Some fire chiefs and ambulance services said they had no idea the cyber incidents were behind the diversions.
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Lewiston-area patients left waiting for care after hospital cyber incidents
Two health care systems were breached in subsequent weeks, leaving many patients scrambling. What — and who — caused them remains unknown.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
How Maine is creating homes in forgotten and unlikely places
Faced with a vexing housing crisis, Mainers are finding ways to build homes in abandoned and undeveloped spaces. But costs, public opposition and an uncertain economy are impeding progress.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Why cyber attacks are increasingly targeting hospitals
The incidents that caused outages at two Lewiston-based hospital systems come at a time when cyber attacks on health care organizations are skyrocketing.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Lewiston cheerleader Dottie Perham-Whittier talks about life after City Hall | Face Time
We wondered what such a busy lady might do with herself after a job she’s had since Ronald Reagan’s second term. No surprise: She has a lot going on.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Lewiston-Auburn
Our coverage of how cyber incidents disrupted Lewiston-area hospitals and patients
The hospitals are working to return to normal after what leaders have described as recent cybersecurity incidents.
Posted inMaine
Goats recaptured after escape onto Maine Turnpike
After a farm trailer became disconnected from the truck towing it, 15 goats escaped onto the road and slowed traffic for nearly an hour.
Posted inMaine, News
Thousands in Maine march at ‘No Kings’ rallies to protest Trump policies
The nationwide demonstrations came hours before President Donald Trump’s military parade through Washington, which coincided with the Army’s 250th anniversary and his 79th birthday.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Local Sports, Sports
Maine Nordiques without a home as potential sale of Lewiston’s Colisée looms
Nordiques’ General Manager Nick Skerlick said the plan right now is to continue to play in Lewiston or Auburn.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, News, The Franklin Journal
Dutch Treat owner, husband seriously injured in Wilton fire
Sharon Rainey and her husband, Robert Adams, were taken to a Farmington hospital and then to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Two others were treated for smoke inhalation.