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By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

With fewer than three weeks to decide the fate of every law proposed in the State House this year, legislators still have quite a few kinks to work out.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

By choice, Jesse Gillis has only eaten one small meal a day since May 22. Working as a forester, the reduced nutritional intake has taken a toll on his body.

By REBECA PEREIRA

Three years ago, a bear, intelligent in its nefariousness, bypassed an electric fence and broke into one of Jim Watt’s apiaries.

By DAVID BROOKS

A new hanger capable of holding 10 small planes is coming to Concord Municipal Airport in response to a widespread push for more private aviation facilities.

By MICHELLE VEASEY

New Hampshire businesses are at a pivotal moment, and it’s time we talk openly about what’s really at stake with the cuts being proposed in this year's state budget, working its way back to Gov. Kelly Ayotte.

By TARA TUCKER

When Senate Bill 297 was introduced as a late bill in February, it created worry and confusion for local governments.

By GINNIE LUPI

The state of New Hampshire is poised to become the only state in the country without a State Arts Agency.

Nonstop flights from Manchester to J.F.K. Airport in New York City will start Friday morning, a welcome addition to the city’s biggest airport that comes several weeks after United Airlines discontinued its service from Manchester to Newark.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The final remaining Rite Aid stores in Concord will shut their doors, with this latest string of closures announced as part of bankruptcy proceedings for the national drugstore chain.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Freshman pitcher Bailey Cassin did it again. She pitched 9 innings with her trustworthy freshman catcher Kiley Taylor and kept the Concord High softball team in its Division I semifinal game with undefeated defending champion Londonderry on Wednesday.

By DAVID BROOKS

If you find a tick on yourself – and this is prime tick season for New Hampshire, unfortunately – a Plymouth nonprofit wants to see it. 

Meet Cady Hickman, a marketing specialist who lives in Manchester and works at Rumford Stone in Bow. Her talents stretch far beyond the office. As a proud Concord Rotarian and PR Chair, co-founder of Queen City Improv and a national performer, Cady brings creativity and connection to every role she takes on. She travels the country singing the national anthem at marathons through her initiative, “Cady Sings & Strides,” and was named to the Union Leader’s 40 Under Forty Class of 2021.

By DAN ATTORRI

When Bishop Brady last played Conant on May 27, the Orioles won a 13-4 rout. In Wednesday’s semifinal at Robbie Mills Park in Laconia, the Giants turned the tables. 

By DAN ATTORRI

Last year’s semifinal was a nightmare. This year’s was a dream.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program received an influx of about 500 new applications in the first 24 hours following the removal of an income eligibility cap, according to the administrator of the program.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

At 10 years old, Cheryl Guerin’s son began running away from school and after-school programs, struggling with a mental health condition that overwhelmed both him and his family.

By DAVID BROOKS

During his 22 years leading the Department of General Services, building and operating and maintaining what might be called the underpinnings of Concord, Chip Chesley was involved with plenty of projects. Two of them, which cost millions of dollars and lasted many years, stand out.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Last April, as Concord Planning Board members weighed a rule change that would support the redevelopment of a historic downtown building, Mary Rose Deak urged them to “reject this evil project.”

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella has identified the three police officers involved in a shooting in Pelham last month.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A sixteen-year-old girl was transported to a Boston hospital with critical injuries after her Mitsubishi SUV collided head-on with a box truck on Langley Parkway Tuesday afternoon, police said.