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State Accused of Coverup in New Saddleback Mountain Retreat Lawsuit 

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | 15 hours ago

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.

Ayotte Says She Does Not Want the Secretary of State Election To Become Politicized

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.

Ayotte Tells Council She Wants Congress to Approve More Money for Home Heating Help

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.

Op-Ed: Healing May Actually Be Possible

The elections in New Hampshire and nationally this month were seismic in their impact, but I believe they had different motivators.

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AP Briefs: The Latest: Hegseth slams his potential impeachment as a ‘political spectacle’ as House vote looms
Hantz Marconi Can Return To Practicing Law: Professional Conduct Committee
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Business & Economy

Federal Cuts Diminish Insurance Help Program

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | September 11, 2025

The fallout from passage of the federal “One Big Beautiful Bill” will hit home in New Hampshire with a 92 percent reduction — $5.54 million — in federal money for a program to help people find affordable health care insurance coverage.

Business & Economy

Questions Raised About Millions in Nashua Trust Accounts

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | September 11, 2025

Nashua residents Laurie Ortolano and Laura Colquhoun say the city’s been lying about who’s in charge of the more than $70 million in the Trustees of the Trust Funds account.

Obituary

Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Longtime Waterville Valley Town Administrator

By Staff Report | September 11, 2025

The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community

Courts & Corrections

Fishing for Vermont Brookies

By George Liset | September 11, 2025

As I travel around the state I have found some fun places to fish. There is no dearth of water in New Hampshire.

Arts and Entertainment

Summer Wraps, Fall Beckons: The White Mountains Prepare for a Season of Color

By News Release | September 11, 2025

Check out fairs and festivals for a truly fun autumn

News

Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk Killed While Speaking at Utah Valley University

By Staff Report | September 10, 2025

Gov. Kelly Ayotte has directed all flags on public buildings and grounds in the State of New Hampshire to remain at half-staff following the remembrance of September 11 in accordance with the President’s proclamation in memory of Charlie Kirk.

Courts & Corrections

Department of Corrections Murder Case Wiped From Records

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | September 10, 2025

The former corrections officer found not guilty of killing Secure Psychiatric Unit patient Jason Rothe at the New Hampshire State Prison for Men now has a clean criminal record.

Business & Economy

Attorney General Getting Involved in North Country Healthcare Outsourcing

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | September 10, 2025

The Attorney General’s office is getting involved with outsourcing decisions at North Country Health Care, officials confirmed Wednesday.

Business & Economy

Gunstock Prepares for Winter with More Improvements

By News Release | September 10, 2025

As summer turns to autumn, Gunstock Mountain Resort’s operations team has its sights set on improvements for the winter of 2025/2026, and beyond.

News

Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Tillis Speak Against Russian Airstrike in Kyiv

By News Release | September 10, 2025

“It has been three weeks since President Trump met with Vladimir Putin. Since that time, Putin met with fellow autocrats in Beijing to conspire against America and returned to Moscow to escalate his illegal invasion of Ukraine.”

Feature

Musing on Cancer, Waiting With Hope

By SUSAN DROMEY HEETER, InDepthNH.org | September 10, 2025

I was diagnosed in July and now will wait for surgery and treatment. Mercifully, I did not wait too long for a mammogram so my prognosis is good; I’ll wait and see.

News

Councilor Liot Hill Won’t Vote in Renomination of AG Formella

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | September 9, 2025

Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill, D-Lebanon, said Tuesday she will not vote on the renomination of Attorney General John Formella.

Business & Economy

Ayotte in Canada This Week To Tout Trade Partnerships with NH

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | September 9, 2025

Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte is leading a New Hampshire delegation to Canada this week to talk up business connections between the neighboring provinces of Quebec and Nova Scotia and the Granite State.

Business & Economy

The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security

By ELI HAGER, ProPublica | September 9, 2025

Missed Opportunity: Some Social Security officials said they welcomed DOGE — the agency needs a technological overhaul — only to see DOGE ignore them and prioritize quick (often empty) wins.

Business & Economy

NHFPI: NH State Revenues to General Fund and Education Trust Fund Declined Since 2022

By Phil Sletten | September 9, 2025

The analysis finds that State Fiscal Year 2025 revenues dropped 9.4 percent in the General Fund and Education Trust Fund compared to last year after adjusting for inflation.

Feature

It Bears Repeating – Franklin George and the ‘Other’ Willey House Tragedy

By Wayne D. King | September 8, 2025

My mother and father were living in two different places. Not because they didn’t want to live together, but because if Bridgewater College in Massachusetts had found out that she was pregnant with me, she would have been removed from the nursing program.

Courts & Corrections

State Argues 200 Child Rapes at YDC Same as One Oil Spill

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | September 8, 2025

In an effort to avoid paying the $38 million awarded to David Meehan by a jury last year, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office argues that the 200 rapes Meehan suffered as a child, and the subsequent decades of coverup by state employees, is no different than one oil spill caused by negligence.

Health & Mental Health

North Country Healthcare Patients, Workers ‘Scared’ by Outsourcing, Possible Layoffs

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | September 8, 2025

North Country residents are voicing concerns to their elected leaders about a North Country Healthcare decision to outsource financial functions of the three hospitals and home health and hospice unit, and possible layoffs under its umbrella.

Courts & Corrections

Final Victim of the Bear Brook Murders Identified Decades Later

By News Release | September 7, 2025

Her name was Rea Rasmussen, daughter of Terry Rasmussen and Pepper Reed. Terry Rasmussen, a serial killer believed to be responsible for the Bear Brook murders, may have also murdered Pepper Reed, who went missing in the late 1970s.

Education

Education Freedom Account Data Shows Wealthy Parents Flock to Free Money

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | September 6, 2025

Removing the salary cap, which was 350 percent of the federal poverty level or $74,025 for a family of two or $6,170 a month, and $112,525 for a family of four, or $9,379 a month, doubled the number of children in the program for the first year of subsidies for the well to do.

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