A story published on Friday’s front page about the class-action lawsuit pending in U.S. District Court in Portland over alleged strip searches at the Knox County Jail requires clarification. U.S. District Judge Gene Carter decertified the class for the purpose of determining damages. The class remains certified for the liability portion of the case with a trial scheduled for Oct. 3.

The federal government is considering designating more than 10,600 square miles of forestland in Maine as “critical habitat” for the Canada lynx. An article published on Page 1 Thursday about U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne’s visit to Brewer understated the amount of land included in the designation proposal.