Maine is reporting 876 new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, as the delta variant continues to drive a record-breaking surge and health officials watch out for the new omicron variant.

The University of Maine's mobile COVID-19 testing lab, run by a company called Shield T3 Health, says it can process 10,000 PCR tests per day on the Orono campus and quickly detect known COVID variants, including Delta and Omicron.

The program operates on a $3 million budget through a series of federal grants, but the U.S. Department of Education rejected the latest grant application from the University of Maine at Farmington.

The developers of a wind-energy turbine off Monhegan Island are apologizing to Boothbay residents angered by unannounced work in town last month, some of it on private property. And the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is taking heat for signing a deal to allow cable from the turbine to come ashore on its waterfront property there.

As a civil war rages in Ethiopia, many Ethiopian immigrants in Maine have been cut off from loved ones back home.

A legislative commission is calling on the state to incentivize towns to change their zoning laws, as part of a series of recommendations for addressing Maine's housing crisis.

This week: The trajectory of the abortion battle as Maine braces for Supreme Court’s decision; Collins, Kavanaugh and codifying Roe; Gideon’s campaign cash; lawmaker who fought pandemic precautions quits.

The delta variant is continuing to drive the surge of cases in Maine. It's straining hospitals that have faced record high numbers of coronavirus patients over the last couple weeks.

A board of the regulatory Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is slated to vote Dec. 17 on whether to reopen fishing. The board relies on a recommendation from a technical committee made up of scientists, regulators and other experts.

Policyholders accuse Genworth of mismanagement and of padding executives' pockets at the expense of its customers, and they say they were promised that their premiums and coverage would remain stable.