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A teen girl was repeatedly raped by the care giver who was paid by the state, and the state employees who were supposed to oversee her case repeatedly covered for the abusers, according to a new lawsuit filed in Merrimack Superior Court.
Gov. Kelly Ayotte said the state has a very important role to play nationally as being the first in the nation to vote for a president and hopes the election for Secretary of State is not politicized for the sake of that role.
With the cost of home heating products soaring and federal assistance not keeping up, Gov. Kelly Ayotte told Executive Councilors she has joined with all the other governors of New England to seek a $3 billion increase nationwide for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program ahead of winter.
The elections in New Hampshire and nationally this month were seismic in their impact, but I believe they had different motivators.
The Board of Aldermen will vote during Wednesday’s meeting whether to purchase
and renovate a property on 14 Mulberry Street into a homeless resource center, though critics say the plan is rushed, overly expensive, and lacks transparency.
The Hittites were once a powerful kingdom that, at its peak around 1300 BCE, dominated Anatolia (now Turkey) and even reached as far south as Aleppo (now in modern Syria); they fought a major battle with the Egyptians, led by Ramesses the Great, at Kadesh in 1274
The state is looking to get out of the business of operating a wastewater treatment plant in the Lakes Region and hand it over entirely to local control.
Those driving in New Hampshire who refuse to take a breathalyzer test for police will face an added administrative penalty of three months more than the existing six months under a bill signed into law Monday by Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte. This law shall take effect January 1, 2027.
The days of grabbing my fly rod and gear and jumping into the river are over. As Clint Eastwood said, “A man has got to know his limitations.”
It’s attributed to him, and he never actually said it, but it would suit Winston Churchill anyway – “never let a good crisis go to waste.”
The reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service, which may include closing the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in Thornton, brought environmental leaders together with New Hampshire’s two U.S. Senators Friday to talk about the dire situation laid out by the Trump Administration on April 1.
With half of the corrections officer positions vacant, the Department of Corrections has used overtime at double pay to cover the open shifts.
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The sister of Jason Rothe, the mentally ill patient who died in state custody, is suing the Department of Corrections, former Commissioner Helen Hanks, and several corrections officers involved in his death.
Another trial date for Peter Stone, the therapist charged with sexually assaulting his patient in North Conway, has once again been set in Carroll County Superior Court in Ossipee.
More than 20,000 victims of crime who have been waiting months for restitution checks from perpetrators have two bits of good news this week.
It looks likely that beginning in 2027, if you refuse a police breath test to determine whether you are operating under the influence of alcohol, it will likely bring an automatic license suspension of nine months rather than the current six months.
The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community.
GOP leaders led the hearing on an amendment to CACR 12 that would permanently ban an income tax in New Hampshire if voters approve a change to the state Constitution with a steady chorus of: “No income tax, not now, not ever.”
This seems to be the first felony case for Peter Stone, but not for Peter Dushame, Stone’s original name. By the time he was 33, Dushame notched five drunk driving arrests, and had been involved in two fatal car accidents.
A Gorham man facing numerous reckless conduct charges alleging he shot up businesses in Berlin and a nearby home and property is now behind bars after a judge in Coos County Superior Court ruled on a rehearing request on bail at the request of the Coos County Attorney.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee recommended killing three bills Wednesday that would have supported cyanobacteria mitigation and prevention and maintaining state dams.