Chellie Pingree wins 10th term in Maine’s 1st District

Cyr’s 2 goals rally Fort Kent boys soccer to C North title game win over Orono

Fort Kent, now 10-6-1, will take on 16-1 Hall-Dale of Farmingdale in Saturday’s Class C state championship game in Lewiston.

2 newcomers oust incumbents in Belfast City Council race

Caitlin Hills and Zachary Schmesser beat longtime councilors Mary Mortier and Neal Harkness.

Activist charged with setting fire to embattled Mississippi police department

SENATOBIA, Miss. (AP) — An Alabama man was charged Monday with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-year-old boy. Garrick Rawls faces an arson charge — a federal offense — in connection with a Halloween day fire that damaged the Senatobia […]

Roommate of 4 students killed in Idaho says harassment forced her to move repeatedly

One of the roommates of the four University of Idaho students killed in their home in 2022 says she’s endured years of harassment, threats and unfounded accusations and wants to ensure her face is blurred in an upcoming release of investigative video recordings, according to court documents. Dylan Mortensen, who told police she saw a […]

How the BDN calls races, and why a ranked-choice count may not stop us

People make the calls, not models, and only at greater than 99% certainty.