News
State Revenues On Target for First Month of New Fiscal Year
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Revenues for the first month of the 2022 fiscal year are ahead of estimates as the state’s traditional “sin taxes” bounce back from the pandemic.
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Sununu Vetoes Handgun Background Check Change
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Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed two bills that would have ended the state’s background check for handguns and used the federal database instead.
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Newfound Schools ‘Back To Normal’ As School Mask Mandate Eliminated
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Parents anticipating a continuation of mask mandates in the Newfound Area School District came to the Aug. 9 school board meeting to protest the school reopening plan, but Superintendent Pierre Couture announced that, contrary to the draft plan posted on the district’s website, “it’s pretty much back to normal.”
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COVID-19 Cases Continue To Rise, Delta Variant Skyrocketing
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But making sense of the overall numbers is difficult as the state Democratic Party and several news outlets have pointed to discrepancies on the state Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID-19 website.
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481 New COVID-19 Cases Friday, Saturday and Sunday: NH DHHS
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There are currently 53 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 102,117 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.
Courts & Corrections
Amherst Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening Members of Congress and NH State Rep.
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Ryder Winegar, 34, of Amherst, pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court to six counts of threatening members of Congress and one count of transmitting interstate threatening communications, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced.
COVID-19
408 New COVID-19 Cases Thursday, Friday
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On Friday, August 6, 2021, the state Department of Health and Human Services announced 176 new positive test results for COVID-19.
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Submerged Vehicle May Belong To Gorham Woman Missing Since 1978
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NH State Police in conjunction with NH Fish & Game, Gorham Police Department, Lancaster Police Department and Vermont State Police are investigating a vehicle, which has been found submerged in the Connecticut River, south of the Lunenburg / Lancaster Covered bridge.
Business & Economy
DHHS: First Person Infected with Jamestown Canyon Virus This Season
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The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) is announcing an adult from Dublin, NH tested positive for Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV), a viral infection transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito. This is the first detection of JCV in a person in the State this season.