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By DAVID BROOKS

A man described as an experienced New Hampshire hiker died this week near Mount Bond, apparently the victim of brutal winter weather that delayed efforts to retrieve his body.According to New Hampshire Fish and Game, the deceased was Christopher Roma,...

By JIM TANNER

Jim Tanner is a retired IBM manager who lives in Concord. In 2019 I ran a total tax burden comparison between Concord and my previous residence in Cambridge, Mass. I ran the comparison again in 2023. The results are surprising. The tax burden in New...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONTOOCOOK – There was a point on Wednesday night where it looked like Hopkinton boys’ basketball was in deep trouble. Then it looked like the Hawks were in cruise control. And then they nearly blew it.Hopkinton trailed defending champions Gilford,...

Boys’ Nordic SkiingHopkinton at Gunstock BiathlonKey players: Hopkinton – Matt Clarner (1st), Harrison Wilson (15th), Cam Bassett (16th)Highlights:  The Hawks opened their season in a paintball biathlon race at Gunstock on Wednesday. Hopkinton...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Excavators have started preparing the former Department of Justice building in downtown Concord to be demolished to make way for a four-story legislative parking garage at the site. Plans detail a 409-space garage filling an entire city block. The...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Jessica Renda didn’t realize that things were about to get difficult when her eldest daughter was discharged last summer from New Hampshire Hospital, a state-run psychiatric facility.After treatment for her mental health illness, Renda’s daughter, now...

This week, Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri recap Concord boys’ hockey’s 2-1 win over Bow, a big win for Bow boys’ basketball over Milford, Concord Christian’s continued dominance in D-II girls’ hoops and some local wrestling results from last...

By DAVID BROOKS

About one-fifth of potential voters in next week’s presidential primary weren’t here in 2020 or couldn’t vote in the last primary, according to a UNH study, reflecting the fact that while New Hampshire’s population isn’t growing very fast, it is...

By FRANCES MIZE

NEW LONDON — The New London Fire Department was on thin ice Sunday morning when it rescued a partially submerged deer from Pleasant Lake.Just before 7:30 a.m., with temperatures around freezing, the Fire Department received an emergency call from a...

By HANAN BABIKIR BEDRI

Hanan Babikir Bedri, MS, MA, is executive director of New Hampshire Public Health Association. There is one essential thing everyone in the Granite State can do to protect their health and the health of their loved ones. This measure is easy to...

State and local authorities continue to investigate the shooting death of a 19-year-old Concord resident.Investigators said Zackary Sullivan, died of a gunshot wound to the neck. “The investigation into the circumstances of Mr. Sullivan’s death...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

GRANTHAM — Firefighters battled a blaze Monday night that injured two people, one critically, and gutted a home. Grantham Fire Department’s engine arrived at 505 Route 10 South, a mostly-wooded area across from a public park and about two miles from...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A proposal for a new South Main Street property was reduced to two stories and dropped 16 units of market-rate housing from its previous plans. The Concord Planning Board approved the construction of a four-story building — featuring a “Friendly...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

In the continuing fight against the “divisive concepts” law restricting how New Hampshire educators discuss topics such as race, gender identity and sexual orientation in classrooms, was back before a federal judge on Tuesday.The plaintiffs were...

By DAVID BROOKS

New Hampshire got a typical winter snowstorm Tuesday, complete with school cancellations and slick roads, which isn’t all that typical any more.Most of the state saw snow falling from dawn to dusk in a storm that lasted longer than had been...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Despite freezing temperatures in the forecast for the week, the annual Black Ice Pond Hockey Tournament, originally planned for Jan. 26 to 28 at White Park in Concord, has been rescheduled to take place Feb. 9 to 11.The problem is the warm weather...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

After the last listening session on the community center project left residents in the dark about potential tax impacts for building renovations, the town of Bow is hosting another session this week, with residents hopeful for more information on the...

By MEG KINNARD

DES MOINES, Iowa — Nikki Haley said Tuesday that she wouldn’t participate in the next Republican presidential debate unless former President Donald Trump takes part in it, leaving Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as the only candidate committed to Thursday’s...

By STEVE PEOPLES, THOMAS BEAUMONT and HANNAH FINGERHUT

Former President Donald Trump scored a record-setting win in the Iowa caucuses on Monday with his rivals languishing far behind, a victory that affirmed his grip on the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.In what was the lowest-turnout caucus in a...

By DJ BETTENCOURT and BRENDHAN HARRIS

DJ Bettencourt is commissioner of the New Hampshire Insurance Department. Brendhan Harris is fraud director at the New Hampshire Insurance Department. While 2023 marked several positive insurance achievements in New Hampshire, including a record...