American Rivers says dams owned by Brookfield Renewable Energy threaten the survival of salmon and other fish in the Kennebec, Penobscot and Union rivers.
Colin Woodard
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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Facing rising costs from aviation partner, LifeFlight sets up in-house air operations
Maine’s air ambulance provider had previously contracted its aviation management to a firm with a reputation for rapidly increasing costs.
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Gov. Mills opposes Rep. Golden’s bill to make future federal tribal laws apply to Maine tribes
She opposes any effort by Congress to change the terms of the 1980 land claims settlement, putting herself at loggerheads with much of her party.
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Russians in Maine find relations strained with friends and family overseas
Disinformation about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has convinced many in Russia to support the regime’s unprovoked war.
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Congress hears Rep. Golden’s bill to allow Maine tribes to benefit from future federal Indian laws
Several members of the House indigenous affairs subcommittee were perplexed by the limits the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act imposed on the tribes.
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Sen. Collins to back Judge Jackson for Supreme Court, calls confirmation process ‘broken’
Susan Collins is so far the only Republican who has committed to voting to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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Maine’s Idexx Labs keeping Moscow office open despite Ukraine invasion
The $3.2 billion Westbrook based-company has veterinary office customers and a water testing distributor in Russia and isn’t answering questions about its business in the country.
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2021 was the Gulf of Maine’s warmest year on record, scientists report
Average sea surface temperatures were 4.2 degrees above the long-term averages from before 2012, when ocean ‘heat waves’ became commonplace, continuing changes in the gulf ecosystem.
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Wex continues business ties with Russian oil giant Lukoil, target of boycotts in mid-Atlantic states
Sanctions experts are divided on whether the South Portland-based firm’s actions undermine the effort to punish Vladimir Putin.
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Moldovan leaders ask Pingree and House delegation for help with refugees, defense
One of Europe’s poorest countries, parts of Moldova are within earshot of Russian shelling of Ukrainian port of Odessa.