3 years ago

Rural Maine is getting better emergency alert coverage

Maine Public Broadcasting Corp. has been working for more than a year to expand the emergency alert system into more rural areas in Maine.

3 years ago

A Fort Kent teen is missing

Police are actively searching for a teen who was last seen at 8 p.m. Saturday at her home.

3 years ago

These 5 things were invented in Aroostook

Inventors in northern Maine have pioneered some ingenious ways to overcome challenges, from transportation to surviving winter.

3 years ago

Couple brings new bakery with a special twist to Houlton

A designer completely sugar-free sweet shop is bringing healthy treats to Houlton.

3 years ago

Mi’kmaq artist discovers her Native culture one bead at a time

A Littleton woman is deeply rooted in tribal art passed from one generation to the next. But finding her way to authentic Mi’kmaq beadwork, her family or her Mi’kmaq Nation heritage was not easy.

3 years ago

A County woman made it to a job interview thanks to some selfless strangers

By 8:30 a.m. the women and several local men had shown a stranded woman why Aroostook County is known as a place where people will drop everything they are doing to help someone else, even a stranger.

3 years ago

Potato Blossom parade features U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and celebrates agriculture

Northern Maine’s largest celebration of agriculture held its most traditional and popular event Saturday: the Maine Potato Blossom Festival parade.

3 years ago

$121,000 grant will boost firefighter safety

The Mapleton, Castle Hill and Chapman Fire Department has received a federal grant to help them update the breathing gear they use when they go into burning buildings.