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84 Total COVID-19 Deaths, 2,429 Cases: NH Data
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The state Department of Health and Human Services announced three new deaths on Saturday bringing the total to 84.
Sex Assault Trial Cancelled and Some Charges Dropped Against Ex-Jail Guard
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The first of two scheduled sex assault trials against former Grafton County House of Corrections Officer Max Fournier is cancelled as prosecutors have dropped two of the three original charges.
State Gets $65M for Groundwater from PFAS Manufacturers; Private Well Cleanup in Litigation
Water quality in New Hampshire scored tens of millions of dollars Monday in a lawsuit settlement with the manufacturers of PFAS and aqueous film-forming foam.
With Coal Plant Slated for Closure, Climate Activists Set Sights on ‘Peakers’
On Saturday, five years after it launched a campaign using nonviolent civil disobedience to shut down a coal-fired power plant in Bow, New Hampshire, No Coal No Gas held a celebration in Pembroke’s Memorial Park marking the commitment of the plant’s owner, Granite Shore Power, to end coal combustion in 2027 and convert the facility to a “renewable energy park.”
5 People Diagnosed with Legionnaire’s Disease After Visiting Downtown Lincoln, NH
DHHS Identifies Five People Diagnosed with Legionnaire’s Disease After Visiting Area in Downtown Lincoln, NH
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Koch network’s flagship super PAC pours big money into 2024 elections
NH Republican Legend Ruth Griffin Dies at Age 99
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Guest Speakers From Faraway Visit NH Virtual Classrooms
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It’s a good time to look outside this lock down, while we are on screen, we can invite those cousins, those friends, those travelers to share their stories with cherubs who are used to a very different type of class.
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We Are NewsforGood in NH and Proud Part of #GivingTuesdayNow
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More than 200 nonprofit newsrooms have been invited (and we’re the only one in New Hampshire) to create giving pages on NewsforGood.org, a new website created by the Institute for Nonprofit News to help donors find trusted local and investigative newsrooms to support. News Revenue Hub, the American Journalism Project, and NewsMatch are also supporting the campaign.
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9 COVID-19 Deaths and 164 New Cases Reported Friday
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The state also announced 164 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 2,310 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire.
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Second Try To Force Sununu To Get Legislative OK Spending COVID-19 Funds
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Lawmakers who sued Gov. Chris Sununu seeking to block him from spending unappropriated federal and state money without legislative approval have asked a superior court judge to reconsider his order.
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Panel Hears COVID-19 Concerns from State Agencies, First Responders
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The Legislative Advisory Committee of the Governor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery is expected to begin developing its recommendation to the governor next week.
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Sununu Loosens Stay-at-Home Order Restrictions
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Gov. Chris Sununu made his much anticipated announcement about some partial re-openings in the state.
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COVID Party
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Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C.
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6 More COVID-19 Deaths Bringing Total to 72 and 96 New Cases: NH Data
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That brings the total deaths due to COVID-19 to 72, and the total positive tests to 2,146.
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Task Force Recommends Partial Re-Opening, But Sununu Will Decide
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Restaurants could open for outdoor dining, campgrounds for up to 50 percent of capacity, and retail stores could open by appointment under the first phase of reopening, the Governor’s Economic Re-opening Task Force recommended Thursday.
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Sununu To Provide Info On COVID-19 Relief Money To Council
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Councilors Debora Pignatelli, D-Nashua, and Andru Volinsky, D-Concord, sought additional information about the warrants noting the council’s advice and consent is required under Part 2 Article 56 of the state constitution to withdraw the money.
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Radio Free NH: 7-Year-Old Trump Supporter Turns Out To Be Bernie Fan
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COLUMN: Big confusion in this household: last week, I interviewed some kid in the mistaken belief that he was a Trump supporter. It turns out that I was wrong. The kid in question actually liked Bernie, he started getting abused on Twitter by rabid Joe Biden supporters, and I felt bad about the whole thing.
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Plymouth Rotary Offers Free Cloth Masks To All As Medical Masks Land in NH
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The cloth masks for everyday use will be distributed to people in vehicles at a drive-up Friday through Sunday outside the Habitat Restore at 583 Tenney Mountain Highway, Plymouth. The limit is six masks per vehicle.
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50 New Positive COVID-19 Cases and 6 More Deaths
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The state also announced six additional deaths related to COVID-19, people who were all older than 60; one woman from Hillsborough County, two men and two women from Rockingham County, and a man from Strafford County.
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NH DHHS Details New Community-Based COVID-19 Testing Program
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The Community-Based COVID-19 Testing Program will feature fixed drive through testing locations in Claremont, Lancaster, Plymouth, Tamworth and Rochester.
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Community Colleges Seek Tuition Assistance Funds
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The committee also heard from dentists and optometrists who said some of their employees are scared to return to work.
Environmental Groups File Court Brief Backing NH Safe Water Rules
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Last year, New Hampshire issued rules regulating four PFAS in the state’s drinking water and groundwater.
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6 COVID-19 Deaths and New Nursing Home Outbreaks in Manchester, Franklin
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The two new outbreaks at long-term care facilities are at Hackett Hill in Manchester where 22 residents and two staff have tested positive for COVID-19, and at Mountain Ridge Nursing Home in Franklin where 13 residents and two staff have tested positive.
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ICE agrees to free 6 women who sued for release in Texas over COVID-19 fears
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The six detainees filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on Friday, seeking their release from ICE detention because of underlying health conditions that put them at risk of complications from the novel coronavirus.
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NH Community Colleges: Use Stimulus to Help Students, Re-Build Workforce
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The first area of immediate need outlined by CCSNH is funding to support lab-based instruction and social distancing for on-campus courses for students poised to compete a program this year.