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State Senators passed a bail reform bill on a voice vote Wednesday less than two hours after the Republican majority outlined their agenda for the coming year which focuses on keeping the state without a sales or income tax.
Torrential rain that fell across the state Monday – in some cases more than four inches in a few hours – caused road damage but none worse than the lengthy detour now forced around Crawford Notch which is cut off as an East-West road for at least a week.
Third Circuit Court Judge Melissa Beth Countway of Alton has been confirmed by the Executive Council to be an Associate Supreme Court Justice, replacing Gary Hicks who retired due to age limitations in November.
Only hours after they rescued five people from their roofs in Conway as the rising waters of the Saco River threatened their lives, members of the New Hampshire Army National Guard were honored by the state’s Fish and Game Commission Tuesday.
Gov. Chris Sununu has endorsed former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for President of the United States.
Twenty-five conservation projects from Westmoreland to Dover, and Plainfield to Ossipee were approved for grants from the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program.
Supporters of the measure, who announced the bipartisan action at a press conference Monday in the Legislative Office Building, said now is the time to join neighboring states such as Maine and Vermont to enshrine abortion as a right, here, rather than leave the state to the whims of one legislature or the next.
Forced by a lawsuit to clean up the fish waste flowing from its aging hatcheries into the open waters of the state, New Hampshire Fish and Game has started the improvement process with one hatchery in New Hampton.
At least 10 ski areas are currently open. Even a few Nordic centers which have to rely primarily on natural snow, including Jackson Ski Touring Foundation and Great Glen Trails at the base of Mount Washington, are open.