BDN wins best website at New England newspaper competition

UMaine women’s soccer picked to win 4th-straight league title in preseason poll

The Black Bears received four first-place votes and 60 points to edge out Binghamton, which also earned four first-place votes but wound up with 58 points.

New Mexico AG sues for return of teen forced to cross border by foster care staff

The New Mexico attorney general is requesting the state’s foster care system work to return a 15-year-old American citizen from Mexico after staff took the child to a Texas border crossing and allegedly forced him to walk across the border to be reunited to his estranged mother. A civil lawsuit filed by state Attorney General […]

Baileyville pulp mill fined nearly $800K for deadly gas leak

A federal investigation into the leak at the Woodland Pulp mill in January and a fire two months later found a dozen violations.

Community Investors of Knox County receives United Way of Mid Coast Maine grant to address needs of county residents

ROCKLAND — Community Investors of Knox County has received a $5,000 grant from United Way of Mid Coast Maine to help income-eligible individuals and families in Knox County meet urgent needs when no other resources are available. Community Investors of Knox County is a collaborative network of local nonprofit organizations that work together to identify […]

Thousands of fish may have died in Penobscot River dam shutdown

A downed power line triggered a "trip event" at McKay Station, which is about 30 miles west of Millinocket.