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Today is Thursday. Temperatures will be in the 80s from north to south with partly sunny skies throughout the state. Here's what we're talking about in Maine today.

COVID-19 spread through York County Jail where staff weren’t screened for symptoms, didn’t wear masks

Those are among the factors that state corrections officials now say may have contributed to an outbreak that has infected at least 85 people.

Here's the latest on the coronavirus in Maine

A man in his 70s from Somerset County has died as 26 new coronavirus cases were reported in Maine on Wednesday, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. There are 456 active confirmed and "probable" cases in the state and the death toll now stands at 133. Check out our COVID-19 Tracker for more information.

The Portland Pie Co. located in Bangor shut down on Wednesday until further notice, saying that one of its employees has tested positive for COVID-19.

Gov. Janet Mills has extended her 30-day coronavirus civil state of emergency proclamation for the sixth time since the pandemic began, warning Mainers on Wednesday to guard against “pandemic fatigue.

Maine school superintendents are playing the same waiting game as the rest of the high school community this week as work continues on Maine Principals’ Association recommendations for staging interscholastic fall sports. Once the state and MPA agree on safety-related guidance, final return-to-play decisions are expected to rest with superintendents and school boards.

Maine athletic administrators exhibited considerable frustration after they learned the Maine Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education has recommended the Maine Principals’ Association revisit its return-to-play policy and delay the starting date for fall sports.

People are still stuck in Maine’s unemployment ‘vortex,’ while multi-state leaders haven’t met

Misti Diamond has waited 22 weeks for jobless benefits. She's at a loss for the delay. So, apparently, is the Maine Department of Labor.

After closing case, investigators could hear from new witnesses in Vinalhaven killing

After closing its investigation into the killing of a man on Vinalhaven earlier this summer, the Maine attorney general’s office and Maine State Police could review additional statements from as many as six witnesses in the case, according to a state lawmaker who is advocating for prosecutors to reopen it

With camp canceled, this 8-year-old spent the summer hiking every mountain in Acadia National Park

Over the course of the summer, the young hiker covered more than 200 miles in the park. To date, 8-year-old Benjamin Ball has climbed to 29 mountains, with just one more to tackle.

GOP faces uphill battle to take back Maine Legislature amid focus on national races

Republicans, frustrated by their lack of power in state government amid the coronavirus pandemic, are looking to reclaim control of the Maine Legislature.

Maine mapmaker brings 19th-century atlas of Hancock County into the 21st century

Over an intense six months of research and design, Jane Crosen took an original copy of an 1881 atlas of Hancock County, as well as the digital scans made by the Maine State Archives, and rearranged the pages into an order that makes sense to a 21st-century eye, adding historic photos and an index. The resulting book, “Colby’s Atlas of Hancock County, Maine, 1881: Coastwise Geographic Edition” was published in July.

In other Maine news...

Steuben man appeals conviction in dog’s shooting death

Bangor man dies after falling from radio tower in Union

Lewiston committee votes to remove 1 of 4 police officers from schools

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