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By LAU GUZMÁN
There’s a new interpreter at the New Hampshire DMV. Its name is Pocketalk, and it retails for a little under $300. As the demand for assistance in languages other than English rises, the DMV is hoping that the new technology will expand their language...
By JOSH ROGERS
Gov.-elect Kelly Ayotte sometimes describes the time she spent leading the New Hampshire Department of Justice as serving as “the people’s lawyer.” But from the moment she launched her run for governor this year, Ayotte tended to highlight one...
By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN
New Hampshire’s Fish and Game department is updating plans to conserve wildlife, and they want your help.State officials are asking for people to respond to a survey about their priorities for wildlife conservation by Nov. 30.Those responses will be...
By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN
New England homes are known for being drafty. But, energy efficiency enthusiasts say, they don’t have to stay that way.With colder temperatures approaching, New Hampshire’s utility companies are trying to spread the word about programs that can help...
By ANNMARIE TIMMINS
Eleven days after a security guard was killed at the state psychiatric hospital, in November 2023, the Department of Safety gave Gov. Chris Sununu a list of recommended security enhancements for all state buildings. Sununu had requested the list,...
By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH
A federal judge has again given the state more time to end its practice of holding mental health patients in emergency departments for prolonged periods.For over a decade, people held involuntarily for mental health treatment have faced lengthy waits...
By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN
A nominee to fill the empty seat on New Hampshire’s Public Utilities Commission made his case to the Executive Council on Wednesday for why he’s the right person for the job.Mark Dell’Orfano, who was nominated for a spot on the commission by Gov....
By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office has filed a civil rights complaint against a former police officer who assaulted a Black bank executive in downtown Portsmouth last year.In a civil complaint filed Tuesday in Rockingham County Superior...
By JOSH ROGERS
Polling shows the presidential election at a near dead heat. In New Hampshire, that jump ball scenario also applies to the governor’s race, which means the outcomes in both contests could hinge on voters who choose to go with one party for president,...
By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN
New England’s last running coal-fired power plant, Merrimack Station in Bow, passed an emissions test over the summer that it struggled to complete for more than a year. But only one of its two units that generate electricity completed the test,...
By TODD BOOKMAN
It started with a tip about a Gilmanton man baiting deer out of season. It turned into a multi-agency investigation that revealed one of the largest illegal poaching rings in recent state history.New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say five men have...
By OLIVIA RICHARDSON
The Goffstown Public Library is still deciding whether to publish a recent candidate survey, after a superior court judge dismissed a petition from two Republican candidates trying to block its release.Ross Berry, who is running for a House seat, and...
By TODD BOOKMAN
New Hampshire’s top election official is ordering cities and towns to use affidavit ballots for certain new voters during this November’s election, despite a conflicting law recently signed by Gov. Chris Sununu that repeals the use of such ballots.In...
By TODD BOOKMAN
A few weeks ago, Congressman Chris Pappas stopped by the Portsmouth Fire Station for a demonstration of new rescue equipment. Oxygen tanks equipped with bluetooth-enabled masks chirped as firefighters showed Pappas the latest in life-saving...
By TODD BOOKMAN
When New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu signed one of the strictest voter identification laws in the country last month, he said the timing was intentional: the law goes into effect 60 days after his signature, meaning the new rules would not be in place...
By JOSH ROGERS
Lily Tang Williams was multitasking when she campaigned at a New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women reception at Fulchino Vineyards in Hollis recently.As the event kicked off, the congressional candidate snapped photos for her social media feed....
By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH
New Hampshire hospitals are taking steps to conserve IV bags, after flooding from Hurricane Helene knocked out a major manufacturing plant in North Carolina.The Baxter International plant produced around 60% of the nation’s supply of intravenous...
By LAU GUZMÀN
On Tuesday evening, the city of Manchester became the first municipality in the state to pass an ordinance about syringe service programs, a public health initiative that provides clean needles, safe disposal options and resources for harm reduction...
By JOSH ROGERS
With the cost of buying or renting a home in New Hampshire more expensive than ever, affordable housing is a top issue in state political races this year. Nowhere is that more the case than in the race for governor, where Democrat Joyce Craig and...
By LAU GUZMÁN
Officials in Manchester say several police officers were disciplined after an August incident where they were filmed saying they would start a “manhunt” for an unhoused person in an alley.The Manchester Police Department shared few details about the...
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