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By DAVID BROOKS

How wet has it been recently? Very.

Turtles aren’t the only species endangered by cars as spring arrives: Frogs and salamanders face automotive peril, as well.

By DAVID BROOKS

Plenty of camera buffs and astronomy fans are excited about the possibility of seeing Northern Lights tonight,  June 2, but amateur radio operator are even more excited than that.

By DAVID BROOKS

The nation’s power grid is a massive beast — by some definitions, it’s the biggest thing ever built by humans. But these days, its most interesting changes are happening as close as your garage.

By DAVID BROOKS

The National Weather Service has made it official: The last vestige of drought in our soggy state is gone.

By DAVID BROOKS

Demand for electricity in New England is about to start rising for the first time in two decades, causing potential problems in winter when solar power is weak, but for the time being we’re in good shape.

By DAVID BROOKS

New Hampshire’s attorney general has joined his peers to tell Congress that they shouldn’t block state efforts to do what the federal government won’t do in terms of “protecting consumers from the harmful effects” of artificial intelligence.

By DAVID BROOKS

This is the time of year when that defining outdoor chore of homeownership, mowing the lawn, becomes a bit problematic. 

By DAVID BROOKS

Hiking the Appalachian Trail through New Hampshire will get a little easier this year as the U.S. Forest Service faces a question that has come up several times before: Whether to replace old structures in regions designated as pure wilderness.

By DAVID BROOKS

In today’s least surprising news, the drought is officially over in Concord.

By DAVID BROOKS

When it comes to budgeting, you can’t get much worse than bottled water.

By DAVID BROOKS

Some people flying back to New Hampshire have faced problems with TSA’s identification system not recognizing the state’s redesigned driver’s licenses — a flaw that TSA representatives say is the result of an incomplete software update, according to a press release from the New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles.

By DAVID BROOKS

Remember all the COVID-related shortages we faced five years ago? I bet you remember toilet paper; it made for the best jokes. But you may have forgotten the big hiccups that occurred in the supply of something more significant than pulp-based hygiene products: Food.

By DAVID BROOKS

Concord may finally be joining the list of places putting solar farms atop their closed landfills.

By DAVID BROOKS

The most unusual home in Hopkinton, one that over the years has been nicknamed the Marshmallow House, the Space Pod, the Fiberglass Folly and more, is changing hands.

By DAVID BROOKS

New Hampshire had 11,761 births in 2024, the lowest number in modern times, as a bump in births after COVID has ended and the state has returned to the long trend of fewer babies being born here every year.

By DAVID BROOKS

Few activities get more public support than picking up litter from the side of the road. But to mark Earth Day, I’m about to argue that we shouldn’t do it.

By DAVID BROOKS

You don’t have to tell Alan Cattabriga that the invasive spotted lanternfly is a real pain. The senior manager at Millikan Nursery in Chichester has been out in the rain looking for the nasty bugs’ egg masses on imported plants more times than he cares to remember.

More people have died in New Hampshire from the flu this season than in any other season on record, according to state health officials.