3+ hour, 39+ min ago  (555+ words) The largest blaze, the Cottonwood Fire, was burning in rugged terrain in southwest Utah. It ballooned Saturday to more than 144 square miles (373 square kilometers) after marching through canyons and mountainsides, destroying part of a ski resort and other summer cabins…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (640+ words) Half a year after Penobscot County passed a $35. 4 million budget'to address a years-long financial crisis, county spending is on track, county officials said. But it's unclear how much money the county actually has or if it will stick to its…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (475+ words) The decision announced Thursday marks the third such fake elector case filed by states to be dismissed, though the Democratic attorney general is vowing to bring it back to a grand jury in hopes of securing another indictment. The legal…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (520+ words) WRITTEN BY JEN LYNDS For Marie Long of Nashua, New Hampshire, there is no better place to visit in Maine than Asticou Azalea Garden. Located in the picturesque village of Northeast Harbor on Mount Desert Island, the garden blooms from…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (605+ words) BDN reporters help make The County a better place by holding officials accountable and shining a light. Your donation can help raise $60, 000 this spring to support our reporting. Make a donation now." The three-member international balloon team that lifted off…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (233+ words) An infant survived what may have been an overdose over the weekend in Eddington. Just before 2: 30 p. m. on Sunday, a 911 call came in reporting an infant in cardiac arrest at a home on Clewleyville Road, the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office said…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (767+ words) BDN reporters help make the Bangor region a better place by holding officials accountable and shining a light. Your donation can help raise $60, 000 this spring to support our reporting. Make a donation now." A Bangor man on trial for killing…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (146+ words) A Milford child died of hypothermia, state officials said. One-year-old Eleanora Ray Mc Laughlin died Dec. 28 at a home in Milford. She died of hypothermia, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner spokesperson Lindsey Chasteen said Friday morning. Eleanora's manner of…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (608+ words) Air service to Presque Isle International Airport " Maine's only airport north of Bangor with commercial flights " has dramatically changed since the start of the 21st century. Five airlines have served the airport in that time, with planes as small as the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (412+ words) Three members of the Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office have filed to run'to succeed Sheriff Robert Young. Sgt. Guy Edward Dow, R-Guilford, Lt. James B. Kane, R-Sangerville, and Chief Deputy Todd Douglas Lyford, R-Brownville, are all running to take over for Sheriff…...