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CONCORD — Starting Friday, Granite Staters will be required to wear masks indoors and outdoors when social distancing is not possible, Gov. Chris...
HANOVER — Dartmouth College officials said that they expect that employees currently working remotely will continue to do so through March.In...
RANDOLPH — Vermont health officials have called on residents in Washington and Orange counties to step up their efforts to prevent the spread of...
MONTPELIER — The number of COVID-19 cases in Vermont is forecast to rise around 50% in the next six weeks, officials said at a news conference...
The Legislature’s Joint Fiscal Committee has steered an additional $75 million into grants intended to help Vermont’s hospitality businesses...
RANDOLPH — As COVID-19 case numbers increase in both Vermont and New Hampshire, public health officials are handing over contact tracing...
Vermont reported 122 new cases of the novel coronavirus Monday, a new record and the latest sign of the rising tide of the pandemic’s latest wave...
In mid-March, as coronavirus spread through the state, New Hampshire hospitals prepared for the worst.They paused all non-essential procedures to...
LEBANON — Plans to partially reopen the Kilton Public Library are off until late January after officials questioned whether allowing people back...
POST MILLS — While people have had to modify or forgo many traditions this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at least some hunters in the Twin...
LEBANON — Staying home may mean staying safe from COVID-19. But for some, staying home also puts them at increased risk of abuse from a partner or...
The 25 musicians of the White River Valley School Concert Band walked over to the South Royalton green from the school on Thursday, carrying their...
NEWPORT — An outbreak of COVID-19 at the Woodlawn Care Center as of Friday had grown to include 43 people: 28 residents and 15 workers.Three...
CLAREMONT — The city of Claremont is requiring people to wear face coverings when entering all city buildings.The mandate comes as COVID-19 cases...
The pandemic has forced schools to quickly get comfortable with online learning, and in the pivot to remote education, it was widely assumed that...
NEWPORT, N.H. — A COVID-19 outbreak at Woodlawn Care Center has grown to include 35 people, two of whom have died.The outbreak, the largest in the...
Vermont is requiring a 14-day quarantine for every person coming to Vermont, or back to Vermont, for nonessential travel.The quarantine can be cut...
As early November’s unusually warm weather gives way to colder temperatures, New Hampshire’s restaurants are bracing for a new crisis.COVID-19...
CLAREMONT — A case of COVID-19 has been reported at Stevens High School in Claremont, according to a letter that was sent to parents and staff from...
NEWPORT, N.H. — The novel coronavirus outbreak at a nursing home here has strained staffing so much that the home’s administrator has appealed for...
Len Angelli is ready for a busy turkey day.Angelli, who coordinates the Thanksgiving day meal at Sacred Heart Church in Lebanon, is preparing to...
RANDOLPH — Dr. Joshua White and his family usually spend Thanksgiving at his mother-in-law’s house in Massachusetts.“She puts a big spread on for...
LEBANON — Dartmouth-Hitchcock instituted new restrictions on visitors on Friday in response to increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases and...
NEWPORT — The Woodlawn Care Center has reported the largest known COVID-19 outbreak in an Upper Valley nursing home.The outbreak at the Newport...
CANAAN — Mascoma Valley Regional High School and Indian River Middle School moved to fully remote learning for the rest of the week after school...
They’re more scarce this year than in the past, but they’re still out there. nonvoters have always made up a sizable chunk of the American...
HANOVER — Dartmouth College officials are investigating whether dozens of students violated COVID-19 safety protocols Saturday night after police...
Tough economies are often a blessing in disguise for businesses hoping to launch or expand. The challenges presented when things are heading south...
Sirens started blaring and the vehicles rounded the corner and started down Main Street. There was a firetruck with a clown passenger and police...
After learning that a member of the school community had tested positive for COVID-19 in mid-October, the first call officials at the Lyme School...
RANDOLPH — Two people affiliated with the Orange Southwest School District have tested positive for COVID-19.The new cases bring the district’s...
With 140 more cases of COVID-19 reported Tuesday, the average number of daily new cases has exceeded the peak in May, and just as worrisome, the...
NEWPORT — Newport High School and Sugar River Valley Regional Technical Center moved to remote instruction on Wednesday after school officials...
THETFORD — Two Upper Valley lawmakers have asked state officials in charge of creating Vermont’s COVID-19 travel map to “cut us some slack please...
On Oct. 15, indoor ice rinks in New Hampshire were ordered to shut down for two weeks after health officials said well over 150 youth and adult...
MONTPELIER — Vermont’s COVID-19 outbreaks have spread past single cases to broader community transmission, contributing to some of the highest case...
Vermont’s seven-day case total is the highest since the peak of the pandemic in April, according to Department of Health data.The health department...
RANDOLPH — Three Randolph-area schools moved to fully remote instruction this week after a second person in the schools tested positive for COVID...
At the beginning of the pandemic, risky behavior dropped about 40% in Vermont, considerably below the rest of the Northeast, where risky behavior...
LEBANON — Due to an inability to certify that the community has a “clear need,” the Lebanon School District is not participating in a federal...
HARTFORD — A program to encourage customers to shop and eat at Hartford’s stores and restaurants this fall ran out of money only 48 hours after it...
RANDOLPH — Randolph Union High School canceled in-person classes on Friday as well as some weekend athletic events due to a COVID-19 case.The case...
As COVID-19 keeps spreading in New Hampshire, the state is getting close to an unpleasant milestone: Within a week we might be seeing more new...
BRADFORD, Vt. — A previously announced case of COVID-19 in a staff member at Oxbow High School has been linked to an outbreak to hockey and...
CONCORD — The New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association will be recognizing all winter sports.Beginning on Nov. 30, schools can start...
LEBANON — With COVID-19 cases surging in other parts of the country and rising in the Twin States, Upper Valley hospitals are keeping a close eye...
LYME — Two Upper Valley schools that announced COVID-19 cases over the weekend have temporarily switched from in-person to remote instruction for...
CANAAN — A New Hampshire legislative panel on Friday unanimously approved giving $110,000 in federal CARES Act money to the Mascoma Community...
Back in April when most New Hampshire residents were told to stay home to stop the spread of COVID-19, U.S. Army reserve critical care nurse Cherry...
BRADFORD, Vt. — Oxbow High School was closed this weekend for a “deep cleaning” after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, school officials...
After a brief stint in prison last fall on a drug possession conviction, Jeff Lockyer hoped to move back into his old apartment in Wilder.Lockyer’s...
Athletic directors, coaches, officials and athletes knew going into this fall sports season that they were entering into the unknown.The last time...
SPRINGFIELD — Following a surge in local COVID-19 cases, Springfield Hospital is implementing a new “no visitor policy,” according to a news...
The Vermont Department of Health is investigating an outbreak of COVID-19 cases related to youth and adult recreational hockey and broomball teams...
HANOVER — School officials announced a case of COVID-19 at Hanover High School on Friday.The announcement from Superintendent Jay Badams came...
WOODSTOCK — An update to Vermont’s travel map this week, requiring quarantine for nonessential travel between the state and New Hampshire’s Grafton...
HANOVER — Dartmouth College plans to continue to operate at about half capacity on campus during its winter term because of the continuing COVID-19...
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Jeff Acker woke up Wednesday morning with a COVID-19 dilemma. It caught him completely by surprise.He’ll have Saturday off...
The state of New Hampshire is “pausing” all hockey activities in indoor rinks for two weeks following positive COVID-19 tests for 158 people...
LEBANON — The city’s schools are moving forward with plans to reopen for five days a week of in-person learning later this month, with officials...