By Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff A new University of New England program aims to train hundreds of health care professionals across rural Maine in opioid response strategies.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff An Orneville man allegedly assaulted two women in late October.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Program grant cuts to 12 organizations in the proposed 2026 Piscataquis County budget have been restored by the Piscataquis County Commissioners, some partially and some in full compared to the current year.

CAMBRIDGE — A Cambridge man was found dead inside his home after a fire on Monday evening.

By Molly Enking, Maine Public The U.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Investors behind 111 solar energy farms in Maine filed a lawsuit on Nov.

By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff  CHARLESTON — An inmate at Mountain View Correctional Facility died shortly before 10 p.

GREENVILLE — Greenville Code Enforcement Officer Ron Sarol will be leaving the position early next month.

GREENVILLE — The Greenville Planning Board is looking to finalize a proposed revision to the town’s land use ordinance by including a new definition pertaining to motorsports businesses.

By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff A proposed $36 million budget for Penobscot County, including a controversial increase in the jail budget,  was partially approved by an advisory committee in a five-hour meeting on Nov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Program grant cuts to six organizations in the proposed 2026 Piscataquis County budget have been restored by the Piscataquis County Commissioners.

MILO — A $125,000 sidewalk replacement project in Milo is finished.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers can now renew their Real ID through an online portal.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is expanding its recall of cannabis vapes because of unsafe pesticide levels.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff An earthquake rattled the ground near Dover-Foxcroft on Sunday morning, Nov.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — A 63-year-old man who was sentenced to six years in prison died after recently being released to supervised community confinement from the Mountain View Correctional Facility.

By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff A state representative is pushing for a bill to be discussed in the Legislature that would give residents more input in their county budgets.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers voted Tuesday to create a “red flag” gun control law that came in response to the 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston.