Aroostook County

The analysis from Aroostook Partnership and county commissioners details exactly what areas in the county are unserved or underserved. It also mapped more than 36,000 homes and performed broadband speed tests to look for coverage gaps.

The Conservation Fund is serving as a bridge between landowner Herb Haynes and the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

To address the shrinking workforce in the County, a group of business and education leaders is pursuing a plan to attract families to the area. And more specifically, refugee families. But one of the challenges is finding families who want to move to northern Maine.

Research from the New England Forestry Foundation suggests there is potential to sequester and store even more carbon with improved forest management, conservation and expanded markets for wood — but it would take more investment to achieve.

An Aroostook County ski area is the winner of an American Rescue Plan grant that operators say will help the business attract more visitors.

It's the first full summer in two years without pandemic restrictions on cross border travel, but high gas prices could dampen a full-throttled return to normalcy.

The bill, sponsored by Senate President Troy Jackson, would launch a three-year pilot program to create a legal aid clinic housed at the University of Maine at Fort Kent.

Delivering food around Maine's largest county, where one-quarter of the population is 65 and older, has become a lot more challenging and expensive, community groups say.

The University of Maine School of Law is hoping to expand its student legal aid clinic into Aroostook County through a new legislative proposal.

The Van Buren District Secondary School, in northern Aroostook County, began classes last Wednesday. But most students were forced to move to remote learning Monday because they're considered close contacts of a staff member who reported that they had likely contracted the virus.