Jordan began working at the Portland Press Herald in February 2022 covering fisheries and civil litigation. Since starting her journalism career in 2013, she has worked as a staff reporter for Midcoast weeklies The Republican Journal, Camden Herald and Courier Gazette, covering a range of beats, and for The Portland Phoenix, covering education, business and the waterfront. Her articles have also appeared in The Maine Monitor and The Free Press. In 2016, her coverage of Maine State Prison was recognized by The New England First Amendment Coalition. Before writing for newspapers, Jordan worked for the MDI Biological Laboratory engaging students in eelgrass restoration and other projects of the Community Environmental Health Lab, as a marine science educator for Boston Harbor Islands National Park, and on the trail crew at Acadia National Park. She lives in Belfast with her husband, stepdaughters and two cats.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
K-pop star Suga becomes 3rd BTS member to begin military service in South Korea
In South Korea, all able-bodied men aged 18 to 28 are required by law to perform 18-21 months of military service under a conscription system meant to deter aggression from rival North Korea.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Two dead, thousands of flight cancellations, 1.1 million lose power in eastern U.S. storms
The Federal Aviation Administration said it was rerouting planes around storms heading to the East Coast and warned it would likely start pausing flights in and out of the New York City area, Philadelphia, Washington, Charlotte and Atlanta.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
CBS game show ‘Superfan’ celebrates musicians like Shania Twain, Kelsea Ballerini and Pitbull
‘Superfan’ has lured some starry first-season guests – Kelsea Ballerini, Gloria Estefan, Little Big Town, LL Cool J, Pitbull and Shania Twain.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Indigenous leader inspires an Amazon city to grant personhood to an endangered river
The Amazon city of Guajara-Mirim approved a law that designates the Komi Memem River ‘as a living entity and subject to rights.’
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Niger coup leaders refuse to let senior U.S. diplomat meet with nation’s president
The junta’s mutinous soldiers closed the country’s airspace and accused foreign powers of preparing an attack.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Ukraine peace plan talks end in Saudi with few concrete steps
Moscow wasn’t invited and denounced the gathering as a ‘hoax.’
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Tribes hope Biden’s Arizona visit means long-sought Grand Canyon monument designation
Tribes in Arizona have been pushing President Biden to use his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to create a new national monument.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Boeing’s 1st astronaut flight bumped into next year, more repairs needed
NASA hired Boeing and SpaceX nearly a decade ago to deliver astronauts to and from the space station. SpaceX is now 3 years into its taxi service. Boeing has only had a pair of space test flights with no one aboard.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Conservative groups sue to block Biden plan canceling $39 billion in student loans
The suit is part of a wave of legal challenges Republicans have leveled at the Biden administration’s efforts to reduce or eliminate student debt for millions of Americans.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2023
Ex-Mississippi officers plead guilty to racist assault on 2 Black men during raid
The civil rights charges come after an Associated Press investigation linked the deputies to at least 4 violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left 2 dead and another with lasting injuries.
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