The nearly 20-acre solar farm in Caribou will produce 8 million kilowatt-hours of energy per year.
Jeff Ham
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Tornado, storm death toll rises to 90 with discovery of Kentucky teenager’s body
Authorities say the body of a Kentucky teenager has been found after a tornado ravaged her neighborhood
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Why the Fed feels now is the time to tighten credit more quickly
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says high inflation, rising wages, solid hiring and falling unemployment have led the Fed’s policymakers to move now to speed up the tightening of credit.
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Strong winds in Midwest whip up dust, blow over semitrailers
A powerful storm system blew through the Great Plains and Midwest, combining with unusually warm temperatures to close highways and prompt tornado warnings.
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More than 12,000 acres of forest to be protected in western Maine
Mahoosuc Land Trust will hold a conservation easement on the property in rural Oxford County to protect it permanently.
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Worker at Kentucky candle factory says she risked discipline if she left job as storm neared
Kentucky’s governor says the state’s workplace safety agency will look into the eight deaths Friday night at Mayfield Consumer Products.
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Nation’s COVID toll hits 800,000, with once-promising year ending in heartbreak
The year began with the promise of vaccines and falling case numbers, then the delta variant struck just as vaccination rates were stalling in a wave of misinformation.
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Fifty-three killed, 54 injured as truck smuggling migrants crashes in Mexico
The cargo truck jammed with as many as 200 migrants rolled over and crashed into the base of a steel pedestrian bridge.
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Jussie Smollett awaits verdict as jurors consider case alleging false police report
The former ‘Empire’ actor’s jury deliberated for about two hours Wednesday after hearing closing arguments.
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Father, son arrested in wildfire that threatened Lake Tahoe
Authorities allege the men caused homes to burn and people to be seriously injured in the Caldor fire, which scorched more than 346 square miles from east of Sacramento to the Nevada border.