Half of emergency room nurses in northern Maine hospital quit
In addition to losing six nurses in four months, the emergency department no longer has a designated person to check in patients at night, nurses said.
Mainers feel the pinch of food prices as grocery corporations grow sales
One woman said she now eats just a single daily meal. Others are traveling farther each week to different stores to save money.
Hospital spending on contract staff almost back to a pre-pandemic normal
At the height of the pandemic, hospitals in Maine spent $560 million on contract staffing. This year, that number dropped to $214 million.
Maine struggling to get homeowners to test and treat private wells for arsenic
Low-income homeowners are least likely to test and treat their well water for arsenic, and a state program to help them has treated fewer homes than expected.
What we know about the timeline of the fatal ICE shooting in Biddeford
The officers involved were reportedly not wearing body cameras, and video footage of the shooting itself has yet to emerge.
