The Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency wants to see more residents use an app it launched less than a year ago for alerts and emergency planning — even though it remains difficult for some to access it.

By BDN Outdoors By all accounts, the late Gerald “Herb” Green was a larger than life character.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County’s embattled treasurer who has faced criminal charges since last spring will not seek reelection after refusing for months to resign from the position and vowing to run for office this fall.

MILO — Voters approved an estimated 2022-23 budget of $2.

DEXTER — In about 15 months, Dexter Fire Department will have a shiny, new fire truck stationed at its department.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County’s Emergency Management Agency director is traveling to nearly every structure fire because of outdated infrastructure and long-running problems with the county’s radio communications for emergency personnel.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department received a $2,500 check earlier this week — a donation from the Radar Runs event on the frozen Piscataquis River.

By Sierra Whaley, Bangor Daily News Staff The man who died in a head-on crash in Corinth on Monday has been identified.

A Piscataquis County man pleaded not guilty Monday to murder in connection with the death of his 1-month-old son in August 2021.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Just one of Maine’s eight district attorneys ran unopposed four years ago.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The newest member of Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office is bubbly, loyal and sweet — and she has the most powerful nose in the department.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Penobscot County residents want $29.

DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — After a Dover-Foxcroft Select Board member questioned the local theater’s decision to require COVID-19 vaccinations for children participating in auditions for a spring production, a larger conversation unfolded about policies related to town-owned property.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board decided Monday to allocate $45,300 of the town’s first round of American Rescue Plan Act funds to thank town employees who worked through the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A major leak has partially shut down the kitchen at the Penobscot County Jail, forcing the jail to purchase meals and bring them in from outside at an added cost.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Seventeen people who allegedly participated in a drug ring that brought fentanyl and methamphetamine from Massachusetts to Maine for distribution as far north as Caribou are facing federal drug charges.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff                LIMESTONE – Staff Sgt.

DEXTER, — Dexter councilors decided Thursday to allocate the remainder of the town’s first round of American Rescue Act Plan funds to improvement projects and a local organization that will serve as a food pantry and resource center.