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By KATE DARIO

At the start of every growing season for the past 14 years, James Steever, who co-owns Generation Farm in Concord, works his fields, plants his seeds — and hand-delivers his organic certification application to the New Hampshire Department of...

By TODD BOOKMAN

Abortion providers and some privacy advocates are rallying against a Republican proposal to collect abortion statistics, arguing the bill as written could put patient identities at risk.New Hampshire is one of four states that doesn’t collect and...

By OLIVIA RICHARDSON

Students of the University of New Hampshire gathered on Thompson Hall Lawn in Durham Thursday to demand that the school divest from Israeli-based companies and any businesses that could be aiding the country in the war in Gaza. They also want the...

By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN

Dartmouth College announced this week it would invest half a billion dollars on climate mitigation efforts, including transitioning the school’s heating system off of fossil fuels.Sian Leah Beilock, Dartmouth’s president, said in a statement that the...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Catholic Medical Center in Manchester will lay off 54 employees as a response to financial difficulties, hospital leaders said.President and CEO Alex Walker announced the layoffs to staff in a memo Thursday. The hospital will also cut some workers’...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Proof of routine childhood vaccinations would no longer be required before kids are enrolled in child care, under a bill being considered by New Hampshire lawmakers.The bill, which passed the New Hampshire House last month, is one of several attempts...

By TODD BOOKMAN

The criminal trial of a former nonprofit executive director accused of stealing from the organization she oversaw is set for this summer.Federal authorities allege that Melanie Luce, who led the Campton-based White Mountains Trail Collective,...

By JOSH ROGERS

One week after a surprise announcement by Democratic Congresswoman Annie Kuster that she won’t run for reelection this year, the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed her is quickly taking shape.Former executive councilor Colin Van Ostern...

By TODD BOOKMAN

On its best days, Manchester-Boston Regional Airport has none of the annoyances that plague most other airports: no long delays at TSA, no shuttle buses, no lines to check a bag or buy a bad sandwich.But that’s not necessarily good news for the...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Parker Tirrell began playing soccer when she was four. She’s never wanted to stop.Today, the 15-year-old’s life revolves around the sport. In the fall, she’s at practice every day after school, and squeezing in homework at night after away games....

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Dr. Andrew Spector was in the middle of surgery on Friday when he received an urgent text from an administrator. Strangers were calling his employer, Dartmouth Health, demanding he be fired.He soon learned it was because of a video going viral on...

A man who managed two forestry projects in Guatemala for an Upper Valley investment firm has pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing $10 million from the business.Roberto Montano, of Guatemala, pleaded guilty Monday in Concord to wire fraud under...

By JOSH ROGERS

The political fall out for Rep. Laurie Sanborn, one of the top ranking lawmakers in the New Hampshire House, remains uncertain — nearly two weeks since the state suspended the casino license held by her husband, former state Sen. Andy Sanborn.Rep....

By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN

A new round of plans for energy efficiency programs in New Hampshire is set to take effect after two years of controversy.The state’s Public Utilities Commission approved small changes to the $250 million program that helps Granite Staters with things...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

New Hampshire’s Supreme Court delivered a win for police-transparency advocates Wednesday, ruling that internal police disciplinary files are subject to disclosure under the state’s public records law.The 4-1 decision is the latest in a series of...

By JOSH ROGERS

In a 3-2 decision, New Hampshire’s Supreme Court has found that the state constitution gives lawmakers broad authority to control the redistricting process, and that state courts can’t rely on it to review claims of partisan gerrymandering.The...

By SARAH GIBSON

As a debate simmered this summer about whether New Hampshire should allow the conservative media group PragerU to operate in state schools, New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut was among its public supporters. But he was also active...

By KELSEY HUBBARD ROLLINSON

Connecticut’s, tick-season, when ticks are most active, used to just be during the spring and summer. But with milder, shorter winters across the Northeast, ticks are now a year-round problem.Earlier this month, Connecticut officials were forced to...

By GRACE McFADDEN

Lots of people picked up new hobbies during the pandemic. But during the lockdown, recent graduate Jack Duranceau began developing a particularly unique way to pass the time: researching young exoplanets and the stars they orbit.“The nice thing about...

By ADRIANA MARTINEZ-SMILEY

The Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire, the state’s largest community power collective, unanimously approved discounted energy prices Friday. The new prices will go into effect starting in August, through the end of January 2024.Buying power...