Mills seeks disaster loans for businesses affected by pandemic

Maine lawmakers will also consider a bill that will allow workers affected by COVID-19 to qualify for unemployment insurance.

Waterville mayor asks to ban reusable shopping bags during coronavirus outbreak

Nick Isgro says he wants the city's COVID-19 Task Force to ask the City Council to lift the ban on plastic, disposable shopping bags and to temporarily prohibit the use of reusable shopping bags.

Happy 200th birthday to Maine, but virus zaps the celebration

The state is celebrating the bicentennial of its liberation from Massachusetts, with or without a party.

Districts announce school closings due to coronavirus

Several school districts announced in letters sent to parents Sunday morning that all classes and school activities will be postponed, beginning Monday, March 16.

Coronavirus latest: In U.S., coronavirus vaccine test opens with first doses

Four healthy volunteers are injected Monday with an experimental vaccine at a Seattle research institute.

Restaurants double down on safety as coronavirus arrives in Maine

As concern over the virus grows, restaurants work to alleviate customers' fears and to prepare themselves for what may come.

Maine island life in the age of coronavirus

Residents of Chebeague are accustomed to planning ahead and pulling together, but they are at the very end of critical supply chains.

Reds’ Trevor Bauer organizing ‘sandlot’ game in Arizona

Cincinnati pitcher trying to raise $1 million for Major League Baseball game-day staff who could be affected by the league's decision to delay the regular season because of the coronavirus outbreak.

We need to inoculate against ‘alternate facts’ to fight COVID-19

What’s the difference between pandemic, epidemic and outbreak?