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There are currently 26 hospitalized patients being treated for COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 378,428 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.
The Youth Conservation Corp (YCC) is a summer employment program for area youths ages 15-18 who will work, learn, and earn together in the great outdoors. The purpose of the YCC program is to accomplish needed conservation work on public lands, while providing an educational experience. The program is sponsored by the Pemigewasset Ranger District, White Mountain National Forest in Campton NH.
Judge Peter Bornstein denied an injunction to keep the citizens of Dalton from voting on abolishing the Planning Board and Conservation Commission during the upcoming town meeting at a hearing Wednesday in Coos County Superior Court.
The Attorney General’s Office has received five complaints this week regarding political advertising that does not identify who is responsible for it.
Gov. Chris Sununu said he thinks hospitals have a lot of explaining to do when it comes to helping communities find mental health solutions and should be part of the all-hands-on-deck approach rather than going to court to fight to keep those patients out of their emergency rooms.
On International Women’s Day – March 8 – the New Hampshire House Judiciary Committee made recommendation votes on seven reproductive health and rights related bills.
Robert Quinn has been renominated to lead New Hampshire’s Department of Safety despite concerns about his leadership including an accusation he illegally directed employees to run an improper background check.
Fifteen million dollars in funding for a new nursing home for Strafford County, $750,00 for a new child care center for Concord, more electric vehicle charging stations for Lancaster and Peterborough, and water projects for a number of communities were approved by the Executive Council Wednesday along with a proposal to change its controversial procedures for voting.
The morning after dozens of parents turned out at a school board meeting to support the Christa McAuliffe School art teacher who was on leave after complaints by one parent about his “girly” style of dress and social media posts, Silas Allard was back in the classroom Tuesday morning.