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Health Care

Two Maine Providers Resume Medicaid Payments After Lapse

Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning have resumed collecting Medicaid payments following a yearlong gap in federal funding.

By Maine Business Wire Staff

Drought-Weakened Trees Threaten Power Outages As Nor'easter Nears

By Maine Business Wire Staff

Kevin on the Roof Fundraiser Returns for 14th Year

By Maine Business Wire Staff

Winners and Losers of Maine Business in 2026 So Far: Defense Booms, Paper Sweats

By Maine Business Wire Staff

Mills Vetoed the Data Center Ban to Save Jay's Project. It's on Hold Anyway.

By Maine Business Wire Staff

Maine Has the Fifth-Highest Home Power Prices. Stop Sending Households the Bill.

By Maine Business Wire Staff

Opinion

Maine Is 'Meeting' Its Housing Goals While Prices Hit a Record. The Goals Are Wrong.

3 min read

Opinion

A Notice Law Didn't Save Lincoln County's Only Maternity Unit. Give It Teeth.

3 min read

Opinion

Maine Mailed $300 Checks While MaineDOT Stares at a $130 Million Hole

3 min read

Maine's Layoffs And Closings Of 2026, Month By Month

5 min read

2026 so far

Maine's Business Openings And Expansions Of 2026 So Far

5 min read

2026 so far

Maine's Biggest Real Estate Deals And Development Projects Of 2026

5 min read

2026 so far

Maine's Restaurant And Brewery Openings And Closings Of 2026, By Region

5 min read

2026 so far

Maine Energy In 2026: The Rate Fights, Wind Wins And Solar Rules So Far

6 min read

2026 so far

Maine's Biggest Business Deals Of 2026 So Far

5 min read

Client Funds

Lewiston Lawyer Misappropriated Client Funds, Bar Official Says After His Death

1 min read

Outdoors

Guarded Secrets, Vintage Sleds: Montville's Runner Sled Race Returns Feb. 14

1 min read

Franklin Savings Bank's $20,000 Boosts Ellsworth Field Safety Upgrades

1 min read

Preservation

Fort Knox's $7.9 Million Repair Bill Tops Maine's Historic-Site Needs

1 min read

New Owner

FERC Ends Woodland Pulp's Hydropower, Hands Border Dam to Conservation Nonprofit

1 min read

Property Rules

Presque Isle Landlords Fight Vacant-Building Fines of Up to $2,500 a Day

1 min read

New Business

Dental Hygienist Bets $40,000 on Aroostook's First Fat-Freezing Spa

1 min read

Closing

Winterport Winery Closes After 25 Years As Owners Choose Family Over Business

1 min read

State Title

After Three Losses to Bangor Christian, Penobscot Valley Repeats as Champion

1 min read

Winter Sports

Skijor Bangor Returns With 44 Teams, Reviving Maine's Triple Crown Chase

1 min read

Campaign Cash

Democrats Pingree, Bellows Outraise Rivals As Republicans Self-Fund Bids

1 min read

OSHA Fine

OSHA Fines Woodland Pulp $794,456 After Gas Leak Killed Two

1 min read

AI Errors

AI Chatbots Mislead Acadia Visitors on Reservations, Trails and Shuttle

1 min read

Power Bills

FERC Ruling Puts CMP, Versant in Line for Share of $1 Billion in Refunds

1 min read

New Ferry

Maine's New $21.9 Million Ferry Is New England's Only Hybrid

1 min read

Real Estate

Blue Hill's Top Recent Sale, $5.75 Million, Skipped the Open Market

1 min read

Closures

MaineCare Shortfall Forces Caribou Agency to Cut 12 Jobs, Drop 154 Clients

1 min read

New Restaurant

Restaurateur Who Planned To Retire Opens Bistro Named For Unborn Son

1 min read

Campaign Turmoil

Platner Strategist Warned Ex-Aide She'd Be Branded a Liar Before Story Ran

1 min read

Wildlife

Too Close Can Kill: A Birder's Three Rules for Watching Maine's Snowy Owls

1 min read

New Branch

County Federal Credit Union Swaps Leased Bangor Branch For Owned, Bigger Site

1 min read

Small Business

Millinocket Mobile Mechanic Books a Month Out Across Dozens of Towns

1 min read

Trail Work

Volunteers Carve New Stone Staircase Into Tumbledown Trail

1 min read

Fish Kill

Second Outage In 3 Years At Brookfield Dam May Have Killed Thousands Of Fish

1 min read

Ruled Accidental

Video Shows Apparent Explosion As Damariscotta Boat Fire Injures One

1 min read

Buyer Tips

Buyer Quit His Job, Bought a Truck Before Closing — Deal Fell Through

1 min read

Health Workforce

Sun Life Renews Funding for Program That Placed 80+ in Maine Health Jobs

1 min read

Farm Fallout

King Hill Farm Sales Fell 60% As Blue Hill Co-op's Orders Stalled

1 min read

State Title

Cheverus Erases 10-Point Deficit in Final Minutes to Win Class A Title

1 min read

Safety

Deer Isle Kayak Death Fits a Deadly Pattern: No Life Jacket

1 min read

State Budget

Democrats Add Millionaire Tax to Mills' Final Budget Over GOP Objections

1 min read

9/11 Tribute

Pleasant Mountain Ski Area to Open Lifts for 9/11 Tribute

Sales Surge

Phantom Fireworks Owner Cites Surge Tied To Nation's 250th

Big Catch

Luke's Lobster Owner Lands 8-Foot Tuna Off Maine Coast

New Location

Mother Mushroom Brewery to Relocate From New Brunswick to Lubec

Fuel Costs

Maine Business Wire Staff

Two Maine Providers Resume Medicaid Payments After Lapse

Drought-Weakened Trees Threaten Power Outages As Nor'easter Nears

Kevin on the Roof Fundraiser Returns for 14th Year

Winners and Losers of Maine Business in 2026 So Far: Defense Booms, Paper Sweats

Mills Vetoed the Data Center Ban to Save Jay's Project. It's on Hold Anyway.

Maine Has the Fifth-Highest Home Power Prices. Stop Sending Households the Bill.

Maine Is 'Meeting' Its Housing Goals While Prices Hit a Record. The Goals Are Wrong.

A Notice Law Didn't Save Lincoln County's Only Maternity Unit. Give It Teeth.

Maine Mailed $300 Checks While MaineDOT Stares at a $130 Million Hole

New Data Tracks Maine's Pace Of Housing Production

Maine's Fall Foliage Turns Early As Drought Worsens

Nurses Protest Collins Over Palantir Donations

Maine Marinas Rush To Pull Boats Before Nor'easter

Maine Contractor Cites $40,000 Jump In Home-Building Costs

Bangor's Together Place Recovery Center Set To Close

Groups Say Ending Utility Perk Could Save Mainers $2M

Cooper Flagg's Bangor Card Shop Draws Huge Crowd

Avesta Marks Milestone For Bellwether Housing Project

Maine's Layoffs And Closings Of 2026, Month By Month

Maine's Business Openings And Expansions Of 2026 So Far

Maine's Biggest Real Estate Deals And Development Projects Of 2026

Maine's Restaurant And Brewery Openings And Closings Of 2026, By Region

Maine Energy In 2026: The Rate Fights, Wind Wins And Solar Rules So Far

Maine's Biggest Business Deals Of 2026 So Far

Lewiston Lawyer Misappropriated Client Funds, Bar Official Says After His Death

Guarded Secrets, Vintage Sleds: Montville's Runner Sled Race Returns Feb. 14

Franklin Savings Bank's $20,000 Boosts Ellsworth Field Safety Upgrades

Fort Knox's $7.9 Million Repair Bill Tops Maine's Historic-Site Needs

FERC Ends Woodland Pulp's Hydropower, Hands Border Dam to Conservation Nonprofit

Presque Isle Landlords Fight Vacant-Building Fines of Up to $2,500 a Day

Dental Hygienist Bets $40,000 on Aroostook's First Fat-Freezing Spa

Winterport Winery Closes After 25 Years As Owners Choose Family Over Business

After Three Losses to Bangor Christian, Penobscot Valley Repeats as Champion

Skijor Bangor Returns With 44 Teams, Reviving Maine's Triple Crown Chase

Democrats Pingree, Bellows Outraise Rivals As Republicans Self-Fund Bids

OSHA Fines Woodland Pulp $794,456 After Gas Leak Killed Two

AI Chatbots Mislead Acadia Visitors on Reservations, Trails and Shuttle

FERC Ruling Puts CMP, Versant in Line for Share of $1 Billion in Refunds

Maine's New $21.9 Million Ferry Is New England's Only Hybrid

Blue Hill's Top Recent Sale, $5.75 Million, Skipped the Open Market

MaineCare Shortfall Forces Caribou Agency to Cut 12 Jobs, Drop 154 Clients

Restaurateur Who Planned To Retire Opens Bistro Named For Unborn Son

Platner Strategist Warned Ex-Aide She'd Be Branded a Liar Before Story Ran

Too Close Can Kill: A Birder's Three Rules for Watching Maine's Snowy Owls

County Federal Credit Union Swaps Leased Bangor Branch For Owned, Bigger Site

Millinocket Mobile Mechanic Books a Month Out Across Dozens of Towns

Volunteers Carve New Stone Staircase Into Tumbledown Trail

Second Outage In 3 Years At Brookfield Dam May Have Killed Thousands Of Fish

Video Shows Apparent Explosion As Damariscotta Boat Fire Injures One

Buyer Quit His Job, Bought a Truck Before Closing — Deal Fell Through

Sun Life Renews Funding for Program That Placed 80+ in Maine Health Jobs

King Hill Farm Sales Fell 60% As Blue Hill Co-op's Orders Stalled

Cheverus Erases 10-Point Deficit in Final Minutes to Win Class A Title

Deer Isle Kayak Death Fits a Deadly Pattern: No Life Jacket

Democrats Add Millionaire Tax to Mills' Final Budget Over GOP Objections

Pleasant Mountain Ski Area to Open Lifts for 9/11 Tribute

Phantom Fireworks Owner Cites Surge Tied To Nation's 250th

Luke's Lobster Owner Lands 8-Foot Tuna Off Maine Coast

Mother Mushroom Brewery to Relocate From New Brunswick to Lubec

Maine Truckers Say Record Diesel Prices Are Squeezing Margins