Courts & Corrections
Police Looking for Man Accused of Assaulting Woman, Taking Her 5-Month-Old Baby
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Manchester Police are currently looking for 28-year-old Kevin Voisine of Manchester in connection with an assault and endangering a child.
Distant Dome: Willfully and Knowingly Making a Mess of Public Education
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If you watched the House session Thursday, you had to realize the message the Republican majority is sending on public education.
Related: Distant Dome: This Is How Democracy Dies
Op-Ed: Who are New Hampshire Republicans: Are they the company they keep?
“Well, we all are going to die” is the tone deaf quip Sen. Ernst had to offer last
week, in response to a constituent who expressed concern over how the
devastating cuts to Medicaid in the GOP budget plan will cause people to perish.
Carbon Sequestration, Sobriety Check Refusal Punishment Now Part of Parental Rights Bill
A measure to impose a moratorium on creating any new carbon sequestration forest farms in the state and the formation of a study committee on the impacts to the municipal timber tax revenue is more likely to pass into law after Littleton Republican Sen. David Rochefort got his colleagues to include it in a non-related parental rights bill.
More Headlines
House Votes New Requirements for Absentee Voting
Education Freedom Accounts Expanded by House
NH Senate Passes $15.7 Billion Budget Without Support from Democrats
Business & Economy
Sununu Approves Mount Washington State Park 10-Year Master Plan
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Gov. Chris Sununu approved the 10-year master plan for the Mount Washington state park this week and is expecting an estimate for a comprehensive environmental assessment of summit needs as part of his budget, commission members were told Friday.
Obituary
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: New London Judge; She Sang for a President
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The people listed here passed away during the previous week and have some public or charitable connection to their community.
Feature
Dr. Marc Lessard: UNH Institute for Earth, Oceans & Space Collaborates with NASA to Study Aurora Borealis
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Rockets carrying UNH technology examine electrons that create aurora.
Feature
Rotary Club Marks 100th Anniversary Presenting $100,000 To Portsmouth
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As podcast producer Roger Wood finds out, the club has also partnered with many local organizations to provide funding and assistance.
Business & Economy
Dusty Old Cars Victims Don’t Expect Justice
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The man behind the multi-million-dollar classic car fraud has been convicted of theft again, but victims of Dusty Old Cars owner Stephan Condodemetraky want to see more punishment this time.
Feature
Nansen Ski Jump Site of Free Winter Carnival Events This Weekend
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The oldest ski club in America is hosting its 2023 winter carnival this weekend and they could not have picked a better time as a series of snow storms have helped volunteers working to pack the historic Nansen Ski Jump.
Health & Mental Health
14 New COVID-19 Deaths; NH DHHS To Treat It Like Other Infectious Diseases
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Please note, because COVID-19 has become endemic, the State continues the transition to manage it as with as other infectious diseases such as influenza.
News
Effort To Remove Delegation from County Government Role Finds Little Support
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Eliminating the county delegation from a legislator’s list of responsibilities and giving that authority to county commissioners was the subject of a bill that got little support on Thursday.
Energy
Eversource Restores 255,000 NH Customers, 1,600 Still Without Power
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Since Sunday, the energy company’s lineworkers and remote system operators have restored power to more than 255,000 customers in the Granite State, including some customers more than once.
News
Ski Areas Expecting Big Bounce This Weekend, Finally
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On Thursday at 8 a.m. most ski areas across the state reported receiving an average of about four inches of new snow which ended as a bit of freezing rain while some of the southernmost ski areas received no new snow in the past 48 hours.
Courts & Corrections
Police: Father of Dead Manchester Boy, 7, Was Preparing To Run
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The father of the Manchester boy who died this week after he was rushed to the hospital with serious burns and other abuse-related injuries last week was planning to run, according to court records.
Business & Economy
Support for New Bill to Legalize Marijuana, But What Will Sununu Do?
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House Majority Leader Rep. Jason Osborne, R-Auburn, and House Minority Leader Rep. Matt Wilhelm, D-Manchester, are co-sponsors of House Bill 639.
Education
Education Department Would Oversee Education Freedom Accounts in Proposed Bill
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Rep. David Luneau, D-Hopkinton, speaks to the House Education Committee Wednesday about his bill to have the Department of Education take over administration of the Education Freedom Account program.
Celebrating Pets
Moose’s Pals: Sassy Loves to Be the Center of Attention
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Welcome to this week’s edition of Moose’s Pals, a weekly column devoted to pets that are available for adoption at local animal shelters.
News
Valley Regional Hospital Surgeon Charged With Sexually Assaulting Patient
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CLAREMONT – Dr. Thomas Marks, MD, 70, of Newbury has been charged with sexually assaulting a patient and will be arraigned today.
Feature
Radio Free New Hampshire: Winter’s Here…
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It was a gorgeous snow, too, that decided to coat our town. It was wet and heavy so it stuck to things and stayed there; every tree looked like a masterpiece and we have a lot of trees so our town looked like a postcard.
Health & Mental Health
Emergency Legislation Moving Forward on Closure of YDC
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With the closing of the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester, formerly known as YDC, required in just five weeks, lawmakers are now scrambling to pass a new bill to create a new facility and extend the closure date.
Environment & Science
NH Officials Urge Action As New Snow Storm Nears
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With another storm approaching, the New Hampshire Department of Safety’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) and the NH State Fire Marshal’s Office urge residents, communities and businesses to take action.
Business & Economy
Sponsor: C-PACE Bill Would Allow More Renewable Energy Investment; Opposed by Utility
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Capital investment tools that could help create ways for commercial and multi-family units to be designed or made more efficient and environmentally resilient are being explored in this legislative session.