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Lura Jackson

2023

Salmon federation euthanizes fish after disease detection

Following the detection of a disease dangerous to fish populations in its East Machias hatchery last week, the Downeast Salmon Federation (DSF) euthanized 170,000 of its young salmon, in a major setback for the stocking program.

2023

Machias dike's risk of failure changes DOT plans

After years of delay and debate over the type of structure that will replace the Civil War era Machias dike that bridges Route 1 over the Middle River, recent signs of increasing risk of failure of the structure have prompted the Maine Department of Transportation (DOT) to pivot from its...

2023

County tackles highest rate in state of overdoses that are fatal

Even though the overall number of drug overdoses in Washington County is down this year, the percentage of overdoses in the county that were fatal is nearly double the rate in the state, according to official data through July 2023. Experts battling the opioid epidemic point to a number of...

2023

USS Augusta commissioning marks historic occasion in Eastport

In a historic first, the City of Eastport hosted the commissioning of the USS Augusta on September 30 with approximately 1,600 in attendance. The occasion was particularly significant as it took place 27 miles away from the seizure of the HMS Margaretta in 1775 in Machias...

2023

Couple with local ties lose home on Maui

On the morning of August 8 at 4 a.m. in Lahaina, a historic town in Maui, Hawaii, the power went out at Adrienne Mitchell's house on Front Street. She and her fiancé, Alex Leach, thought little of it, as the power would occasionally go out on the small resort town on the northwest side of the...

2023

Cobscook Shores scales up youth outdoor education programs

Even as children across the country are becoming increasingly sedentary, efforts to get the children of coastal Washington County moving and connected with their natural environment are in full swing, thanks in part to Cobscook Shores.

2023

County receives $16.6 million for new culverts

Washington County is a big winner in a recent round of federal funding for culvert replacement, netting more than $16.6 million in grants to replace 11 undersized culverts.