As demands on New Hampshire cops grow, the politics of police funding remain the same

Monday, June 10, 2024Saturday, July 30, 2022

From law enforcement officers in rural parts of the state to police command staff say they lack the resources to carry out the expanding duties that communities ask them to perform. Police question whether they should be tasked with resolving mental health crises or dealing with the fallout from the opioid epidemic.

New Hampshire’s largest law enforcement agency, the State Police, has grown by 30 percent since 2000

Monday, June 10, 2024Friday, July 29, 2022

“To get more people costs more money. We are a state that is very careful with our money. I would say that publicly we enjoy overall what I think is great support. That said, the ability to convince those who have the responsibility of managing the state’s budget that we need more people and for the following reasons is an uphill battle.”

Few NH police departments collect demographic data, but those that do are overwhelmingly white and male

Sunday, June 16, 2024Wednesday, July 27, 2022

The New Hampshire Police Standards and Training Council recently switched over to a new record-keeping system that will track the race and gender of incoming police academy classes, allowing for statewide statistics for future police ranks that haven’t previously been kept.

Small towns grapple with whether a police department is worth the money

Monday, June 10, 2024Tuesday, July 26, 2022

While big cities across the country have had raucous debates about defunding the police, in small New Hampshire towns the abolition of a police department can happen when a town simply votes to stop funding a department or is unable to staff one or two positions.

Growing ranks: The number of NH police officers has grown twice as fast as the population over the last 20 years

Sunday, June 16, 2024Monday, July 25, 2022

Concord isn’t alone in its ever-growing police department. Despite falling crime rates, the total number of police officers in New Hampshire has continued to mushroom over the past two decades.

Steve and Wendy Reid case: Homicides are a rare crime in Concord and the state

Monday, January 20, 2025Thursday, April 28, 2022

Concord has seen just 10 murders over the last two decades, making the double homicide last week of Steve and Wendy Reid all the more shocking to the capital city of one of the safest states in the country.

Bill would give tenants evicted for renovations an extra 30 days

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, April 11, 2022

Union calls education department’s complaint form a ‘war on teachers’

Monday, June 10, 2024Sunday, November 14, 2021

In a statement issued Thursday, American Federation of Teachers New Hampshire President Deb Howes said Edelblut had declared a “war on teachers” that could lead to educators losing their licenses over unfounded claims.

2 injured in Friday fire at Concord homeless camp

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, November 7, 2021

Concord firefighters arrived to the early-morning fire call to find tents in flames.

How refugees – and Afghan evacuees – get to New Hampshire

Sunday, June 16, 2024Sunday, October 24, 2021

When Mmunga Masimango arrived in Concord in 2016, it had been 17 years since he left his home in the eastern Congo. He spent most of his childhood and young adulthood in a refugee camp in Tanzania, living with his family in United Nations tents and waiting to find out if he would ever be able to return home.

Sununu cites ‘executive privilege’ to deny records on the sale of downtown Concord DOT buildings

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, September 27, 2021

Gov. Chris Sununu is refusing to release records related to the sale of the former New Hampshire Department of Transportation property in Concord, claiming that correspondence between his office and the agency can remain secret because of his executive privilege.

Concord homeless camp to be cleared for planned mixed-use development

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, September 13, 2021

Tech billionaire Alex Karp gives $180K to ousted hermit River Dave

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, August 22, 2021

River Dave will be able to build a new home thanks to an unexpected benefactor: Palantir Technologies CEO and billionaire Alexander Karp, who gave former hermit David Lidstone a personal check for $180,000 last week.

In the ashes of his cabin, River Dave looks to the future

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, August 15, 2021

he hermit and logger known as River Dave had paddled down the river to see his former home Thursday, the day after a judge gave him 60 days to retrieve his belongings. The property looked nothing like it did when he left in mid-July, arrested by sheriff deputies for defying a court order to leave the land. He spent weeks in jail, insisting he had a right to be there.