Dartmouth College alumna Rachel Dratch, an actor and comedian known for her work on “Saturday Night Live,” will return to her old stomping grounds in Hanover, N.H., to headline the 2026 commencement ceremony, the school announced.

A state lawmaker in New Hampshire struck a defiant tone Monday as a panel of his colleagues heard testimony on whether he should be reprimanded or even expelled over his inflammatory social media posts, including one especially controversial Holocaust reference.

Three people have died in shootings involving police in New Hampshire so far this year, all within the past month.

Have you ever wanted your own private island? Usually a dream reserved for the top 1 percent, the two-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 1 Nay Pond Island in Milan, N.H., can make that dream a picturesque, remote reality for $337,700.

From New Hampshire Bulletin: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Egypt’s Great Pyramids, Arizona’s Grand Canyon … and New Hampshire’s own Mount Washington?

The same federal judge who ordered New Hampshire officials in January to take “all steps necessary” to keep the state’s motor vehicle inspections program up and running decided on Wednesday not to hold them in contempt, even though the program is still suspended.

Police are investigating after a 34-year-old woman was struck and killed by a logging truck along a highway in Keene, N.H., on Thursday, police said.

New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella is warning residents about an ongoing wave of scam texts that claim to be from N.H. courts, including ones that use QR codes to direct recipients to payment.

The New Hampshire House and Senate are both back in session Thursday, with agendas that cover several topics of interest. Here are a few of the noteworthy items coming up for a vote:

A missing hiker from West Roxbury was found dead Tuesday on a trail on Franconia Notch in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, officials said Wednesday.

A North Reading man was rescued from a trail in the White Mountains on Monday, officials said, the sixth Massachusetts hiker rescued in New Hampshire in four days.

Six decades since Temple Grandin was a student at Hampshire Country School, she’s returning on April 22 with a message for the next generation of neurodivergent youth: The world desperately needs people like you who think differently.

A former high school educator who was convicted of attempted sex trafficking for arranging to pay for an encounter with a 12-year-old girl at a hotel in Manchester, N.H., was sentenced Monday to more than 13 years in federal prison.

A man was found dead early Monday in a Haverhill, N.H., apartment in a case that investigators have deemed suspicious, prosecutors said.

Two teenagers from Plymouth were rescued from the summit of Mount Washington on Saturday after they were caught in harsh conditions with cold temperatures and high winds, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.

After all, the highs of last spring came right before the fall. There’s a lot to celebrate: moving off chemo, reclaiming her life, and anything and everything she can celebrate with Annie.

A team of space scientists from the University of New Hampshire visited their classroom on Tuesday, when the students took turns trying on virtual reality headsets and stepping into a digital laboratory that mimics the physics of space.

Dozens of commercial vehicles were pulled off New Hampshire highways Tuesday after state troopers determined their mechanical conditions posed an immediate danger to other drivers during a one-day safety initiative, officials said.

Around New England, oysters are dying at alarming rates during the winter months. Now, scientists in New Hampshire are trying to figure out why, as the future of the region’s youngest and smallest oyster industry hangs in the balance. 🦪

The deadline has arrived for Americans to file their 2025 federal income tax returns, and lawmakers in New Hampshire are marking the occasion in a way that highlights how their state differs from most.

“I think right now is a good time for kids and parents and everybody to have these very basic messages that we can all share,” Leach said in an interview, smiling as she recounted how her neighbors had sent copies of the story to their grandchildren.

The body of a missing person who fell into the Merrimack River was recovered on Sunday morning, New Hampshire State Police said in a statement.

Some candidates in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District shared a preview of their fund-raising numbers ahead of the deadline to report Q1 fundraising.

In response to a rise in bear encounters, the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire and Maine announced a new year-round food storage requirement for overnight visitors.

The couple reached out to the New Hampshire design-build firm Bensonwood to build their dream home, complete with two home offices, a second living area upstairs, and striking, exposed New England timber-framing.

State Child Advocate Cassandra Sanchez said her office reported that the use of physical restraint at the facility broke one of the children’s bones in March.

Last fall, a group of eighth-grade boys used AI to create and spread fake naked images of three 13- and 14-year-old girls at Mountain View Middle School in Goffstown, N.H.

Authorities have partially closed some rock climbing routes at New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest until August 1 to clear way for breeding season among peregrine falcons who nest among the cliffs.

A homeless man who has frustrated public health officials in New Hampshire for months by refusing to submit to medical treatment for his active case of tuberculosis, potentially exposing others to the bacterial infection, is back in state custody.

Six aspiring playwrights will see their original works brought to life on stage Friday and Saturday for the Palace Theatre’s second annual short play festival at The Rex Theatre in Manchester, N.H., where judges will pick the best play and the audience will crown a crowd favorite.

By the end of this year, the city of Manchester, N.H., will have its own edition of Monopoly, according to a company that’s developing the product under a license from Hasbro, which owns the classic property-trading board game.

A woman was shot and killed by police in Northfield, N.H., early Monday while officers were responding to a domestic disturbance, Attorney General John M. Formella said.

A New Hampshire man who shot a police officer earlier in the day was killed Saturday night in an exchange of gunfire with officers following a manhunt, authorities said.

New Hampshire students will no longer be able to use their student ID to prove their identity when voting, after the proposal gained Governor Kelly Ayotte’s approval on Friday.

Democratic US Senator Maggie Hassan met with reporters Thursday afternoon outside a busy Mobil gas station on Hanover Street, where regular unleaded was selling for $3.83 per gallon. That price was a few cents cheaper than the statewide average and about 25 cents cheaper than the national average.

New Hampshire has received an infusion of over $200 million in federal funds meant to help improve access to rural health.

Rahm Emanuel, the former Chicago mayor who made a name for himself working in the past three Democratic presidential administrations, is spending time in New Hampshire as he thinks about launching his own bid for the White House.

The mother of a baby girl in New Hampshire was the lead plaintiff in a high-stakes case heard by the US Supreme Court on Wednesday about whether President Trump can redefine the American constitutional concept of birthright citizenship.

A homeless man refusing medical treatment for active tuberculosis is stirring public health concerns in New Hampshire, where state officials are scrounging for resources to protect others from the contagious infection.

Super Secret Ice Cream in Bethlehem, N.H., will move ahead as Outstanding Bakery. It’s known for hyper-seasonal flavors, like wild Maine blueberry and strawberry jam.

A Massachusetts driver suffered serious injuries Tuesday after striking the Bedford Toll Plaza along the Everett Turnpike in New Hampshire and a member of the governor’s security detail pulled him from the wreckage, police said.

The weekend forecast calls for mostly clear skies and partially obstructed streets, as organizers prepare for a third round of “No Kings” demonstrations on Saturday all across the country, including at three dozen sites in New Hampshire.

Growing up on a dairy farm, Liv Crete-Sayer learned poise while showing cows for 4-H. Now, she’s using those same skills to manage the demands of serving as New Hampshire’s 2026 Kid Governor, whether that’s public speaking or teaching other children about her platform.

Attorneys for the only person on death row in New England went before New Hampshire’s highest court on Thursday to once again plead for his life, arguing his execution would be unjust because the state no longer allows capital punishment for anyone else.

The first thing on their agenda is foraging for food, so state officials at New Hampshire Fish and Game are reminding residents to remove their bird feeders by April 1 to avoid attracting bears to their backyards.

The Black Family Visual Arts Center still bears their name, in spite of renewed calls to change the name after revelations about Black’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein were detailed in documents released by the US Department of Justice.

The last major component of New Hampshire’s overarching plan to invest federal dollars in rural health care improvements was narrowly approved by the state’s five-member Executive Council on Wednesday after a nearly two-hour discussion.

The last major component of New Hampshire’s overarching plan to invest federal dollars in rural health care improvements is coming before the state’s five executive councilors on Wednesday for their discussion and potential approval.

A lack of public support for the US bombing campaign in Iran appears to be adding to the political headwinds facing Republicans in New Hampshire ahead of the midterm elections, according to data released Monday by the Saint Anselm College Survey Center.

New Hampshire doesn’t have any men’s or women’s college basketball team in the March Madness tournaments, but the state still has millions of dollars in potential revenue riding on the competition, thanks to sports betting.