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TravelUnited is adding 20 more roundtrip flights between Portland and California next summerIf you've got a West Coast trip in mind, United is adding 20 more roundtrip flights between the Portland International Jetport and California for summer 2027, the Jetport announced Monday. That's a 65% increase over this past summer, when United launched the first direct commercial service between Maine and California. Demand was high enough that five extra weeks were added to the San Francisco flights this year.Today’s editionRead

Getting Around from local newsrooms

From Mainebiz, Newsradio WGAN and 2 more newsrooms, gathered by 6AM News, 6AM City’s local news service, in the last two days.

  1. Mainebiz11 hours ago

    California dreamin’: United to add more summer flights from Portland

    San Francisco service is scheduled to start with Saturday flights on May 8, expanding to twice weekly beginning on June 23. Los Angeles service will start with Saturday-only flights starting on June 26, then ramp up with Wednesday flights during the peak summer travel season.

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  • WildfiresA wildfire was still burning in roughly 300 acres of New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest on Monday, about seven miles southeast of Gorham, New Hampshire.

    A wildfire was still burning in roughly 300 acres of New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest on Monday, about seven miles southeast of Gorham, New Hampshire. Maine Forest Rangers warn of high fire danger in the southern and western parts of the state, and a hard-to-contain wildfire in Casco kept crews busy over the weekend. Portions of Southern Maine, including Portland, are under extreme drought.

    Around Maine · Today’s editionSources: The Portland Press Herald, Newsradio WGAN