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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 DAVID BROOKS

Five years after COVID lockdowns supercharged the idea of talking to your doctor or nurse online from home, telehealth has become such a regular part of medical care in New Hampshire that advocates hope the state will loosen laws concerning...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The Kearsarge Regional School District has yet to face any legal consequences for declining to comply with a new state law barring transgender girls from participating on girls’ sports teams, according to Superintendent John Fortney’s response to a...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Thorne’s of Concord will close its doors by the end of the year, shifting away from retail and toward full-time intimacy advice and support.By nature of the field, Thorne’s has always been a source of education, affirmation and guidance for its...

By DAVID BROOKS

Cutting your own Christmas tree is a snap. Unless, that is, it weighs 3,100 pounds, is as wide as a lane of traffic and nature decided to make the whole process more complicated.“The wind makes it a little trickier,” said Ryan Rambeau, Concord tree...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Danielle Bee thought Warner, N.H., residents had made it clear — many in town did not support more sidewalks, public transportation and new housing developments. To her, the state’s Housing Champions program — a tool for communities to be eligible for...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Jose Cambrils has had his eyes on Whitney Hill Road in Canterbury, N.H., for years.He bought a 30-acre plot of land where the trees were spared from logging and wildlife roams about and another 95 acres just down the street in hopes of building a...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Kyle Fellers, one of the Bow, N.H., parents suing the school district over its handling of a silent protest against transgender girls in sports, described gender inclusion policies that infringe on  female protections in educational settings as an...

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 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...