Couple living in remote off-grid Alaska homestead reveal brutal winter reality —including wolf encounters, 6-hour grocery runs
A couple who relocated from the suburbs of New England to live in a remote, off-grid homestead in Alaska have opened up about the extreme lengths they go to in order to survive the brutal winter
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Magnitude 3.8 earthquake off Maine coast felt widely in New England
The Maine Geological Survey reported a magnitude 2.1 quake on Dec. 9, 2024, 4 miles north of Upton, but noted that there were no reports from people who felt it. On July 28, a magnitude 2.8 earthquake recorded in West Gardiner had scattered reports of weak shaking up to 30 mile away.
Maine Earthquake: Map Shows 3.9 Magnitude Quake Felt in 9 States
The earthquake struck off the coast of Maine on Monday around 10:22 a.m. Thousands of people reported that they felt the ground shaking.
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A disgraceful display from Sens. Collins, Murkowski
Does Sen. Collins expect high praise for her "no" vote on Hegseth when her Supreme Court vote helped overturn Roe v. Wade?, the writer asks.
Alaska Sen. Murkowski has faced Trump's wrath. She was willing to defy him after his return to power
In the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski had openly challenged or rebuked him at least three times
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Half-Baked Alaska
This past year's elections saw a number of state ballot initiatives of great national interest, which proposed the adoption of two "unusual" election systems for state and federal offices. Pairing open nonpartisan primaries with a general election using ranked choice voting,
Hegseth Nomination Advances Despite GOP's Murkowski, Collins Breaking Ranks
The Alaska Republican plans to vote against the confirmation of Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense.
Maine musher prepares for sled dog race across Alaskan wilderness
Musher Jonathan Hayes and his Seppala Siberian sled dogs are retracing the 1925 journey that saved Nome, Alaska, during a deadly diphtheria outbreak.
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UMass hockey prepares to take on Merrimack and Maine
The No. 20 Massachusetts hockey team prepares for two Hockey East matchups this weekend, facing Merrimack at home on Friday, Jan. 31 before traveling up to Orono to play No. 6 Maine on Sunday, Feb. 2.
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Why Trump Isn’t Stressing About Losing GOP Votes for Hegseth
Even as handicappers adjudged Pete Hegseth ’s confirmation as secretary of Defense to be all but certain, not one but two Republican senators indicated a hard pass on the poorly qualified bad boy from Fox News.
How each senator voted on the Hegseth nomination
The US Senate on Friday approved Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary by a razor-thin margin, in which, Vice President JD Vance had to cast the tie-breaking vote.
Maine lawmakers take steps to protect low-cost drug program
The bill would bolster a federal program that keeps the cost of prescription drugs down for people in more rural parts of the state.