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DHHS Identifies Five People Diagnosed with Legionnaire’s Disease After Visiting Area in Downtown Lincoln, NH
One of the main difficulties in the local news environment is the sheer number of local news outlets competing for the same dollars from the same sources.
The Koch network’s flagship group, Americans for Prosperity, has spent two decades pouring money into influencing U.S. elections
As the group celebrates its 20-year anniversary, its hybrid super PAC ranks third in outside spending in the 2024 cycle.
Republican operative and dedicated public servant Ruth Griffin, 99, has died. She died Saturday at her home after a lifetime of service at both the local and state levels.
As the state ramps up COVID-19 testing and distributed its first batch of the drug Remdesivir to hospitals, eight new deaths were announced Wednesday and seven of the deceased had been residents of long-term care facilities.
An effort to vote to open-up Hampton Beach to pedestrian traffic and swimming by June 1 was delayed Wednesday while the Governor’s Economic Reopening Task Force heard presentations on reopening charitable gaming tables and large indoor athletic facilities, and an update on reopening churches.
Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C.
On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that New Hampshire is receiving $61,056,792 million for COVID-19 testing and contact tracing from the latest response bill that was signed into law .
There have now been 3,239 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire. Several cases are still under investigation.
The COVID-19 epidemic has taken a large bite out of the revenues of healthcare organizations – from large to small hospitals, visiting nurse associations, regional providers and nursing homes, an advisory committee was told Tuesday.
Administrator David Ross said the total to date is now 30 infected residents, mostly with mild symptoms and five staffers, all of whom were asymptomatic.
Gov. Chris Sununu will make the final decisions.
That is why it is so troubling that every time someone speaks up or raises their concerns about the COVID-19 response or reopening, Governor Chris Sununu says they are “playing politics.”
Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C.
Gov. Chris Sununu’s attorneys claim lawmakers who want a judge to reconsider his decision saying they had no standing to sue the governor offer no proof the judge overlooked issues of fact or law.
The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 89 new positive test results for COVID-19 and no new deaths.
The bipartisan agreement is what the eight-member advisory committee to the Governor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery believes needs to be distributed as quickly as possible.
One outbreak is at the Hillsborough County Nursing Home and the other is at the Community Resources for Justice Center in Manchester.
The task force has been meeting daily by phone for several weeks with industry officials and has already created some guidelines.
The people entering were Pheasant Lane Mall split 50/50 on wearing masks. The United Way was on hand handing out masks for those who wanted them.
The meetings are accessible by phone. Please pass this information on if you know someone who doesn’t have a computer or internet.
The state Department of Health and Human Services announced two new COVID-19 deaths Sunday bringing the total to 133.
New Hampshire’s 11 county-run nursing homes have not had a single outbreak of COVID-19 so far, according to state health records, and the staff at Merrimack County Nursing Home aims to keep it that way with their residents in Boscawen.
The reports use graphics to indicate areas of spending like emergency child protection, domestic and sexual abuse prevention, operating and administrative costs, personal protection equipment such as masks, gloves and gowns, personnel costs, and the state agencies that received or spent funds to combat the epidemic.