Minnesota governor signs order to stop any mining efforts in Boundary Waters wilderness

ConvenientMD Primary Care welcomes Raghu Kanumalla, DO to its Bangor practice

BANGOR — ConvenientMD Primary Care is pleased to welcome Raghu Kanumalla, DO, to its Bangor primary care location, expanding the practice and providing greater access to timely primary care services for people in the region. “We know there is a significant need for primary care services in Bangor and surrounding areas, which is why growing […]

Despair over future fuels political anxiety for college students on the cusp of adulthood

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Frankie Llerandi, 21, has been unable to land a single internship in his three years at Michigan State University. He will graduate in the spring with an economics degree and an interest in data analytics, but true adulthood seems maddeningly far away. Most of his cousins have not been able […]

A Black community in Louisiana faces a future without a champion in Congress after redistricting

SCOTLANDVILLE, La. (AP) — If you cross the Mississippi River on the Huey P. Long-O.K. Allen Bridge, pass the Exxon Refinery, then head north for a few minutes, you’ll find a pocket of Louisiana that’s unlike any other place in America’s never-ending battle over what it means to have equal representation. Here is Scotlandville, which […]

'Jane Doe' solidarity posts flood social media after Cornell rape lawsuit

NEW YORK (AP) — It was one woman, then another, and another, until a trickle became a flood. Countless women, and some men, posting on social media that they were Jane Doe, in support of a young woman using that name to file a lawsuit against Cornell University and seven fraternity members she accuses of […]

Caribou City Council candidate wants to lower taxes and support those who struggle

New to municipal government, Jeff Whitney wants to lower taxes, keep skilled people local and be a voice for the overlooked.