By Sawyer Loftus, Penobscot Times Staff The Maine Department of Corrections has issued a conditional license that will allow the Penobscot County Jail to continue operating while it works over the next 90 days to address overcrowding at the Bangor facility.

By Sawyer Loftus, Penobscot Times Staff Penobscot County Jail could lose its license after a biannual inspection found it to be over capacity.

By Rosemary Lausier, Bangor Daily News Staff A 77-year-old man who was serving a 70-year sentence for the 1983 murder of an Orono woman died Tuesday, Aug.

By Rosemary Lausier, Bangor Daily News Staff A 26-year-old woman from Middletown, New Jersey, was airlifted from Doubletop Mountain in Baxter State Park on Tuesday afternoon, Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Among the many efforts of the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council to improve the region are the development of an economic development strategy and a broadband planning grant project.

By The Associated Press BANGOR — A motorist pleaded guilty to manslaughter and aggravated drunken driving Monday, Aug.

By Rosemary Lausier, Bangor Daily News Staff A hiker from Rhode Island was airlifted off Katahdin on the afternoon of Aug.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff An assistant U.

CHARLESTON — The Maine Department of Corrections on Aug.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff MILO — A former school board member from Milo who was a teacher and tennis coach at Penquis Valley High School was arrested Tuesday and charged with sex crimes involving a former student, according to the Piscataquis County District Attorney’s Office.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously called on Treasurer John Hiatt to resign immediately after his arrest last week on a possession of child pornography charge.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Dexter woman died Monday evening in a single vehicle rollover, according to Dover-Foxcroft Police.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County Treasurer and Bangor School Committee member John Hiatt has been released from the Penobscot County Jail after posting $1,000 cash bail.

By Jessica Potila, St.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — For the next two years Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office Lt.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A former Guilford man was sentenced Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County EMA Director Tom Capraro has retired, following nearly 14 years with the Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency and a public service career dating back half a century to when he became a junior firefighter at age 15.

By Lia Russell, Bangor Daily News Staff Small-town fire departments in Maine have struggled for years to recruit volunteer firefighters and pay to maintain the equipment and buildings they need to respond to emergencies.