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The Legislature on Thursday overrode the governor’s veto of a bill that puts limits on fertilizers with the aim of reducing cyanobacteria blooms.The measure, House Bill 1293, further restricts the use of certain phosphorus-containing fertilizers and...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Miniature herb gardens and compact hydroponic farms are headed to New Hampshire schools after the Executive Council approved using federal funds for the purchases last week.For about $12,000 total, 1,200 mini herb gardens will be distributed to...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

A 38-year-old hiker who injured her leg and could not continue on. A 56-year-old man who had a medical emergency on a remote trail. A 70-year-old who slipped and injured her ankle while hiking.These are just a handful of the hikers who needed the help...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Of the more than $13 billion Granite Staters spent on food, beverages, and alcohol in 2022, only 3.2 percent came from regional sources, according to an analysis by the New England Food System Planners Partnership. A strategic food and agriculture...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Lawmakers will have a chance to override more than a dozen vetoes from Gov. Chris Sununu when they convene for “Veto Day” on Oct. 10.If a vetoed bill receives a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and Senate, it becomes law over the governor’s...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

In the wake of recent floods and other damaging weather events, the Insurance Department announced Tuesday it was launching a weather catastrophe response team.After the immediate hazards of a storm have cleared, the team will host community outreach...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

New Hampshire will have a woman leading Fish and Game for the first time in the department’s history. The state Executive Council on Friday unanimously confirmed Stephanie Simek of Olympia, Wash. Simek has 30 years of natural resource experience and...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

New Hampshire Fish and Game gets only a tiny sliver of its revenue from the state general fund. But as its responsibilities and costs grow, legislators are being told that needs to change for the department to survive.“I don’t know how much longer...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Some seafood purchased at a Portsmouth seafood market in May 2022 met an unusual fate.Instead of getting fried up, three filets each of haddock, salmon, tuna, and cod, three lobster tails, and some shrimp and scallops were transported by researchers...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

New Hampshire’s natural beauty is undeniable. But its environment — and the people and the economy that depend on it — faces mounting threats due to climate change.You can see and feel the changes for yourself: It’s hotter than it used to be. It snows...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

President Joe Biden has approved a request for a major disaster declaration in Coös and Grafton counties following severe storms and flooding in July, the governor announced Tuesday.The remnants of what had been Hurricane Beryl, combined with “a...

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A recent study of New Hampshire mothers led by a Dartmouth researcher found that mothers with higher PFAS levels were at greater risk of stopping exclusive breastfeeding early. Experts recommend infants be exclusively breastfed for the first six...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Gov. Chris Sununu signed a bill Friday that bans certain products with intentionally added PFAS from sale in the state starting in 2027 and creates strict liability for PFAS polluters.He vetoed another measure that would have created liability for...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

No, it wasn’t just you. This July was extra hot in many places, setting records in some parts of New Hampshire and elsewhere. That includes for tens of thousands of people in greater Manchester, who had their warmest July at least this century,...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Susan Collins of Maine introduced legislation on Thursday that would solicit experts to issue periodic health guidance and clinical recommendations on PFAS, a class of harmful, man-made chemicals.PFAS —...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has added Grafton County to a major disaster declaration made earlier this month over an April nor’easter in New Hampshire, the governor announced Tuesday.It was added after additional preliminary damage...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

A new Fish and Game Department rule would create a special waterfowl hunting weekend for active military members and veterans.This reserved hunting time would take place the first weekend after the close of the regular hunting season in all zones....

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Lithium-ion batteries are frequent culprits of landfill fires. A bill that would ban disposal of them — and the electronic devices that often contain them — in New Hampshire landfills and incinerators is headed to the governor’s desk.The Legislature...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

When Rep. David Rochefort drives into Concord two or three times a week for his work at the Legislature, he sees trucks full of out-of-state trash heading north. About half of the waste dumped into New Hampshire’s six active landfills – located in...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

New Hampshire allows wake surfing closer to the shore than even the boating and water sports industries recommend. For that to change, lawmakers will have to reach an agreement on just how far to push surfers offshore. Wake surfing — a water sport...