A new report says roughly 24% of adults in New Hampshire — or 281,000 people — are caring for family members or friends, often without compensation.

This Thanksgiving weekend, you can celebrate the holiday season with music, winter walks and more across the Granite State. buff.ly/pcVX0Me

Researchers hope to track how people use state programs around HIV and hepatitis C prevention, needle exchanges, and the impacts of newer initiatives like overdose prevention centers, where people can use drugs under medical supervision.

A Trump administration official confirmed the connection between Ferreira, Michael Leavitt and his sister Karoline Leavitt — the 28-year-old New Hampshire native who rose from relative obscurity to occupy one of the most prominent positions in the White House, according to @wbur.org's Simón Rios.

The New Hampshire Department of Justice says an irregular series of personnel maneuvers involving a longtime colleague of the state’s top judge didn’t violate any criminal laws.

What does it mean to go on strike? This week’s Refresher Course tackles what protections workers have and the changing relationship between employers and strikers.

Kick off the holiday season with music, winter walks and more across the Granite State this weekend.

Half a century after 22-year-old Judith “Judy” Lord was murdered in her Concord Gardens apartment, the New Hampshire Cold Case Unit determined her killer was her next-door neighbor, Ernest Gable.

This protest was part of an ongoing effort to urge consumers to boycott the airline after Avelo announced it had signed a contract in April to operate deportation flights with the Department of Homeland Security as part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The first ever White Mountains Almanac has been published. With a mix of research and illustration, it gives a month-by-month look at the changes in the region’s climate and ecosystem.

NH’s largest sycamore tree in Concord is well over 100 feet tall. The Something Wild team measured its crown spread – from one side to the other – at a very approximate 110 feet.

In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, here’s a partial list of places giving out or accepting Thanksgiving donations.

"It feels like my contribution is — just because I was not born in this country — less valued," says Michael Liu, an internal medicine resident in Boston. "I really hadn't thought so deeply about going back home before, but definitely it's been much more top of mind."

In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, here’s a partial list of places giving out or accepting Thanksgiving donations.

The protest was part of an ongoing effort to urge consumers to boycott the airline after Avelo announced it had signed a contract in April to operate deportation flights with the Department of Homeland Security as part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The contentious vote in Congress to tighten rules on hemp came after dozens of state attorneys general issued a letter warning of the risks of an unregulated hemp THC market, and the dangers it could pose to children. www.nhpr.org/politics/202...

Roughly 24% of adults in New Hampshire — or 281,000 people — are caring for family members or friends, like seniors and children with disabilities, with most not getting paid, according to the new report from the AARP and AARP NH.

Grammy-nominated singer songwriter Reed Foehl returned to the Word Barn with new music and beautiful takes on some older songs. Have a listen! www.nhpr.org/show/live-fr...

"For a long time, a bike was my only form of transportation... It's nice to teach people and it's stuff that a lot of the things that I maybe didn't know at one point and really could have benefited from knowing."

There are plenty of places to find free food — and community — around NH this week. 🍽️

A federal judge is weighing whether the Trump administration’s sweeping pause on offshore wind projects was lawful, raising renewed legal uncertainty around major clean-energy initiatives.

"Don't get me started on the dating scene in New Hampshire... I don't know how we fix that, to be fair, but it is certainly a factor in our talent retention." buff.ly/03Sp0YG

The start of the Holiday season this year coincides with increased need for food assistance for thousands of Granite Staters. Here's a partial list of some places giving or taking Thanksgiving donations. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...

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"For seabirds, ingesting just six tiny pieces of rubber, each smaller than about the size of a pea, can result in a 90 percent chance of death," said Britta Baechler, a co-author of the study and director of Ocean Plastics Research at the Ocean Conservancy.

Rachel Barenbaum, host of Check This Out, talks this week with Callie Hart about her book, “Brimstone,” which is the follow-up to the self-published phenomenon “Quicksilver.” 📻 Listen to Check This Out on New Hampshire Public Radio on Saturday at 3 p.m. www.nhpr.org/show/check-t...

Take advantage of the abundance in nature to decorate for the holidays with natural materials from your yard and garden. Hear more seasonal tips from Emma Erler, co-host of Homegrown NH and lead horticulturalist at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center. www.nhpr.org/show/homegro...

“This is the first time that a company who's saying, ‘let me borrow money, let me access the capital markets’ is using Bitcoin as collateral,” said James Key Wallace, with the NH Business Finance Authority.

🎶 Reminder: The Folk Show Potluck is this Sunday, Nov. 23, at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Concord, NH, featuring a performance by Mark Erelli. And tune in for a Thanksgiving Special on Thursday, 7-10 p.m., for an extra helping of warm, heartfelt folk music.

There's a dose of local politics in this latest quiz, but we promise there are no Massachusetts drivers making erratic lane changes! See how well you've kept up with the headlines with the weekly news quiz! www.nhpr.org/quiz

☀️ Step No. 1: Start by meeting with a solar installer who can assess your needs and give you a quote. 📲 Listen to the latest installment of NHPR's How to New Hampshire series. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...

Annmarie Timmins of NHPR and Ethan DeWitt of the NH Bulletin discuss the big headlines, starting with how the state’s education system is facing fiscal challenges. How are schools bridging the gaps in funding? 🎧 Listen in this post. 📻 The NH News Recap airs Fridays at 7:45 a.m. & 9:45 a.m.

U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander this week joined five other Democratic lawmakers in an online video urging U.S. military personnel to refuse illegal orders. President Trump responded to the video in a series, calling that message, quote, “seditious behavior, punishable by death."

A first-term New Hampshire lawmaker was arrested on allegations that he posted nude photos of a woman without her consent, a felony under the state’s 2016 “revenge porn” statute. buff.ly/HwLVbX8

"There is nothing in the video that is inconsistent with the current law of military justice," said Gene Fidell who teaches military justice at Yale Law School.

New Hampshire is moving to leave a regional agreement aimed at limiting ozone pollution, after state lawmakers passed legislation to eliminate yearly vehicle inspections starting early next year. buff.ly/54k79dL

A proposal to deregulate New Hampshire’s meat market could defy federal food safety laws and carry risks for farmers and consumers, which lawmakers acknowledged.

On Thursday, the sun shone down on hundreds of metal poles that will soon hold 12,000 solar panels, the largest solar array project in New Hampshire to date.

Marya Ketchell told Hassan that her son, Wyatt, who has Down syndrome, is able to share a second grade classroom with his friends because he receives special education services. Ketchell came to the meeting with a picture of Wyatt crossing the finish line at a recent school race.

“Terrestrial invasive species are expanding in every corner of the state,” New Hampshire State Rep. James Spillane said. “They damage our forests, farmland, roadways, and even our wildlife habitat. We must get ahead of this problem with a unified, statewide approach.”

From a fashion show, to holiday festivities, here are a few events you won’t want to miss this weekend.

New Hampshire Rep. Maggie Goodlander joined five other Democratic lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds in an online video Tuesday to advise members of the U.S. armed forces that they should refuse to carry out “illegal orders.”

“Terrestrial invasive species are expanding in every corner of the state,” said Rep. James Spillane. “They damage our forests, farmland, roadways, and even our wildlife habitat. We must get ahead of this problem with a unified, statewide approach.”

This year's featured musician is award-winning and Folk Show fan-favorite Mark Erelli. This event is free, but please register and let us know you're coming! 🥗 ⏰: Sunday, Nov. 23 from 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. 📍: Unitarian Universalist Church in Concord, NH.

Cosy Sheridan and Charlie Koch recently stopped by The Folk Show with some songs from the new album and some lively conversation with Kate McNally. Listen to their conversation, and in-studio performance.

"There are your friends, and there's Thanksgiving," says Emily Brewster, a senior editor at Merriam-Webster. "It's a great example of a word that is just an excellent candidate for adoption as soon as someone thought of it." Merriam-Webster started tracking "Friendsgiving" in 2007.

3 important, well-studied changes for climate tipping points: 1️⃣ Coral reefs could be gone forever 2️⃣ Ice sheets in Greenland and West Antarctica could collapse 3️⃣ Permanently frozen ground is thawing

Here's a partial list of some places giving or taking Thanksgiving donations. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...

"The signs are, it could be a big season," says Richard Webby, who studies the flu at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. "The flu season might have a little bit of a punch to it this year."