COVID-19
1 Death, 149 New COVID-19 Cases Thursday
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The state Department of Health and Human Services nnounced 149 new positive test results for COVID-19 and one death Thursday.
Casella Waste
Senate Kills Bill To Create Two-Mile Buffer Between State Parks and Landfills
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The Senate killed the hopes of those fighting a proposed landfill in Dalton when it voted to kill a bill that would require a two-mile buffer around state parks.
Education
Gatsas Questions DHHS Head On Solving Mental Health ER Boarding Crisis
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Why not use the almost empty Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester to address the emergency room mental health boarding crisis for children?
Business & Economy
ATV Registrations Skyrocket
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There were more than 6,500 new Off-Highway Road Vehicle licenses sold this past year, a record, worrying Executive Councilor Joe Kenney of Wakefield and Fish and Game officials that they do not have enough enforcement help to manage a quickly growing and expanding ATV user group.
Environment & Science
Roger Wood Checks In On Gorgeous Great Bay
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New Hampshire’s Great Bay, located in the Seacoast region, is beautiful and pristine. The towns and cities around it want to keep it that way.
My Name is Ann. My 11-Year Old Is Stuck In Hospital ER Awaiting Mental Healthcare
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I am a Mom of an 11-year-old daughter in a mental health crisis who has been in an ER in New Hampshire for four days waiting for a bed in Hampstead Hospital.
Opinion: Education Funding Is Divisive Issue in Legislature
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The subject line reads “NH Ranks Last in School Funding” and begins, “This is shameful and unacceptable.”
House Committee Recommends Overriding Proposed Federal Voting Act
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An attempt to essentially nullify the For the People Act currently before Congress in order to preserve New Hampshire’s election process, was opposed by many at a public hearing Wednesday, but was passed by the Republican majority of the House Election Law Committee.
Warmington Presses for Answers To Mental Health Hospital ER Boarding Crisis
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The state is not yet 100 percent compliant with a May 11 court order related to the state’s hospital emergency room boarding crisis, but it is moving quickly to find more mental health beds, Gov. Chris Sununu and the Executive Council were told Wednesday at their regular meeting.