Maine National Guard to hold vaccine clinics at BIW

The guard will make COVID-19 vaccinations available starting Thursday for employees at Bath Iron Works' shipyard and off-site locations

Collins, King propose $25 billion funding bill for shipyards

Bath Iron Works and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery and would both be eligible for part of the $25 billion funding through the SHIPYARD Act.

State watching rabies attacks, new strain potential issue

A recent spree of attacks in Topsham points to a potential cluster of rabies, but not more rabies in the state, experts say.

Author to discuss spiders in Maine April 29

Bath, Brunswick police gain new tool to reduce fentanyl overdoses

Police and health officials hope making fentanyl test strips available will reduce the number of drug overdoses caused by the powerful opioid.

Bath shipyard continues to report COVID-19 cases, encourages employees to get vaccinated

Bath Iron Works is on track to surpass the 37 new cases of COVID-19 that was reported last month.

Former deputy charged with domestic violence agrees to deal for lesser charge

Matthew Shiers was arrested in June 2019, but the charges could be dismissed if he follows the terms of the agreement for 18 months.

Bath high school closed through Wednesday after COVID-19 outbreak

Morse High School reported three new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, after the CDC declared an outbreak last week.

Navy secretary, Maine delegates visit BIW, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Sens. Susan Collins, Angus King, and Rep. Chellie Pingree toured BIW after participating in a keel laying ceremony for the future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr., an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.

Bath shipyard signs new contract with Local S7 union

The new contract holds “numerous improvements to wages and benefits over the life of the contract” for the union’s roughly 200 members, according to a statement from BIW.