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New Hampshire Supreme Court Chief Justice Gordon J. MacDonald is taking a medical leave of absence, effective immediately, according to a brief statement from the court Friday morning that provided no explanation and no details about who is in charge of the court system in his absence.
Why are we surprised when the ninety degree weather shows up with his friend Humidity.
After 490 days of bargaining, the University of New Hampshire chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-UNH) declared an impasse in contract negotiations with the university administration, alleging it failed to address rising living costs and the long-term health of the university while struggling to retain faculty.
InDepthNH.org scans the websites of New Hampshire funeral homes each week and selects at random some of our friends, relatives and neighbors to feature in this column.
Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte said she welcomes anyone who wants to come to New Hampshire to observe how elections are run, including Republican Trump Administration officials and it is all part of being a First-in-the-Nation Primary state.
The state’s newly implemented bell-to-bell cell phone ban has been effective in reducing distractions in the classroom and improving student focus according to administrators and teachers in a recent Department of Education survey.
When Chesterfield Police Lt. John Ciarcia tried to stop Chief Lance Rouse from illegally underpaying the department’s staff, Ciarcia was put on leave, investigated on trumped up charges, and finally fired after a kangaroo-court style hearing with the town’s Selectmen, according to Ciarcia’s new lawsuit.
Allen Aldenberg of Manchester was unanimously confirmed as acting director of the Office of Child Advocate through Oct 29.
The state has a new 1,308 acre Wildlife Management Area in Marlow and Alstead named for the late Ted Walski, an iconic wildlife biologist who was responsible for the reintroduction of wild turkeys to New Hampshire.
U.S. News and World Reports annual ranking of states finds New Hampshire in sixth place, but is ranked number one for the safest state and for economic opportunity, although sixth for overall opportunities for its residents and businesses.
According to early estimates, anywhere from 14,000 to 29,000 New Hampshire Medicaid enrollees, or 28.2 to 58.5% of the May 2026 Medicaid Expansion population, could lose coverage by 2028.
Judge Michael Klass sentenced Christopher Scaniffe, 40, of Manchester, on drug charges Tuesday in Hillsborough County Superior Court – Northern District, according to a news release from Attorney General John Formella.
New Hampshire State Senate Clerk Tammy Wright has served 16 senate presidents and 163 senators in 37 years, but now the Concord native is turning the page to enjoy teaching yoga, traveling and spending more time with her children and grandchildren.
There’s a strange thing that often happens as we get older. We either become invisible, or are underestimated as to our knowledge, humor and awareness of the world around us.
The preliminary investigation determined that the victim, identified as Erick H. Machado, 31, of Nashua, was on a personal watercraft when it collided with the rear of a pontoon boat. Machado entered the water and was struck by the pontoon boat’s propeller, causing severe injuries to his legs, according to a Marine Patrol.
Jay Lucas, 71, of Portsmouth, pled guilty Friday to securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering in connection with a scheme to raise over $50 million from investors by falsely representing that their money would be invested in early-stage health and wellness companies, according to a press from the Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
At 7:14 p.m. on Friday, July 24, Marine Patrol Officers were notified of a possible drowning in the Piscataquog River near Douglas Street in Manchester.
About a dozen community members rallied at Plymouth Town Common on Friday evening for a candlelight vigil to honor the individuals killed during federal immigration operations around the country.
Former Maine Senate president Troy Jackson won the Maine Democratic Party’s nominating convention Saturday for the state’s U.S. Senate race to replace former nominee Graham Platner, who withdrew from the race amid a sexual assault allegation, which he denied.
Elijah Fisher is a freelance illustrator, currently working their way through college.
In a year when two critical races in New Hampshire could determine the majorities in the US House and US Senate, the Democratic National Committee decided to ignore decades of tradition and history and give another state the first-in-the-nation presidential primary.
