Leistikow: Kirk Ferentz's 3 obscure years in Maine shaped Iowa tenure

IOWA CITY − Listen to enough Kirk Ferentz interviews, and he’ll definitely bring up the formative 1980s as an Iowa football offensive line coach with vivid details. He’ll frequently reference his six years as an NFL assistant coach with the Cleveland …

Severe storm threat increases in Maine Thursday afternoon

TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. HUMID WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS, BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TONIGHT NIGHT... …

Maine can do better on enforcing child support | Letter

My wife and I have been co-guardians of my grandson for over five years. During that period of time, his father has failed to pay child support. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Support Enforcement and Recovery (DSER), the …

‘Don’t want Trump to decide my vacation’: Maine town still seeing tourists amid U.S.-Canada tensions

This is Part 1 of a series looking at the impact of U.S.-Canada political tensions in Maine. Part 2 will take a closer look at how small businesses are coping.  A Maine tourist hotspot is noticing a drop in Canadian tourists amid tensions between the …

Political tensions worry some in community on Canadian island off coast of Maine

Abortion Is Legal in Maine, but Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Could Gut Much of the State’s Reproductive Health Care ...

Sweeping cuts in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” targeting abortion providers threaten to drastically reduce access to a wide variety of sexual and reproductive health care services in Maine—even though the state has protected …

Fewer rural Maine moms get paid leave, study shows

Parents of newborns in rural Maine are less likely to get paid parental leave than those in urban areas of the state, according to a new study.  Northeastern University surveyed 151 new moms from around the state and found that nearly two-thirds (64%) in …

Why Maine employers should rethink primary care

Health care has become one of the most significant, and most frustrating, investments for Maine employers. Costs keep rising, yet employees still face long waits, disconnected care and difficulty forming meaningful relationships with primary care providers …

Political tensions worry some in community on Canadian island off coast of Maine

Canadians on Campobello Island can't get to the rest of their country without going through the U.S. It's been that way for decades. New political tensions have some in the small community worried. Sponsor Message

The Maine Governor’s cocaine problem

On a trip to the nation’s capital last week, 77-year-old Governor Janet Mills of Maine was confronted with an old skeleton in her closet: accusations of cocaine use. A man approached Mills and, while filming, asked if she believed “sniffing cocaine at work …