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State prosecutors are bringing additional civil complaints against a 31-year old man accused of smashing historic lanterns at Temple Israel in Portsmouth. Meanwhile, they’ve also settled a separate civil rights case with a 22-year-old Berlin man who...
By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH
New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a West Virginia law that bars transgender girls from playing girls’ sports, as a similar measure in New Hampshire faces a court challenge.A federal appeals court...
By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN
New Hampshire’s Public Utilities Commission is holding hearings this week on a policy that could shape the future of the state's solar industry.It’s called net metering, and it’s the way that people with solar panels on homes and businesses get...
By GRACE McFADDEN
An adult with tuberculosis spent time in a Manchester daycare center while infectious.State health officials said there have been no other confirmed cases related to this one.Families have been notified of the potential exposure, which occurred from...
By JACKIE HARRIS and AMANDA PIRANI
It’s a bright Saturday afternoon, and people are lined up inside the fire station on main street in Errol. For just a few hours every month, the station turns into the rural town’s food pantry.Coos County has the highest food insecurity rates in the...
By KATE DARIO
Developers, clean energy advocates and public officials celebrated the groundbreaking Wednesday for New Hampshire’s first net-zero energy housing development geared toward middle-class home buyers.The 26 market rate duplexes, developed by Aspire...
By AMANDA PIRANI
Lee Alexander has been keeping bees most of his life, and learned from his grandfather and great uncle. He’s quick to mention he’s no beekeeping expert, but in 50 years, he’s seen a thing or two.And this year has really thrown him for a loop.“I’ve...
By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH and LAU GUZMÁN
New Hampshire is joining 14 other states in a lawsuit that aims to block DACA recipients from receiving federally subsidized health insurance, Attorney General John Formella announced Friday.DACA, formally known as Deferred Action for Childhood...
By TODD BOOKMAN
The state’s plan to redevelop Rye Harbor is dredging up angst among some longtime businesses, who claim they haven’t been able to provide input on the project.And with a looming deadline at year’s end to spend federal grant money, the future look and...
By AMANDA PIRANI
For nearly four years, cyanobacteria blooms continued to appear on the surface of Lake Kanasatka in Moultonborough, which flows into Lake Winnipesaukee. They disrupted a local summer camp, as well as resident activities. But thanks to the work of lake...
By OLIVIA RICHARDSON
Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth has been named the first Smithsonian affiliate in New Hampshire.Linnea Grim, the museum’s CEO, said Strawbery Banke’s goal of bringing world class art to the public aligns with the Smithsonian's. The affiliation also...
By OLIVIA RICHARDSON
A new law aims to rein in the use of artificial intelligence in political ads.The law requires AI-generated content to be disclosed in political ads within 90 days of an election.The legislation allows candidates or election officials who are...
By TODD BOOKMAN
New data on the number of apprehensions of suspected migrants crossing New Hampshire’s remote international boundary with Canada show there has been little activity through the first six months of 2024.But whether that’s a sign that more aggressive...
By SARAH GIBSON
Melissa Johnston used to send her four kids to neighborhood public schools in Manchester. But they weren’t a good fit. She says one of her sons got suspended in second grade for stealing his teacher's gum. All of her kids have ADHD and struggled to...
By KATE DARIO
When you buy a plane ticket online, have you ever paid a few extra dollars to make up for your flight’s carbon footprint? That’s a carbon offset: a program that aims to counteract the environmental impact of a purchase.This is often done by protecting...
By TODD BOOKMAN
A military police sergeant stood chatting with his supervisor inside an office at Fort Eustis in Virginia when another soldier, on his way to the refrigerator, tried to squeeze past him.That’s when their gun holsters made contact.“All I remember was...
By TODD BOOKMAN
It’s been a decade since a Democrat was elected governor in New Hampshire. In less than two months, Democratic voters will head to the polls to select a nominee who hopes to break that drought. The party’s primary ballot includes two candidates who...
By RICK GANLEY and JACKIE HARRIS
Moose are iconic to New Hampshire’s landscape. To lovers of the large, cold-climate animals, they represent the wilderness of northern New England. But it’s not always easy to find them.I have only seen a moose twice despite living in New Hampshire...
By JULIA FURUKAWA
A new exhibit at the Museum of the White Mountains at Plymouth State University explores the past, present and future tradition of Abenaki basket-making across the White Mountains region and into Canada.“Of Baskets and Borers” weaves the stories of...
By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN
New Hampshire is at the tail end of a record-breaking heat wave, with communities across the state seeing their longest strings of sweltering days in recorded history.Concord saw temperatures at or above 90 degrees starting on July 6. July 16 marked...
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