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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.
When the NH Journal tried to find out via social media Democrat Stefany Shaheen’s reaction to Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s arrest, managing editor Michael Graham discovered she had blocked the online news website and posted the above statement on Saturday.
That milestone on Jan. 5, 1776 was recalled with a reading of the Constitution at the state archives, a social media post by Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte noting it as one of many of the state’s “firsts” and a gathering in front of the State House by U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-NH, as part of a 250th celebration by the grassroots organization Kent Street Coalition.
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Shaheen: However, today’s drastic military operation by President Trump on Venezuelan soil is entirely inconsistent with what his cabinet repeatedly briefed to Congress and goes against the expressed wishes of the American people.
The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community.
Whew, it’s 2026.
As we start the new year, you folks helped me avoid compiling a boring Top 10 News Stories and let us take a slightly different look at the year 2025.
Midcoast Maine’s magnificent water, with its more than 700 islands, was opened up to me on a three-day windjammer cruise in September, marking my favorite adventure in 2025.
Fire in a four-story residential building in Manchester has left one person dead, one in critical condition and seven others taken to local hospitals shortly after midnight New Year’s Day.
One man is dead and an investigation is underway in a blaze at 164 Old Center Harbor Road in Meredith, according to the state State Fire Marshal’s Office and Meredith police.
While Russia and Ukraine seem at a crossroads in the news yet no closer to peace, there is one constant in the lives of many Ukrainians since the war began four years ago – a team of New Hampshire people show up delivering food and toys for children and hope for the future.
We have big plans for 2026 reporting the news that matters – holding the powerful accountable and giving voice to marginalized people, places and ideas.
State Rep. Paige Beauchemin, Democratic candidate for New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District, criticized incumbent U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander Tuesday over the Dec. 24 Washington Post report that mentioned a proposed Merrimack warehouse to house immigrants for ICE.
Impaired driving remains one of the leading causes of deadly crashes on New Hampshire’s roads. In 2023, impairment was reported as a factor in almost 70% of crashes that claimed a life.
Send pics of your New Year’s Eve adventure and holiday photos to nancywestnews@gmail.com so we can post them! Thanks Enjoy! Nancy West
Democratic state Sen. Suzanne Prentiss’s reign as chair of the Education Freedom Account Oversight Committee was short-lived, as the three Republicans on the committee voted to remove her at Tuesday’s meeting.
Please email me at nancywestnews@gmail.com. And while you’re at it, don’t be afraid to tell us some stories we should make a point of reporting on in 2026 or that we missed out on in 2025.
Attorney General John M. Formella announces that Juli Fleck, age 53, formerly of Campton, New Hampshire, has been indicted by the Grafton County Grand Jury on one class A felony count of financial exploitation of an elderly adult and one class A felony count of theft by unauthorized taking.
Every morning I take about five minutes and illustrate something, anything. It can be timely, it can be funny, it can be – whatever.
To mixed reviews, Gov. Kelly Ayotte announced that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded New Hampshire over $204 million for 2026 as part of the federal Rural Health Transformation Program, the largest award among New England states.
Parts of New Hampshire including Belknap, Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack, Strafford and Sullivan counties remain under a Winter Storm Warning issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) until 7 p.m. Monday. Cheshire, Coos, Hillsborough and Interior Rockingham counties remain under a Winter Storm Advisory until 7 p.m. Monday.