Every week all summer long, a surveillance boat and diver make the rounds on New Hampshire’s Suncook Lake in Belknap County. Kayakers and paddleboarders help, too, heading out in the early morning when the surface is calm to peer into the depths. They’re tracking the progress of an invader the Suncook Lake Association has fought, […]

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and the New Hampshire congressional delegation announced that 21 grantees received $9.3 million in federal funding from the Northern Border Regional Commission. Businesses, nonprofits, and state agencies received grants to improve outdoor recreation and tourism, childcare, educational programs, sanitation, workforce development, and more.  “For nearly two decades, the Northern Border Regional […]

Gov. Kelly Ayotte quashed a bipartisan effort to make medicinal marijuana more affordable and available in New Hampshire. Senate Bill 468, sponsored by Loudon Republican Sen. Howard Pearl, would allow medicinal marijuana dispensaries to have their own greenhouse on site. The idea is to increase supply and lower prices. Each dispensary would be limited to […]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved New Hampshire’s spending plan for a large tranche of federal money that will go toward rural health initiatives, state officials announced Thursday. New Hampshire received roughly $205 million from the federal government late last year through the federal Rural Health Transformation Program and expects to receive similar […]