More Mainers filed for unemployment last week than in the record-setting previous week as the new coronavirus outbreak places the U.S. economy under immense stress. Read More
When Abbott Laboratories announced a made-in-Maine coronavirus test kit last week that could produce results in minutes rather than days, excitement rippled across a nation strapped by too many patients, too few testing supplies and slow results. Read More
Maine will get 15 machines that can return test results for the coronavirus in as fast as 5 minutes, a top state health official said Wednesday. Read More
Central Maine Power Co. plans to donate personal protective equipment that its parent company, Avangrid, had in storage to emergency personnel in Maine Monday morning, a spokesperson for the company said. Read More
A 26-year-old Gorham man was seriously injured when his motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve, left the roadway and struck a street sign. Read More
The individuals were a woman in her 80s from Cumberland County and a man in his 60s from Cumberland County, the Maine CDC said Sunday. Read More
Boston-based New Balance said it would muster a portion of its U.S. manufacturing workers to develop and make face masks. Read More
Another 42 cases of the coronavirus were reported Sunday as it has now been detected in 12 Maine counties. Read More
Restrictions on group gatherings throughout the state and "stay-at-home" orders in Portland, South Portland and Brunswick have temporarily stopped taprooms in Maine's thriving craft brewing industry. Read More
Forty-three new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Maine on Saturday, the largest one-day increase so far. That brings the statewide total to 211 in 11 counties. The biggest rise was in Cumberland County with an increase of 28 cases. Read More
Whisky distillers are stepping up to make hand sanitizer, which has been in short supply for consumers and businesses during the coronavirus outbreak. Read More
Despite the massive unemployment insurance claims announced yesterday, Maine's jobless rate in February continued a record run of 50 consecutive months below 4 percent. Read More
South Portland said Thursday that residents must stay at home, following similar restrictions imposed by the city of Portland earlier this week. Read More
American Roots and Flowfold are among the Maine companies hurt by the business falloff during the coronavirus spread and shifting manufacturing to fill the critical shortages of personal protective equipment like the shield. Read More
That comes as businesses throughout the state continue to shutter and consumers stay home in order to halt the coronavirus' spread. Read More
Many businesses had already closed and sent employees home before the City of Portland ordered a shutdown of all nonessential businesses here on Tuesday. Read More
That comes just after the first positive coronavirus case at the shipyard was made public by owner General Dynamics. Read More
Wellness Connection filed a lawsuit in federal court Friday against the Maine department that oversees marijuana policy, claiming that residency restrictions on owners of recreational cannabis businesses violate the U.S. Constitution. Read More
High demand and low interest rates continued to drive strong sales of existing single-family homes in Maine in February, Maine Listings said Friday. Read More
Federal limitations on international travel and coronavirus concerns among consumers deepened the potential losses U.S. airports are expected to suffer because of the pandemic. Read More
