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By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Hundreds of people gathered at Dartmouth College’s annual powwow Saturday to reconnect with friends, dance and sing. For many, it was also a time to celebrate a culture they say is too often unrecognized by non-Indigenous people.

By JOSH ROGERS

Former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu is joining a New York based venture capital firm run by a former college classmate.

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Doctors, nurses and other health experts say that falling vaccination rates – and clusters of undervaccinated students in some communities – could leave the state more vulnerable.

By TODD BOOKMAN

The New Hampshire State Police is the latest — and largest — law enforcement agency in the state to announce a partnership with ICE as part of President Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts, a move local immigration activists say is unwarranted and potentially harmful.

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

New Hampshire teenagers’ views on social media might surprise you.

By TODD BOOKMAN

Members of a wealthy Vermont family say a $27.6 million judgement against their former financial advisor is justified after he allegedly misled them about the risks of an investment and failed to disclose his potential conflicts of interest.

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Home for 65-year-old Maurice Fazekas is a U-Haul in Claremont. If he gets the $120,000 the state has offered him for the abuse he suffered at its former youth detention center, Fazekas will buy a van. If he doesn’t, he’ll move to the streets.

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

When House budget writers moved to eliminate the Office of the Child Advocate, they said it was a matter of cost savings; defunding the office could save the state about $2 million, over two years. The fate of the agency now rests with the New Hampshire Senate — where the deciding factor could be less about finances, more about the office’s willingness to temper its advocacy on behalf of LGBTQ youth.

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

A federal judge in Concord pressed the Trump administration Thursday for more details about its ban on diversity, equity and inclusion in schools, including what would be prohibited. The federal government’s answers offered little clarity for educators wondering what they can — and can’t — do.

By JOSH ROGERS

With 1st District Congressman Chris Pappas announcing his candidacy for the US Senate seat now held by Jeanne Shaheen, other 2026 federal races are starting to take shape.

By JOSH ROGERS

The $16 billion state budget proposal the New Hampshire House will consider this week doesn’t raise a single state tax. It’s a feature top Republican budget writers emphasized as they presented the plan to colleagues Tuesday.

University of New Hampshire President Elizabeth Chilton says the school will not declare itself a “sanctuary campus,” as requested by a group of students who said they were worried about an uptick in immigration arrests of students across the country.

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

A federal judge says New Hampshire is making good progress toward eliminating wait times for inpatient mental health care.

By JOSH ROGERS

When Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander took the stage at Concord High School on Wednesday afternoon, she kicked things off by stressing that she was mostly there to listen.

By OLIVIA RICHARDSON

The New Hampshire Food Bank has lost close to $1 million dollars in funding since the Trump administration cut federal support for USDA assistance programs. The cut has some pantries across the state that rely on the food bank reconsidering how they’ll meet a growing need for assistance.

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Three years ago, New Hampshire lawmakers cited compassion and commitment when they set aside $100 million to compensate hundreds of people sexually and physically abused by state workers at the former Youth Development Center. They added $60 million to a special fund for victims the next year and pledged to keep doing so until 2032.

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Independence is everything to Justin Bonny. The 21-year-old lives at home with his family in Barrington and works at the Dover Housing Authority, helping out with after-school programs. He’s a drummer, and his passion is making music. What makes that possible is the in-home nursing and personal care he qualifies for through New Hampshire’s Medicaid program. Bonny has a genetic condition, an RYR1-related myopathy, that weakens every muscle in his body and can pose serious risks to his breathing.

By LAU GUZMAN

State lawmakers from Hillsborough County have selected Brian Newcomb as the county’s new sheriff, filling a vacancy left by Chris Connelly, who resigned to serve as the chief of staff for Gov. Kelly Ayotte.

By TODD BOOKMAN

Local labor leaders and New Hampshire’s congressional delegation are calling for exemptions for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s civilian employees as the Department of Defense appears to be preparing for mass layoffs.

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

House Republicans are ramping up efforts to take control of local school spending in New Hampshire with a mandatory statewide budget cap for all districts. The move comes just weeks after several local communities rejected a similar — but optional — spending cap.

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

A surge in flu cases is filling up New Hampshire hospitals and causing longer waits for some patients.