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To the Editor: Frank Kotowski is running for a sixth term as a state representative from Hooksett. He has several unique qualities that set him apart from other candidates.

WHEN IT COMES to caring for New Hampshire's most vulnerable children, Gov. Chris Sununu gets a failing grade. There's no other conclusion to draw from a federal government report released this month.

Keene State College this week earned praise for working to protect free speech on campus.

IMAGINE that a 40-year-old agrees to a colonoscopy. His doctor detects no evidence of disease. But the physician insists on checking anyway.

The New Hampshire attorney general's office has rejected Right-to-Know requests from both the Union Leader and ACLU-NH for the unredacted list of New Hampshire police officers flagged for questionable credibility.

THERE COMES A POINT when even the most indulgent listener must doubt whether political figures deserve the benefit of the doubt. Ron DeSantis, that means you.

Police have identified the pedestrian ' Amanda Reilly, 30, of Manchester ' who was struck Wednesday by an out-of-control vehicle involved in an auto accident in front of her.

Six lecturers who received notice that their contract would not be renewed for this academic year at the University of New Hampshire have filed an age discrimination complaint with the state's Commission for Human Rights.

Crews from multiple communities worked for hours to get an interior fire under control at the Calpine Granite Ridge power plant at 21 Wentworth Ave., according to Londonderry Fire Battalion Chief Mike McQuillen.

Merrimack Stone Industries is expanding its local facility after receiving the green light from planning officials.

A Nashua man accused of exposing a 1-year-old child to cocaine, which caused the child to overdose, may face trial later this year if a plea deal is not reached.

Belmont resident Joseph C. Callahan, 35, has pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

A 44-year-old man has been charged with three felonies after police say he fired at a youth who fled after mistakenly entering his home early on the morning of Aug. 18.

A Haverhill, Mass. man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell misbranded prescription animal drugs from a business in Newton, N.H., federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

A federal judge has sentenced Manchester's William Looney, 55, to 10 years in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking, prosecutors announced Thursday.

The new chief of the Salem Fire Department, wrapping up his first week in the new post, said he has plans to expand wellness programs for his firefighters and build more facilities in the coming years.

An observant Goffstown police officer stopped a burglary in progress at a local self-storage business early Thursday morning, police said.

The teams in last season's Division I state championship game will start this season on top of the 2018 Union Leader High School Football Power Poll. It's the runner-up, though, that starts No. 1.

To the Editor: After I heard Eddie Edwards first speak about his history in the U.S. Navy and his law enforcement career, he went on to explain how he would represent New Hampshire.

An advocate for immigrant families and a University of New Hampshire student activist testified that the state's new election law would suppress turnout among students, the homeless and newly minted American citizens as the hearing on Senate Bill 3 entered its fourth day in Hillsborough County Superior Court.