.

The conference plans an 18-game regular season for basketball and offers dates for spring play for those fall sports whose seasons were canceled by the coronavirus pandemic.

The largely online university, formerly Kaplan University, will shutter its Lewiston campus when its lease expires in March 2021.

With time nearly up for Congress and the White House to deliver aid to Americans before the election, the question remains: If not now, when?

Some scientists say a localized approach, if well-tailored and explained to the public, can be a nimble response at a complex point in the pandemic.

The couple found a way for their grandparents from Maine to see their wedding in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, from a boat in the St. Croix River.