16+ hour, 1+ min ago   (478+ words) Penobscot County went more than $5 million over budget in 2024, according to a new audit, which drained millions from the county’s general fund account. The overspending was caused by the Penobscot County Jail going underfunded and multiple county departments going over…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (938+ words) Those losing coverage in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, include people who don’t meet the tightening requirements to participate, and, advocates say, some who qualify for the help but are rejected because they miss deadlines or don’t have…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (746+ words) The backlash to the massive server warehouses is enveloping races for governor in some of the nation’s biggest states and presidential battlegrounds. On Tuesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, said his administration would no longer put data center projects…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (322+ words) U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington, D.C., denied the Tohono O’odham Nation’s request for a court-ordered halt to border wall construction on its 2.8-million-acre reservation. Leon ruled the tribe hasn’t established that a border wall will change its reservation boundaries without…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (110+ words) bangordailynews.com A coveted one-of-one numbered rookie patch autograph card of Cooper Flagg was pulled out of a deck on a livestream in Rhode Island on Monday night. The card of the Newport native could fetch at least as much…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (570+ words) Hobbs is considered the most vulnerable Democratic governor in the country. Giles, a registered Republican for decades, changed his party affiliation to independent on May 17 and voted in the Democratic primary last month, according to county voting records. The Republican…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (259+ words) The helicopter was one of seven working a fire in central Utah that was caused by lightning on July 27. It crashed near Richfield, which is about 160 miles (258 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed. Local officials…...

4+ week, 12+ hour ago   (268+ words) Dust storms that blanketed the Phoenix area in thick haze this week were among the most intense to hit the region in years, scientists said Thursday. The storms — called haboobs — occur throughout the U.S. Southwest when strong downdrafts from…...

1+ mon, 20+ hour ago   (741+ words) Light winds and lower temperatures were in the forecast Monday to help firefighters with wildfires in eastern Washington state that forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area while destroying at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures. The fires…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (413+ words) Preston Tolth is the only person ever charged and convicted in connection with the 2021 disappearance of Begay, a weaver and grandmother of nine from a remote community on the Navajo Nation who has never been found. He acknowledged stealing her…...