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 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.

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.

MILO — With the contract signed with Sheridan Construction Corporation of Fairfield, work will begin soon on the $7.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff CAMBRIDGE — A Bangor woman has been charged with arson after allegedly setting fire to something outside a home in the Somerset County town of Cambridge.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER — A Dexter man allegedly assaulted his 7-month-old child earlier this month.

By CBS 13 DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Jail has met the deadline set by the Maine Department of Corrections to provide a corrective action plan following numerous violations.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office has turned on its body-worn and dashboard cameras about a year after first installing the devices.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office allegedly seized more than a kilogram of illegal drugs, including methamphetamine and fentanyl, along with guns and cash, after searching two homes in Charleston.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners are asking that a proposed $25,000 agreement for fire and ambulance coverage with the Millinocket Fire Department in the nearby Piscataquis County Unorganized Territories be reconsidered.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT — A prescription for one inmate was used to provide medication to three people and inaccurate counts of medications that are controlled substances are among the errors at the Piscataquis County Jail, according to its recent failed inspection.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County must stop taking inmates at its jail and move boarded inmates to their original facilities after the jail failed an inspection last month.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff The order of referendums on the November 2025 statewide ballot has been announced.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Battered by the wind and soaked by the rain, she thought the end had come for her atop Katahdin.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff One person has died and one has been seriously injured following a crash on Route 16 in Alton on Tuesday morning.