Demand for oil has fallen so much due to the coronavirus pandemic that facilities for storing crude are nearly full.
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JBS shuts down Minnesota pork plant hit by COVID-19 outbreak
The Worthington plant employs more than 2,000 people and normally slaughters 20,000 hogs per day.
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Hundreds line capitol complex in Augusta to protest coronavirus restrictions
The protest, organized anonymously by groups calling themselves Mainers Against Excessive Quarantine and ReOpen Maine, drew an estimated 300 people and came amid similar gatherings across the country.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Portland disaster-preparedness firm partners up for COVID-19 medical shelters
Readiness Associates has joined with a California events supplier to offer ‘quick-build’ shelters for health care facilities.
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Wuhan soccer team, stuck abroad for four months, finally returns home
The team from the city at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic left on Jan. 2 for a preseason tour and was unable to return home
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Japan scientist ‘very pessimistic’ Olympics will happen in 2021
A professor of infectious disease does not think the Games will be held next summer amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine CDC reports another coronavirus death, single-digit increase in cases
In a call between the White House and governors, Gov. Mills’ spokeswoman said the administration was inaccurate about the capacity of many states to conduct virus testing – including Maine’s.
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4/20 fizzle: Marijuana industry tested as coronavirus slams economy
The unofficial holiday saluting all things cannabis arrives at a challenging time for the nation’s legal marijuana industry.
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Governors push White House for more help with testing; Trump says they’re playing politics
Maine Gov. Janet Mills joined the governors’ conference call with Vice President Pence; her press secretary said the White House’s breakdown of the state’s testing capacity was wrong.
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Overdose risk during pandemic is tragic reality for some families
Experts have warned that prolonged isolation and uncertainty is a bad combination for drug users and people in recovery, but it’s too early to tell if overdose deaths have increased.