New Hampshire

New Hampshire will open vaccine appointments to residents ages 12 to 15 after a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel voted Wednesday to endorse expanded usage of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents. Starting on Thursday, New Hampshire will open appointments in VINI, the state’s vaccine scheduling and appointment website. “Our teams have been preparing to expand eligibility to individuals…

There is a growing mental health crisis across the country, and, according to the numbers, it’s hitting children the hardest. Hospitals in New Hampshire are now inundated with adolescent psychiatric patients waiting for an in-patient bed to open up in the Granite State. Inside the Wentworth Douglass Emergency Department, there are five designated beds for mental health patients. “But...

Police searched for an armed man in Laconia, New Hampshire, on Tuesday afternoon, but have yet to arrest him. Laconia police had searched in the area of Country Club and Perkins roads. Residents were urged to avoid the area and shelter in place for hours, though an incident that prompted road closures was over by early evening. Police said the…

A massive fire overnight tore through a barn at a popular family farm in Stratham, New Hampshire. Firefighters from the Stratham Fire Department initially responded to the Scamman Farm on Portsmouth Avenue shortly after 10:30a.m. on Monday. The barn dates back to the 1800s. The owners of Scamman Farm said no one was hurt, but some rabbits and scores...

A well-known family farm, that has served as a backdrop for politicians, went up in flames on Tuesday.

Firefighters from more than 20 surrounding communities were called in to stop a fire at a Stratham farm.

An audit that examines a controversial New Hampshire legislative election will begin Tuesday, the attorney general’s office announced. The audit, which will be live streamed from the Edward Cross Training Center in Pembroke, is reviewing the November 2020 Windham election for four state legislative seats. Republicans won all four seats, but questions emerged after a candidate who was a Democrat…

A massive 3-alarm fire overnight tore through a barn at a popular family farm in Stratham, New Hampshire.

Northwood, New Hampshire police arrested a Manchester man on Sunday who allegedly shot out the tire of a car on Route 43. The victims told police that they were driving when they encountered the suspect, identified as 20-year-old Luke Foster, standing in the road, holding a shotgun and wearing a mask. Police say Foster approached the vehicle and shot out…

New Hampshire officials expect spending on summer tourism to rebound to near 2019 levels. The state Division of Travel and Tourism Development is predicting there will be nearly 3.5 million visitors to New Hampshire this summer, with spending reaching $1.8 billion. Summer is typically the busiest season for tourism in the state. Last summer, visitation dropped 15% because of the…

A New Hampshire woman rescued a hawk struggling in her swimming pool and documented a rare natural encounter with the majestic animal. Cortnie Langley of Mason, New Hampshire, said she spotted the hawk in the murky waters of her pool after coming home from a prenatal doctor’s appointment. Langley, who is eight months pregnant, said she first tried using...

Police are looking to identify the owner of a bowling ball that crashed through the window of a school bus in Franklin, New Hampshire. Police say the bus was traveling on Central Street on Thursday when a colorful bowling ball came crashing through the front window of the bus. No students were on board at the time and the driver…

New Hampshire and Rhode Island are set to ease their COVID-19 restrictions on Friday following guidance from their governors.   New Hampshire will be following new guidelines released last week by Gov. Chris Sununu. The new guidelines, dubbed “Universal Best Practices,” replace the former requirements of “Safer at Home 2.0” which had been in effect since March of 2020.  The…

The sun is finally back! It’s a gorgeous afternoon with some fair weather clouds due to colder air aloft but, as the day progresses, the clouds will fade away and the wind will ease, giving way to a chilly night with the possibility of patchy frost for northern New England as lows dip into the 30s north, 40s south...

An elderly man slammed his pickup truck into the New Hampshire Liquor and Wine Outlet Thursday morning, causing extensive damage, police said, but thankfully no one was injured. “The only casualties were some wine and spirits,” an officer on scene said. Police responded to the store at 6 Dobson Way in Merrimack around 10:45 a.m. for a report of a…

The New Hampshire Attorney General is investigating a local police chief accused of assaulting one of his own officers. The State’s Public Integrity Unit launched a criminal investigation into Plaistow Chief Doug Mullin after disturbing allegations came to light in a letter from the union representing the alleged victim. “We will conduct a full investigation and determine whether it...

The New Hampshire Attorney General is investigating the Plaistow police chief who is accused of assaulting one of his officers at the police department at the end of April.

NBC national political correspondent and election guru Steve Kornacki breaks down how New England states are doing vaccinating their populations compared to the rest of the U.S.

Police say an elderly driver accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake, crashing into the New Hampshire Wine and Liquor Outlet in Merrimack.

Gov. Chris Sununu said he thinks things will go “back to normal” this summer in New Hampshire after over a year of COVID-19 related restrictions in the state. The state’s “Safer at Home” COVID rules are set to expire at midnight on Friday, meaning people will no longer be required to follow restrictions put in place at the height...