A Maine superior court judge blocked the expansion of Maine’s largest landfill on Friday, siding with the Penobscot Nation ...

ALTON, OLD TOWN -- A Penobscot County Superior Court Judge has rejected the proposed Juniper Ridge Landfill expansion.

The budget increase is almost entirely driven by a $3.5 million shortfall at the Penobscot County Jail that needs to be ...

The court ordered the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to redo a study that determined there was a public benefit ...

Penobscot County Commissioner Andre Cushing has been reelected as chair of the commissioners following a vote during a ...

As the director of natural resources for the Penobscot Nation, Chuck Loring is leading the largest land-back conservation effort a United States tribe has seen. (Photo by Olivia Gieger/Inside Climate ...

BANGOR, Maine — Bangor police and fire departments rescued a person who fell through ice on the Penobscot River Monday. At ...

Penobscot County awards $400K from opioid settlements to 12 local groups, underscoring efforts to tackle addiction and emphasizing a bid to save lives.

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The person then broke through the ice about 15 feet away from the riverbank. Officers with rescue throwbags then threw rope ...

Like most members of the Penobscot Nation, Scott Phillips grew up near the Penobscot River and learned to paddle and fish as a young boy. He took to it like a duck to water. He became a competitive ...