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A man is dead and a woman seriously injured following a fiery crash on Interstate 93 Wednesday evening, and state police are asking witnesses to come forward.State police were called to the area near mile marker 32.4, just past the I-93 interchange...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A man and a woman are dead after a fire at a home on High Rock Road in Weare, N.H., on Wednesday morning.The Weare Fire Department was called to 83 High Rock Road, a duplex, around 10:44 a.m., according to Fire Chief Mark Roarick.Firefighters arrived...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Participation in New Hampshire’s education freedom account program has risen 26% since the beginning of last school year, according to recently released Department of Education data.A total of 5,321 students have enrolled in the program as it enters...

By DAVID BROOKS

 It looks like New Hampshire hunting has lost its COVID-era boost.Through Aug. 31, New Hampshire sold 31,266 hunting licenses, according to the Department of Fish and Game. That’s 14% fewer licenses than were sold during the first eight months of 2020...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The man who died in a police standoff at the Federal House Inn in Plymouth, N.H., last week has been identified by the Attorney General’s office as Kevin Steinfeldt, the inn’s owner.Steinfeldt, 58, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head,...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Republican Sen. Ruth Ward argued that Education Freedom Accounts — and the outcomes for students who use them — are measured well enough already. Democrats disagreed, saying they want more oversight on what those roughly 5,300 students are...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Riverbend Community Mental Health is set to open a 12-bed facility in Concord, providing much-needed housing and on-site care for adults dealing with acute mental health challenges.Located at 278 Pleasant Street, the facility will offer 24/7 staffing,...

By DAVID BROOKS

In a long and storied journalism career, mostly at the Concord Monitor and its sister paper the Valley News, Mark Travis occupied just about every position available in local newspapers, from freelance writer to publisher. But it wasn’t those titles...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Slot machines could soon make their way into New Hampshire’s gaming halls — if set at the same playing speed as historical horse racing machines.Across many states with legal casinos, historical horse racing (HHR) machines have been a workaround for...

A motorcyclist from Massachusetts is facing multiple charges after she allegedly evaded police, accelerating to over 120 mph on Interstate 93 Wednesday morning.Juliana R. Gobbi, 18, of Brockton, Mass., was charged with reckless driving, disobeying a...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Lawyers on Thursday asked a federal court to rule New Hampshire’s controversial transgender sports law unconstitutional for all students — not just their two clients — setting up a potentially precedent-setting court decision.The new request — made...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Five government employees are suing New Hampshire over retirement pensions they say they were promised but are being unconstitutionally withheld.The class action lawsuit filed by a police officer, a firefighter, and two active and one retired...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

In a race for a seat on New Hampshire’s Executive Council, both Democrat Karen Liot Hill and Republican Kim Strathdee have found common ground on a key issue — funding for Planned Parenthood.Living without health insurance years ago, Strathdee found a...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Danielle Feole knew the drill taking her son Joey, 6, to see President Joe Biden.The wait to hear the president would be long, so she packed an iPad and Grey, the stuffed animal wolf that’s attached to her son’s hip.The afternoon in Concord would be...

By DAVID BROOKS

Tens of thousands of New Hampshire seniors will have to find new supplemental health insurance coverage next year because some companies, including Harvard-Pilgrim, Human and Ambetter, are pulling out of the Medicare Advantage business in the...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Merrimack Valley’s bus driver shortage grew so dire on Monday that Superintendent Randy Wormald found himself behind the wheel of a van en-route to Loudon, N.H.“We’re paper thin and have everyone driving,” Wormald said. “If I’m driving a van, we’re...

By DAVID BROOKS

The University of New Hampshire, Plymouth State and Keene State are making it possible for certain high-school seniors to be automatically accepted even without applying, part of a national trend known as direct admission.UNH and PSU announced Monday...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire’s top military officer defended the National Guard’s response to sexual harassment complaints within its ranks, following a CNN investigation published earlier this month that said the agency failed to protect female soldiers.Major...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

NASHUA — Joyce Craig’s tenure as Manchester mayor remains a central focus of the race for governor as the Democratic nominee drew on her experience in executive office while her Republican opponent, Kelly Ayotte, continued to attack her leadership...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Extending the Northern Rail Trail to Concord has been bogged down in over four years of negotiations and delays, with completion still a way off.Initial work began in 2019 when Concord entered negotiations with Pan Am Railways to purchase a five- to...