Ari Snider
All Things Considered Host & News ReporterAri Snider grew up in Midcoast Maine and has reported for public radio stations in Southeast Alaska and Far West Texas, covering everything from salmon fishing to the restoration of a historic adobe church on the US-Mexico border. He got his start in audio storytelling as an undergrad at Brown University and through internships at radio stations in Vermont and Rhode Island. His work has won three Alaska Press Club awards and multiple Regional Murrow Awards, and has aired on numerous national radio programs.
When looking to get out of town for a weekend, Ari has a special fondness for the islands of Penobscot Bay and the lakes and mountains of western Maine.
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The ruling bars the federal government from deporting Eyidi Ambila while he pursues his case in immigration court. -
Rallygoers in Portland said they were alarmed at President Donald Trump's decision to deploy National Guard troops to L.A. amid protests against recent immigration raids. -
The Drap D'Or de Bretagna — or Golden Cloth of Brittany, in French, is one of a few historic apples that are the genetic ancestors of many of the common varieties we eat today. And the Verona Island tree is the only known living specimen in North America. -
The arrests occurred on Memorial Day following a traffic stop by Maine State Police. -
Researchers at Bigelow Labs and the University of Maine say the finding sheds new light on the decline of kelp forests, a key habitat. -
According to court documents, the government had moved to deport Eyidi Ambila after the ACLU of Maine filed a petition for his release last week.
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The man, originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been in ICE custody since September.
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According to the United Nations, gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than a million people. That’s contributed to an estimated near-doubling of the population in the country’s second largest city. Which has placed a big strain on local healthcare, also hit by the loss of funding from the U.S. -
Police Chief Jo-Ann Putnam made the announcement at a select board meeting last night. -
Sheriff Kevin Joyce said his department is squeezed between people who want an end to cooperation with ICE and those who want to see even more collaboration.
