Colin Woodard is the Press Herald’s State and National Affairs Writer, and is often at work on large investigative projects. Born in Waterville and raised in western Maine, he was a foreign correspondent for two decades, reported from more than fifty countries on all seven continents, and witnessed the collapse of communism and its bloody aftermath in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. He’s written five books, including histories of Maine (The Lobster Coast), North America’s rival regional cultures (American Nations) and the Golden Age Pirates (Republic of Pirates), which was turned into a quickly forgotten NBC mini-series starring John Malkovich as Blackbeard. Since joining the Press Herald in 2012, he’s won a George Polk Award and was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. He used to be an avid sailor and SCUBA diver, but with small kids at home, his hobbies now include sleeping and picking up toys.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2020
‘American Nations’ – a primer on the forces that have always divided the U.S.
A guide to the distinct regions that make up our country.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2020
COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record level driven by surges in central, eastern Maine
MaineGeneral in Augusta and Bangor’s Eastern Maine Medical Center hit all-time peaks, and Maine Med’s case count grew sharply.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2020
COVID-19 inpatients increasing rapidly, especially at hospitals in central and eastern Maine
MaineGeneral in Augusta, the state’s busiest hospital for coronavirus, hits an all-time peak.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2020
The ‘two Maines’ disagreed again, but Trump’s support declined in both
The biggest split between Maine’s congressional districts was in the U.S. Senate race.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2020
Portland distillery says it lost $150,000 in deal with businessman facing indictment, lawsuit
Maine Craft Distilling’s founder says his company retooled to produce sanitizer that Noble Partners ordered but never bought.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2020
The preacher and the plague
The Rev. Todd Bell continues to flout public health measures aimed at keeping the pandemic in check. His backstory helps explain why.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2020
COVID-19 hospitalizations ticking up and spreading out in Maine as new cases soar
The inpatient caseload is spread over an unusually wide number of hospitals, while Portland’s are remarkably quiet.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2020
Maine company that took orders for pandemic supplies faces federal lawsuit
Noble Partners is accused of keeping deposits after failing to fulfill orders for medical supplies.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2020
Health officials fear ‘one big fire’ from COVID-19 in southern Maine
York County is seeing new cases at a rate three times the statewide average, and Oxford County is also showing signs of trouble.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2020
Two of 10 quarantined staff at Waterville hospital test positive for COVID-19
The two Northern Light Inland Hospital employees were initially exposed to an infected individual while they were off duty and not on hospital property.
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