Drone boat that went missing off Maine coast has been found near Massachusetts

Presque Isle police intervene in threatened suicide

The incident started when Presque Isle police received a call that an armed man was threatening to take his own life.

Fall Career Fair to fill Newman Gym on Wednesday

BANGOR — About 70 employers are expected at Husson University’s Fall Career Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 28 where they will meet and make connections with eager students seeking internships and job opportunities. Organized by Husson’s Career Services, some of the organizations attending include Bangor Savings Bank, Northern Light Health, Versant, WVII, Headlight Audio Visual and […]

Walter Koenig, Ensign Chekov on original 'Star Trek' series, dies at 90

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Walter Koenig, who played Ensign Pavel Chekov, the youthful Russian navigator on the “ Star Trek ” television series and several movies, has died. He was 90. Koenig died Monday at his home in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, talent agent Zachery McGinnis said in a statement. In […]

Three longtime conservation partners unite to protect rare older forests

New England Forestry Foundation and Seven Islands Land Company have signed an agreement to defer planned timber harvests on nearly 500 acres of rare, older, natural forest — also known as late-successional and old-growth forest — in Piscataquis County. These forests provide unique habitat to a range of sensitive species and store exceptional amounts of […]

Flood warning lingers in Four Corners as soaked towns face sewage-tainted waters. 1 death reported

Parts of the Southwest’s Four Corners region remained under a flood warning Monday as some saturated neighborhoods began cleaning up, assessing damage and watching out for water that could be contaminated with chemicals and raw sewage. Flooding caused by excessive rainfall happened Monday along the San Juan River in parts of the Four Corners region, […]