AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - Maine finds itself in the midst of a syndemic which could be the cause of a rise in cases of coronavirus.That’s according to the head of the Maine CDC.Dr. Nirav Shah explains it’s two parallel occurring epidemics that may or may not have a connection.The state prioritized vaccinating older people.However, that group of people isn’t largely interacting with the state’s younger population.“The fact that they’ve been vaccinated doesn’t really help slow transmission among younger Mainers who are just now getting their vaccination numbers up. When you couple that sort of...…AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - Maine finds itself in the midst of a syndemic which could be the cause of a rise in cases of coronavirus.That’s according to the head of the Maine CDC.Dr. Nirav Shah explains it’s two parallel occurring epidemics that may or may not have a connection.The state prioritized vaccinating older people.However, that group of people isn’t largely interacting with the state’s younger population.“The fact that they’ve been vaccinated doesn’t really help slow transmission among younger Mainers who are just now getting their vaccination numbers up. When you couple that sort of...WW…

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - At the end of this month, the Maine Warden Service will be saying goodbye to two very special members of the service who are hanging up their leashes.Game Warden K9 Ruby and Warden K9 Morgan are retiring. It comes after a combined 19 years of service, over 30 human search and rescue finds, numerous evidence finds and multiple honors between them.If you are interested in some of their greatest hits, the dogs were featured on many episodes of Animal Planet’s “North Woods Law.”Both of these pooches will be happily retiring with the their game warden partners and their...…AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - At the end of this month, the Maine Warden Service will be saying goodbye to two very special members of the service who are hanging up their leashes.Game Warden K9 Ruby and Warden K9 Morgan are retiring. It comes after a combined 19 years of service, over 30 human search and rescue finds, numerous evidence finds and multiple honors between them.If you are interested in some of their greatest hits, the dogs were featured on many episodes of Animal Planet’s “North Woods Law.”Both of these pooches will be happily retiring with the their game warden partners and their...WW…