Allegations of misconduct toppled the Democrat’s campaign, but his replacement, former logger and state senator Troy Jackson, has had a strong showing in the polls, and posed the first actual competition Collins has faced in nearly three decades.
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Eve Batey,
Vanity Fair,
4 Nov. 2026
Jackson, a fifth-generation logger who lost his bid for governor earlier this year, previously served as president of the Maine state Senate and has billed himself as a champion of the working class.
Her mother was a homemaker, and her father was a lumberman and sawmill owner with one of the largest lumber operations in the area.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 June 2026
The drive honors the late lumberman and passionate outdoorsman Pierce Stocking and begins just south of Glen Lake before winding upward through thick hardwood forests.
In 1988, when four Arizonans weighing more than 1,000 pounds tried to break California off from the continental states by doing jumping jacks at Venice Beach, one man documented the effort.
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Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Nov. 2026
Large rain puddles along pumpkin smash stations reflected those releasing energy on their Halloween pumpkins or jack-o’-lanterns.
According to Mark Canney, urban forester with Arbor Day Foundation and director of landscape at Arbor Day Farm, these are the key characteristics.
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Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
22 Oct. 2026
The Copleys worked with a forester to develop a management plan, which included a goal of installing a trail system to improve access for maintenance and harvesting of timber.
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