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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PublishedMay 1, 2020
Hospitalizations of Maine COVID-19 patients flatten or decline for 3rd week
Despite outbreaks in a Portland poultry processing plant and a Bangor homeless shelter, hospitalizations are down in those cities from a week ago.
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PublishedApril 27, 2020
Maine now the only New England state that won’t release COVID-19 cases by town
Vermont joined the rest of the region Monday in the practice, which gives finer-level information about the spread of the pandemic.
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PublishedApril 24, 2020
Numbers of virus patients in Maine hospitals continue to flatten and decline
Restricting activity in the state has flattened the COVID-19 curve and taken the pressure off hospitals, a Press Herald analysis finds, but dangers remain.
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PublishedApril 22, 2020
Protective gear wasn’t allocated to states based on population, despite administration’s claims
Maine got less than a third as many N95 respirators per capita as Vermont and Rhode Island but nearly three times as many as Texas.
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PublishedApril 18, 2020
Number of virus patients in Maine hospitals flattened or decreased in the past week
The Portland Press Herald’s analysis of hospital data suggests social distancing is keeping hospitals from being overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases, but experts say Mainers should stay the course to prevent a surge.
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PublishedApril 15, 2020
Chebeague Island ferry will carry suspected COVID-19 patients after all
Assistance from the Mills administration helped resolve insurance issues, the company says.
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PublishedApril 15, 2020
Why didn’t Maine get any ventilators from the federal stockpile?
It’s unclear. But the state will have to make do with alternative ventilators if a worst-case COVID-19 surge hits hospitals.
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PublishedApril 14, 2020
Maine lags New England states in reporting data on pandemic
A month into the outbreak here, the state CDC still is unable to post daily testing counts and other information.
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PublishedApril 7, 2020
Maine doesn’t know how many COVID-19 patients are hospitalized
More than 3 weeks into the outbreak, the state doesn’t have complete, daily data from all hospitals.
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PublishedApril 3, 2020
Chebeague Island ferry won’t transport suspected COVID-19 patients
The island town’s primary ferry responds to emergency calls but says it won’t transport anyone suspected to be infected with the coronavirus.
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