Financial Help to Help Maine Rural Healthcare Providers

9 Maine healthcare centers will be receiving more than $23.5 million in federal funding. The money from the American Rescue Plan is to help rural healthcare providers. The relief is expected to help with strains created by the COVID-19 pandemic and also to support high-quality care in rural areas. Latest on COVID-19 in Maine The …

Palmyra Fires Being Investigated

Two Palmyra house fires Sunday, Jan. 16, a half hour apart on Main street, are being investigated by The State Fire Marshal’s Office. No one was injured in either blaze. The State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating two house fires a half hour apart on the same street in Palmyra. https://t.co/0FVr2msDjM — CBS 13 News …

Family of tornado victim in central Illinois sues Amazon over warehouse collapse

The family of an Amazon delivery driver, who died when the central Illinois Amazon facility where he worked collapsed due to a tornado, filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday in Madison County. The lawsuit on behalf of 26-year-old Austin McEwen claims that Amazon failed to warn employees of dangerous weather or provide safe shelter before …

Newly elected Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia begins term by signing executive actions including a ban on critical race theory in public schools, lifting school mask mandates

Newly-elected Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia began his term on Saturday with executive actions directed at education and the COVID-19 pandemic, which notably included a ban on critical race theory in public schools and a lifting of school mask requirements. Youngkin also issued executive actions terminating the Virginia Parole Board, rescinding a vaccine mandate for …

Cole Swindell and Lainy Wilson release official video for “Never Say Never”

Cole Swindell and Lainey Wilson premiered the new music video to their duet “Never Say Never”, set in a prison and showing a jail officer and a prison inmate team up in an attempt to escape. “Never Say Never” was released in November, shortly after Swindell and Wilson posted tweets that hinted at a collaboration. …

Miranda Lambert debuts the video for ‘If I Was a Cowboy’

Miranda Lambert has dropped the music video for her new single, “If I Was a Cowboy,” shot in rural Texas.  In the video, the singer gallops on horseback across an open field, riding through a Western town and gathering around a fire with her fellow cowboys after nightfall. Lambert was recently inducted into the ‘National …

NBC to honor the late Betty White with primetime special on Jan. 31

NBC has announced plans to air the special ‘Celebrating Betty White: America’s Golden Girl’ on Monday, Jan. 31 at 10/9c. White passed away on Dec. 31 at the age of 99 — just a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday. Celebrating Betty White: America’s Golden Girl will see friends and stars celebrate the TV …

‘Scream’ takes over the top spot at the box office with $34M holiday weekend debut

Scream was No. 1 at the box office over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend with a projected four-day gross of $34 million — dethroning Spider-Man: No Way Home.  Scream‘s three-day domestic weekend gross is an estimated $30 million. Overseas, Scream grossed $18 million from 50 markets for a global debut of $52 million. …

Scam Alert from Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office

The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office is warning people about a power disconnect scam alert with the caller requesting an over the phone payment for power fees. They threaten to disconnect the person’s power within 30 minutes. Versant Power has confirmed that this is a scam. Power Disconnect Scam Alert The Sheriff’s Office and Versant Power …