Concord Still Without Homeless Shelter As Cold Snap Approaches (NHPR)

With snow and sub-zero temperatures projected across New Hampshire for the next few nights, the city of Concord is still without a winter shelter for its homeless residents. 

Police: Concord man admits to dousing his sister in gasoline, lighting her on fire (Concord Monitor)

Tamika Crawford was lying in a snowbank, most of her upper body severely burned, when police arrived at her Woodbine Avenue home before dawn Thursday.

Hassan touts fiscal successes; tells NH1 News serving as governor ‘the greatest privilege’ (NH1)

CONCORD – With her time in the Corner Office fleeting, Gov. Maggie Hassan is reflecting on her four years steering the Granite State.

Eversource starts work on new facility in Franklin (Concord Monitor)

Franklin residents will probably notice a new clearing – and dozens of tree stumps – as construction gets under way on a new Eversource Energy distribution substation.

City rallies Coos towns to fight for state education funds (Berlin Daily Sun)

BERLIN — With $14 million in state education funding at stake, the city is rallying Coos County legislators and communities to fight a change in the way that aid is distributed.

 Three Upper Valley Booksellers Recommend Titles (Valley News)

The old saying holds that love springs eternal. True enough, but when you’re thinking about a life-long pursuit, and life-long pleasure, there’s nothing like a book.

Some NH schools delaying openings due to cold (Union Leader)

Some New Hampshire school districts were forced to delay openings for today as the first Arctic blast of the season was expected to bring dangerous wind chills to the state.

NH to join voter-list crosscheck program (Union Leader)

CONCORD — New Hampshire will soon be comparing its voter checklists with registration rolls in 29 other states, in the hope of avoiding duplicate registrations that lead to duplicate voting. 

Family of missing Derry man plead for public’s help finding him (WMUR)

John Walsh was last seen Tuesday, has special needs.

AROUND THE NATION AND WORLD

GOP leaders, donors intervene to save Tillerson nomination — and sway Rubio (Washington Post)

At the start of the week, Sen. Marco Rubio seemed bent on opposing Rex Tillerson for secretary of state.

Pundit Larry Kudlow a leading candidate for Trump’s Council of Economic Advisors (Washington Post)

Kudlow, a fervent supporter of deep tax cuts and a senior contributor at CNBC, has neither a graduate nor undergraduate degree in economics.

Russia Hackers Tough to Find, and Tougher to Prosecute (New York Times)

Russia says American efforts to capture hackers may violate international law and it has shown that it will not be easily influenced by public shaming.

After Tribune investigation, Durbin pushes interactive drug protection for consumers (Chicago Tribune)

In the wake of a Tribune investigation of Chicago-area pharmacies, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is calling for new nationwide policies to protect consumers from dangerous drug combinations.

Syria suspends Aleppo evacuations, blaming rebels (BBC)

The Syrian government has suspended the evacuation of civilians and fighters from eastern Aleppo, accusing rebels of breaking terms of the ceasefire.

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