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At approximately 2:44 p.m., dispatch received a call for smoke in the building at 70 West River Dr. Companies were dispatched and reported heavy smoke coming from the second floor of a garden style apartment complex with 40 units occupied.
Another local voice from within the faith community is rising above the din of turmoil – in our country and in the world – calling for peace, truth and unity.
Residents were evacuated from their apartment building early Saturday morning after a mishap with a sidewalk snowblower caused a major propane leak.
If you have been involved in a slip and fall incident, you have surely realized already you are not given a handbook on what to do next. All you may know is that you have been hurt, and you believe that someone else is responsible for that injury. So, you have fallen, sustained injuries… now what?
A Minneapolis-based human rights group is suing the Department of Homeland Security, accusing DHS officials and agents of illegally and systematically preventing detained immigrants from meeting with their lawyers. The proposed class action lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court of Minnesota.
As state lawmakers race to pass a new law mandating open enrollment among public schools, local school district leaders are engaged in a counter-effort to adopt policies that block students from leaving the district under the state’s current open enrollment law.
The State is appealing the court order. In the meantime, The Department of Safety is extending the deadline to obtain a state inspection to April 10, 2026 for any vehicle with an inspection that expires prior to March 2026.
The U.S. Marshals Service District of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force are commending the Manchester and Concord Police Departments for their contributions to public safety during a sex offender enforcement operation that began in December and concluded today.
Amidst a surge of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity across the Twin Cities, stoking statewide fear as thousands of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents conduct militarized raids and make illegal stops and arrests in an unprecedented immigration operation, Minnesotans have come together to stand with its immigrant community.
In a special meeting of the Manchester Board of School Committee held on Jan. 28, 2026, Manchester School District Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Nicole Doherty led a group of district administrators in a presentation tying together the state’s new minimum education standards with several proposed changes for Manchester’s public high schools.
Serena Althea Blaire D. Mackay, a junior at The Founders Academy Public Charter School in Manchester, NH, was selected from nearly 200 entries worldwide as one of 10 finalists for Emerging Global Filipino Icon 2026. Mackay is the youngest nominee to advance as a Top 10 Finalist.
Hours after Gov. Tim Walz said President Donald Trump was open to an independent state investigation into the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents this month, Minnesota state and local lawyers told a federal judge Monday that they had reason to believe federal agencies wouldn’t follow through.
Manchester’s growing special education population and the rising cost of serving students with complex needs took center stage at the January 27, 2026 Manchester Board of School Committee meeting as administrators warned of continued financial pressure heading into the 2026 – ‘27 school year.
“We are reviewing the court’s decision and considering appropriate next steps. We note that the order addresses a preliminary matter and does not resolve the merits of the case,” wrote Michael Garrity, director of communications for the Department of Justice, in response to a Monitor query.
On Saturday, Jan. 31, more than 200 local students will participate in the statewide New Hampshire High School Ethics Bowl competition from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Saint Anselm College. The competition will take place in Alumni Hall. The championship match will begin at 3 p.m.
Join Dr. Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy and co-director of the Reimagining the Economy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School, for a lecture on the future of globalization and the world economy on Friday, February 6, 2026.
The state is doing a better job of getting closer – though not reaching – its housing goals, with only a fraction of the state’s municipalities responsible for housing growth, according to the annual housing supply report for the state released Tuesday.
Based on our research, the proposal would drain tens of millions of dollars from the state budget, could weaken funding for education, health care, and local services, and ultimately shift more costs onto families and property-tax payers, all while offering most businesses savings too small to meaningfully boost hiring or investment. Here’s what the data show, and why it matters for Granite Staters.
I heard that during the most recent “winter parking emergency” on Jan. 26 the city towed 194 vehicles. Manchester leadership still doesn’t comprehend what they are doing with snow emergency towing – but they managed to double towing fees as the solution to a problem they never (or could not) define*. Let me explain.
The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL) – an unfavorable motion – on HB 1822 on January 22, relative to reporting of civil immigration detentions by state, county, and local law enforcement and correctional facilities.