Northeast Kingdom Women Fight to Free a Detained Asylum Seeker

For the past few years, Daisy McCoy has opened up her spare bedroom in Lyndon to asylum seekers from all over the world. They've come from Togo, Honduras, Uganda, Cuba and Yemen to the Northeast Kingdom town where McCoy — a 74-year-old retired...

Why the Grateful Dead are one of California’s greatest natural phenomena

Lest you forget that the Grateful Dead are one of California’s great natural phenomena — musical, cultural and even spiritual — witness this month’s celebration of all things Dead at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The band’s successor Dead &...

Gather turns food waste into meals: Trump cuts threaten its growth

Gather's Seacoast Waste Not program uses donated surplus food to create meals for those in need. The program has been hampered by the loss of an EPA grant under the Trump administration. Gather is preparing to open a new facility in October, which...

Viewers' Choice 2025: Best farm stands in New Hampshire

CrownPoint Partners Negotiates $7.5M Sale of Retail Building in Concord, New Hampshire

41CONCORD, N.H. — National brokerage firm CrownPoint Partners has negotiated the $7.5 million sale of a 65,868-square-foot, single-tenant retail building in Concord. Grocer Shaw’s has occupied the building since its original construction on a...

Ware Commission highlights

The Ware County Board of Commissioners met Monday, August 11 for its regular work session and meeting including two public hearings at the County Administration Building. Present were Chairman Elmer Thrift, Commissioners Leonard Burse, Barry Cox,...

Paula Routly: Adventures in Electric Vehicle Recharging

Maine is a lot farther than it looks — especially if you're driving in an electric vehicle. My partner, Tim, and I were happy in the back of my friend Erin's spacious Volvo XC40. We relaxed while she and her husband, Dave, steered us through three...

T.J. Maxx “Very Confident” It Can Weather Tariffs, and Shoppers Are Taking Note

The earnings reports speak for themselves: More and more Americans are flocking to T.J. Maxx for discounted clothing, seasonal decór, beauty and bath products, and home essentials. While other retail giants, like Walmart and Amazon, have enacted...

CT shouldn’t lose its opportunity for parking reform

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. Create more of it with a tax-deductible donation today. Part I of this two part series focused on how parking reform is helping Hartford build new homes and gain new infill...

New Hampshire has a caregiving workforce problem. Immigration is the answer.

In 2018 the U.S. Census predicted that by 2034, for the first time, those 65 and older would outnumber those 18 and younger. Put another way, according to Dr. David Shulkin, the former U.S. Veterans Affairs secretary, by 2034 adult diaper sales...

Ruling allows logging plans for WMNF to go forward

This story was originally produced by the Concord Monitor. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the Granite State News Collaborative. A federal judge ruled that commercial logging in two North Country sites in the White Mountain National...

Lawmakers expand the ‘Right to Try’ for New Hampshire’s terminally ill

A new law seeks to expand the rights of the terminally ill to receive experimental treatments and to make New Hampshire a destination for biomedical researchers. Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed House Bill 701 into law during a ceremony Wednesday, which...

6 eye-catching items I spotted at the 68th New Hampshire Antiques Show

Check out the most unique items from the New Hampshire Antiques Show and learn about other upcoming events. Last week, I dove into the world of antiquing for the first time ever at New Hampshire’s much-loved antiques show, which featured almost 60...

What New Hampshire’s immigrant population looked like in 1900

There have been four major waves of immigration to the U.S., beginning with settlers from northern and western Europe seeking land on the frontier from 1820 to 1880. The immigrants counted in the 1900 Census hailed primarily from southern and...

Police shooting of woman during traffic stop in New Hampshire justified, AG says

CONCORD, N.H. — The police shooting of a woman during a traffic stop in New Hampshire in April was a legally justified use of deadly force, the attorney general said Tuesday. Moriah Infinjer, 28, of Farmington, shot by police during a traffic stop...

Avangrid and SmartestEnergy Sign Contract for Power from Two New Hampshire Energy Projects

ORANGE, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 20, 2025-- Avangrid, Inc., a leading energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced that it has signed a contract with SmartestEnergy, the global provider of renewable energy solutions for...

New Hampshire launches statewide push to prevent carbon monoxide deaths

New Hampshire officials are launching a statewide campaign with Gov. Kelly Ayotte and Fire Marshal Sean Toomey urging residents to check carbon monoxide alarms and schedule heating system maintenance to prevent deadly CO poisoning this winter....

2 New Hampshire city dwellers embracing backyard food independence

We spoke to two New Hampshire families embracing food independence by growing what they need in their own backyard. It’s one thing to grow the produce you want in a country setting and quite another to strive for nutritional independence in a...

That Old Cape Magic

The mention of Cape Cod sends me into a reverie: As you cross the Sagamore Bridge spanning the Cape Cod Canal, you lower the window and smell the salt air. You notice that your shoulders are lower and checking your phone doesn’t seem that...

Massachusetts man killed in multi-vehicle wreck on New Hampshire highway

NASHUA, N.H. — A Massachusetts man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on a highway in New Hampshire on Monday. Troopers responding to a report of a wreck on the northbound side of the Everett Turnpike near Exit 7E in Nashua just before 3 p.m....