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A Weare man will spend 25 years in federal prison after authorities arrested him last year during an investigation into the delivery of 12 pounds of 92-percent pure 'ice' methamphetamine into the state, federal prosecutors said.

Plans for three large projects ' a hospital cancer center, housing for young high tech workers in the Millyard and reuse of the former Lowe's home improvement store ' took a major step forward before the Planning Board Thursday night.

ONE NEED ONLY READ the Union Leader's searing account of the horrible abuse of a young foster child ' and the allegedly slipshod quick-and-dirty process by which the foster home was licensed ' to understand why the New Hampshire Division of Children Youth and Families and the private agency involved in the case tried desperately to...

A Farmington teenager accused of shooting a former U.S. Marine and his own mother last year was held on no bail after pleading not guilty at Strafford County Superior Court Thursday afternoon.

More than a dozen hot air balloons will light up the skies over Pittsfield this weekend as part of the Suncook Valley Rotary Club's 37th annual Hot Air Balloon Rally.

The New Hampshire Golf Association Stroke Play Championship was Pat Pelletier's to lose on Thursday. According to Pelletier, his five-stroke lead heading into 36-hole finale was the largest lead he'd ever taken into the final day of any pro or amateur tournament he's played.

Local police are asking for the public's help to locate a 48-year-old Hudson man who's been missing since last Tuesday, officials said.

HAMPTON FALLS - Two lanes of Interstate 95 North were closed for hours Thursday after an early morning accident involving two tractor- trailers, State Police said.According to a news release, a 2012 Volvo tractor-trailer being driven by William Davis, 49, of Girardville, Pa., drifted into the...

Police arrested two men on drunken- and drugged-driving charges Thursday in Pelham, including a Nashua man officials say crashed his vehicle while overdosing behind the wheel.

Plymouth State University has taken action after faculty members expressed support for former Exeter High School guidance counselor Kristie Torbick, who admitted she sexually assaulted a 14-year-old student.

MANCHESTER - Police said the driver of a motor scooter died from injuries he suffered Monday when he ran into a low-hanging utility wire on Cohas Avenue.Heath Lear, 49, of Manchester, died Wednesday night, police said. He was rushed to Elliot Hospital after the 2 p.m. accident.Police said...

A state representative from Salem who is facing felony welfare charges may have his charges dismissed in exchange for paying restitution.

Granite Staters love their lottery tickets - especially their scratch tickets.The New Hampshire Lottery set a record for yearly sales, selling 331.8 million in tickets in the year ending June 30.Scratch-ticket sales produced 238.3 million in revenue - up nearly 15.4 million, or 6.9 percent, from last year.

Senate Democratic leader Jeff Woodburn, 53, was arrested Thursday and charged with nine misdemeanor counts of sometimes violent contact with his 'intimate partner,' Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald announced. The chairman of the state Democratic Party called on the party's highest ranking member at the State House to resign...

A veteran Derry police officer is off the job and faced a criminal investigation after a former girlfriend accused him of domestic-related assaults and activity with prostitutes, according to a police file obtained by the New Hampshire Union Leader.

Before Elliot Hospital builds its new 19 million cancer center, it plans to construct a 362-space parking garage for 6.7 million.

President Donald Trump's political rally in Florida on Tuesday night turned into a coming-out party for one of the most bizarre conspiracy theories to emerge during his presidency.

A fire damaged the top floor of a vacant three-story building Thursday morning where neighbors said they've complained for years about vagrants going in and out.

Friends of a man who died as a result of injuries suffered during an assault outside a Manchester bar last month say he was a 'love bug,' a 'huggable bear' who would do 'anything for anyone.'

Jay Knower's first encounter with the Rumney Climbing Area was in 2003, and it hooked him. Fifteen years later he's still climbing there and speaks with the enthusiasm and passion of a first-time visitor to the popular cliffs.