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New Hampshire Senate passes restrictions on transgender health care for minors
The New Hampshire Senate on Thursday approved a pair of bills that would ban most gender-affirming care for transgender minors. One of the bills would bar doctors from administering puberty blockers or hormone treatments to patients under 18....

Health providers told to prepare for ICE encounters
A Homeland Security cruiser at the Norris Cotton federal building in downtown Manchester, the site of a field office for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, on Jan. 28, 2025. (Photo by Lau Guzmán, NHPR) New Hampshire public health and immigration...

New Hampshire House votes to ban cellphone use in schools
Lawmakers in the New Hampshire House voted overwhelmingly Thursday in favor of a bell-to-bell ban on cellphones in schools.On a vote of 314-42, New Hampshire state representatives approved a ban on cellphones for students for the entire school...

Video: Flood watch in place for parts of New Hampshire
Video: Flood watch in place for parts of New Hampshire Copy Link Copy {copyShortcut} to copy Updated: 12:39 PM EDT Jun 7, 2025 ALTHOUGH IN COMMON, IT’S A SERIOUS DISEASE. ONCE SYMPTOMS APPEAR, DEATH CAN OCCUR, SOMETIMES WITHIN 24 HOURS. ABOUT 1 IN...

At Wintergreen Botanicals, ‘good health grows in nature’
Plants have superpowers, and Maria Noël Groves wants everyone to capitalize on that. Groves, a registered western herbalist, runs Wintergreen Botanicals out of her home, nestled among the woods of Chichester where diverse plants grow in her garden...

NASCAR driver Shane van Gisbergen
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - JUNE 14: Shane Van Gisbergen, driver of the #88 Safety Culture Chevrolet, poses for photos after winning the pole award during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on June 14,...

Here are the winning lottery numbers for June 14, 2025
The Arizona Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Arizona offers Powerball, Mega Millions, The Pick, Triple Twist, Fantasy 5 and Pick 3 as well as Scratchers, Quick Draw and Fast Play. Lottery players have seen enormous...

For children and teenagers, what does "healthy" mean?
For kids and teenagers, what does it mean to be “healthy”? It’s a loaded question as research findings, our habits and our living environments keep shifting and evolving. According to medical experts, including in southern and central New...

Driver accused of killing Endicott College police sgt. extradited to New Hampshire
Driver accused of killing Endicott College police sergeant extradited to New Hampshire Copy Link Copy {copyShortcut} to copy Updated: 6:55 PM EDT Jun 6, 2025 A Massachusetts man accused of driving the wrong way on Interstate 95 in New Hampshire,...

Box Truck, 2 SUVs Crash On Langley Parkway In Concord; 2 Drivers Sent To Concord Hospital, 1 On Trauma Alert
Posted Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 9:43 pm ET|Updated Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 9:50 pm ET CONCORD, NH — Concord police and fire and rescue teams were sent to a multi-vehicle crash on Langley Parkway on Tuesday afternoon. Just past 4:15 p.m., police and fire...

Stage is set for negotiations over New Hampshire budget
Stage is set for negotiations over New Hampshire budget Copy Link Copy {copyShortcut} to copy Updated: 5:24 PM EDT Jun 6, 2025 AND SPENDING OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATE PASSED ITS VERSION OF THE STATE BUDGET THURSDAY EVENING,...

Budget negotiations ahead as New Hampshire Senate passes spending plan
The stage is set for budget negotiations at the State House after the New Hampshire Senate passed its version of the budget Thursday night.In an interview for "CloseUp," Senate Minority Leader Rebecca Perkins Kwoka and Majority Leader Regina...

Opinion: Does anyone in the state Senate care about New Hampshire citizens?
The New Hampshire Senate during a recent meeting at the State House. Charlotte Matherly / Monitor file Anne Grossi lives in Bedford. I am a registered Independent. I have voted for Republicans and voted for Democrats. However, my view of New...

New Hampshire Senate poised to vote on $15.7B budget
(The Center Square) – The New Hampshire Senate is poised to approve a two-year $15.7 billion budget that restores cut Medicaid funding and other changes sought by Gov. Kelly Ayotte in the spending plan. The budget, teed up for a vote in the...

"No Kings": Protesters fight Trump "autocracy" in Portsmouth, Dover. Here's what they had to say.
Thousands protested President Trump's policies in Dover and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, joining nationwide demonstrations. Protesters cited various concerns, including the deployment of federal troops to Los Angeles, immigration policies, and...

More than $60K raised at second annual Golf Classic of Southern New Hampshire Health
Shown from left are James Watkins, Dr. Terry Buchanan, Dr. Brett Baker and Nicole Bruin during the second annual Golf Classic hosted by Southern New Hampshire Health at the Sky Meadow Country Club on May 19. Courtesy photo SIGN UP TO CONTINUE...

Trump's Latest UFC Appearance Has Everyone Asking Questions About His Health
At first glance, Donald Trump appeared about as normal as he usually does when he watched a UFC match in June 2025. However, when commentators on X, formerly known as Twitter, took a closer look at a photo of him from the event, they noticed an...

‘Unlimited’ — Concord Seniors turn their tassels
Everyone has heard about the kids who fell behind during the pandemic, the ones who struggled in hybrid classes or to connect with others coming out of lockdown. Tabitha Nedeau was one of them. Nedeau and the rest of the class of 2025 came into...

US ruling to impact trans healthcare, reproductive rights
What’s the context? A landmark Supreme Court case on gender-affirming care for trans youth may affect other issues of bodily autonomy. LONDON - The U.S. Supreme Court will rule this month on whether Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for...

Partners Bank donates $15K to advance cardiac care at York Hospital
YORK, Maine — Partners Bank recently donated $15,000 to York Hospital’s Leading with Heart campaign. The mission of the campaign is to provide residents of southern Maine and Seacoast New Hampshire with a state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization...