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Granite Recovery Centers' Founder Indicted for Scheme to Harass, Intimidate NHPR Journalists

By News Release | May 30, 2025

The founder and former Chief Executive Officer of a for-profit drug and alcohol treatment company, Granite Recover Centers in New Hampshire, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for allegedly orchestrating a conspiracy to stalk journalists employed by New Hampshire Public Radio in retaliation for unfavorable reporting.

Judge Orders Deposition of DOC Personnel Head, But Not Ex-Commissioner Hanks in Prison Guard Murder Case

Plan Advances To End Motor Vehicle Diagnostic Testing, No New Car Inspections

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UNH Poll: Granite Staters Oppose Trump’s Foreign Policy Choices, Divided on State Bills

By Andrew E. Smith, Ph.D. | May 29, 2025

Approval of President Trump’s job performance has declined slightly among Granite Staters since his inauguration. On foreign policy, most New Hampshire residents think Trump’s plan to accept a jet from Qatar is inappropriate.

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Ayotte Nixes Latest Pam Smart Request for Commutation Hearing

By Nancy West | May 29, 2025

Pam Smart, now 57, was turned down yet again for the chance to share what she has accomplished in her prison rehabilitation after serving three and a half decades of a life sentence for being an accomplice to the 1990 murder of her husband Gregg Smart in Derry.

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Upcoming Bike Week June 14-22 Could Be Indicator of Canadian Summer Travel

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | May 29, 2025

The 102nd Laconia Motorcycle Week is coming up June 14-22 and it could be a real indicator of where Canadian travel stands for the summer season.

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State Doesn’t Want Ex-DOC Head Helen Hanks Questioned in Prison Guard Murder Trial 

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | May 29, 2025

Prosecutors assigned to former corrections officer Matthew Millar’s second-degree murder case don’t want former Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks answering questions about her destruction of evidence in the matter.

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Dartmouth Grad Wants Rape Conviction Overturned

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | May 28, 2025

The Snapchat video made by Kyle Clampitt’s reported rape victim moments after the assault took place on a Dartmouth fraternity roof should not have been part of the trial evidence, according to an appeal notice filed by Clampitt’s attorney.

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Budget Progress with Improved Revenue and Maybe a Plan for the Arts Moving Forward

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | May 28, 2025

With only a few days left before the Senate Finance Committee needs to pull together its own two-year budget, there appears to be some good news and differences from the House’s version while big ticket items remain to be debated.

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Rep. Weyler Calls School Boards ‘Corrupt’

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | May 28, 2025

Rep. Kenneth Weyler, R-Kingston, called the boards corrupt because he claimed they have not done anything to raise student performance levels.

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House Finance Committee Votes Along Party Lines to Expand Education Freedom Account Program

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | May 28, 2025

Down party lines, the House Finance Committee Wednesday voted to approve opening the Education Freedom Account to any student regardless of the parental income.

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AG: Autopsy Shows Manchester Man’s Death Was a Homicide

By News Release | May 28, 2025

The autopsy was conducted by Associate Medical Examiner Dr. Abigail Alexander. Dr. Alexander determined that Derek Jones’ cause of death was multiple sharp force injuries, and his manner of death was homicide. 

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