Rachel Ohm

Press Herald

Rachel covers state government and politics for the Portland Press Herald. It’s her third beat at the paper after stints covering City Hall and education. Prior to her arrival at the Press Herald in the summer of 2019, Rachel worked at the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, covering Franklin and Somerset counties, and the Knoxville News Sentinel in Knoxville, Tennessee, covering higher education. She has a master’s degree in journalism from New York University and when she’s not writing and reporting enjoys running, cooking and traveling to new places.

Latest

Published
August 10, 2016

Police continue to investigate deadly Rangeley shooting

Nearly two weeks after one man was killed and two others injured, no arrests have been made.
Published
August 9, 2016

Winslow wildfire fueled by dry conditions

A fire that burned for more than three hours Tuesday on the China-Winslow municipal boundary was fueled by dry conditions affecting most parts of the state, the Winslow fire chief said.
Published
August 9, 2016

Poliquin practices art of the dodge when it comes to Trump

A day after Sen. Susan Collins said she won’t vote for the Republican presidential nominee, a spokesman for Rep. Poliquin would not comment on Trump’s candidacy.
Published
August 8, 2016

Quest to visit graves of dead poets includes prolific all-but-forgotten Colby graduate

In Vassalboro, historian Walter Skold finds the grave of Holman Day, who produced more than 25 books, wrote for newspapers and even worked on movies in the early 1920s.
Published
August 5, 2016

Former Somerset County clerk to serve 16 months for embezzling from DA’s office

Between April 2010 and October 2014, Julie Smith stole $91,345 in cash from the Somerset County District Attorney’s Office in Skowhegan.
Published
August 3, 2016

LePage can’t help owners of damaged roads

He tells them the responsibility falls to the Legislature to consider an emergency bill to help fix the private roads.
Published
July 29, 2016

Donation of antique gun triggers much speculation

Some say it may have been used in a crime before it was stashed in a Waterville factory window well.
Published
July 29, 2016

Feds designate $7.7 million in grants to support forest products industry

The grants will be directed toward rural communities affected by mill closures.
Published
July 28, 2016

Police investigate home invasion that left 1 man dead, 2 ‘severely injured’ in Rangeley

Police haven’t identified any of the three men, but say only one of them lived at the residence on Main Street.
Published
July 27, 2016

Skowhegan police use Taser to subdue man wielding knife

Skowhegan Police Chief Don Bolduc says the encounter is an example of how ‘law enforcement avoids using deadly force in an instance where it would clearly be justified.’

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