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Impacts to the state from the federal government shutdown and the region’s continued drought were discussed by the state’s Executive Council with department heads Wednesday when it met at Fulchino Vineyard in Hollis.
Democrats in Concord outlined their priorities for the upcoming New Hampshire legislative session and took a swing at Republicans on Tuesday morning.
The Plymouth area community came together Sunday to raise funds for Plymouth Police Chief Alex Hutchins and his neighbor, elementary school teacher Sarah Sanborn, who coincidentally both suffered severe neurological events about a month ago.
The state’s fall foliage is in its glory in the White Mountains right now and appears to be on track or perhaps a bit earlier than state predictions.
There are lots of fun and colorful events and festivals going on across the Granite State during the peak of fall foliage season and one that is particularly interesting in its celebration of local creativity is MOO.
While the state has received an initial payment of almost $8 million from the 3M Company’s nationwide PFAS settlement of public drinking water systems claims, a key legislator said the money will never make up for the harm.
Following a deadly shooting in Dallas at a federal ICE office, New Hampshire House Majority Leader Jason Osborne called on New Hampshire House Democrats to withdraw bills aimed at restricting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement agencies.
Republican state Rep. Joe Sweeney of Salem has filed intent to sponsor legislation which would look at whether or not there is enough grounds to impeach Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill, D-Lebanon.
As the state heads into the winter heating season which is often financially hard on many in New Hampshire, Gov. Kelly Ayotte started a press conference Wednesday by saying she’s looking for a new Public Utilities Commissioner who will be more sympathetic to residential ratepayers.