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By ALYSSA DANDREA

Eighty-eight local, state and federal law enforcement agencies executed one of the largest ever drug sweeps Thursday in the Granite State that resulted in 151 arrests, the seizure of more than 551 grams of heroin and fentanyl, $37,251 in cash and 24...

By NICOLA SMITH

LEBANON — In 2013, Alastair Huntley was struggling with depression and an overreliance on medication after being prescribed opioids after surgery for a knee injury, which left him in pain. Then a student at Norwich University in Northfield, Vt.,...

By CAITLIN ANDREWS

Doug Griffin’s view on the opioid epidemic has shifted since he lost his daughter, Courtney, to a fentanyl overdose three years ago at the age of 20.At first, he shied away from his pastor even mentioning how Courtney died during her funeral service....

By NICK REID

Seven people were arrested and charged with drug crimes Thursday at a suspected Concord drug den where a person recently died of an overdose.Concord police and a special operations unit searched the 52 Concord St. apartment in the early morning hours...

By ALLIE MORRIS

Jennifer Payson gave birth to her daughter in Manchester’s Valley Street jail. The 31-year-old mother of three has used painkillers and heroin on and off since she was a teen, but landed behind bars in 2014 on a drug-related charge that was later...