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CONCORD ' St. Paul's School graduate Owen Labrie sat in the front row Thursday as the New Hampshire Supreme Court heard his appeal seeking to overturn a felony conviction for use of a computer in furtherance of a sex crime.

A fierce lobbying campaign by wood energy advocates had the desired effect on Thursday, as lawmakers in the House and Senate voted to override Gov. Chris Sununu's veto of a bill designed to help sustain the state's six wood-burning power plants and the forestry industry.

New Hampshire's largest Boy Scout organization kicks off a new era today when it begins officially signing up girls as Cub Scouts, part of the groundbreaking decision last year by Scouts nationwide to open its membership to girls.

City officials are backing a plan to explore whether a new hotel would be appropriate for the downtown area.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, will be in New Hampshire on Friday, Sept. 21, for a conversation on 'Civility, Cooperation, Compromise: Why Our Constitutional Republic Requires Them.'

The Board of Selectmen voted Monday to raise sewer rates to 4.65 per 100 cubic feet in 2019, 4.85 in 2020, 4.85 in 2021 and 4.95 in 2022 following the recommendation of town Finance Director Nicole McGee.

What began Wednesday afternoon as an 'emergency situation involving a minor' appears to have ended with the child being found safe in Haverhill.

Manchester resident Daniel Sullivan has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for illegal possession of firearms, federal prosecutors announced.

Democratic Congresswoman Annie Kuster congratulated Republican state Rep. Steve Negron on his 2nd District win in a hard-fought GOP primary and pledged to avoid negative attacks on her opponent in the weeks leading up to the general election.

Fresh from his victory in the 1st District Democratic primary for Congress, Executive Councilor Chris Pappas greeted supporters at his family-owned restaurant, the Puritan Backroom, with a pledge to 'keep making the case on the issues that matter to the people of the Granite State.'

Linda Philibert was unfazed on that day in 2016, when a gaggle of crowded around the counter where she sat in Blake's Restaurant. On Wednesday, it was much the same.

The First Congregational Church is raising money for its stained glass window project with a concert by The Funky Divas of Gospel.

Local business owners are selling 'spudcrow' heads to be placed on scarecrows to raise money for outdoor wall murals, including one on the side of Cask Vine.

The Greater Derry Londonderry Chamber of Commerce is hosting an event Thursday night at the Derry Opera House called A Night with the Spirits, which will feature two local psychic mediums as well as spirits from a local distillery.

THE BEGINNING of another academic year brings the certainty of campus episodes illustrating what Daniel Patrick Moynihan, distinguished professor and venerated politician, called 'the leakage of reality from American life.' Colleges and universities are increasingly susceptible to intellectual fads and political hysteria, partly...

Our sympathies remain with the five Keene State College students who sued the city of Keene for not complying with the state's Right-to-Know law.

I JUST ZIPPED down a city street on an electric scooter. It cost me 15 cents a minute. Fast and fun!

In vetoing a series of poorly-crafted bills, Gov. Chris Sununu has tried to save New Hampshire from the good intentions of legislators.

IS PRESIDENT Donald Trump about to intervene militarily in the Syrian civil war? For that is what he and his advisers seem to be signaling.

To the Editor: The more I hear the Democrats and other 'moderates' challenge the President with their new catchphrase 'we are better than that' the more I wonder. Just what is it we are better than?