By Nicole Witherbee Someone recently asked me how I stay optimistic in these challenging times.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Northern Light Health has reached a deal with a Maine-based insurer to lower costs for policyholders.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, The County Staff A well-known, Bangor-born Wabanaki elder whose fiancee lives in Canada is raising the alarm about what they say has been harsh and disrespectful treatment by U.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s general bear hunting season begins on the last Monday in August.

By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER — A 63-year-old motorcyclist died from her injuries after striking a deer in Dexter on Saturday night.

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By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff A man who was reported missing early Saturday, Aug.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The number of felony cases pending in Penobscot County has more than doubled compared with five years ago as courts struggle to keep up with the growing number of cases.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff PARKMAN — The Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the public’s help finding a “large amount of solar panels” that were allegedly taken from a solar farm site in Parkman.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON —  An inmate at the Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston died on Sunday.