Fourth Lewiston school reports COVID-19 outbreak

Sites with three or more COVID-19 cases within 14 days are considered outbreaks by the Maine Center for Disease Control.

Gardiner-area school board lets superintendent decide learning schedule after break

School officials and board members agreed that if administrators were to change the remote learning schedule, it would likely be to remote learning for the middle and high schools, while the elementary schools would stick with a hybrid schedule.

Frontline health care workers open to receiving COVID-19 vaccination

Workers say they are excited and ready to get vaccinated against the highly contagious virus.

What Mainers should know about the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines

Sweet Dreams Project gives Christmas gifts to 500 children in central Maine

The project is led by Debora Tanner, a teacher at Skowhegan Area Middle School, who has worked to make sure children will not go without gifts.

MaineGeneral in Augusta to get its first vaccine shipment Tuesday

While MaineGeneral in Augusta is receiving the Pfizer vaccine, Northern Light Inland Hospital in Waterville is slated to get the Moderna vaccine, which has not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Augusta’s Hussey Elementary School reports third positive COVID-19 case in a week

Regional School Unit 2's Marcia Buker Elementary School in Richmond is undergoing contact tracing.

Benton Elementary School reports another positive case of COVID-19

A fourth case of COVID-19 has been recorded at Benton Elementary School after an outbreak was declared last week.

U.S. tops 300,000 deaths from virus, as vaccinations roll out

The nation accounts for nearly 1 out of 5 confirmed virus deaths worldwide, far more than any other country despite its wealth and medical resources.

Democrats squeezed as COVID-19 relief talks continue

Top allies of President-elect Joe Biden came out in support of a $748 billion plan offered by a bipartisan group of lawmakers and hinted they won't insist on including $160 billion for states and local governments.