CONCORD — New Hampshire's governor on Thursday announced a series of measures to further tackle the coronavirus outbreak, including requiring nonessential businesses to close and telling residents to stay home. More on developments in the state:
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In this provided photo by Bruce Jasper, Newport Rotary Club's Four Way Speech Contest winner Natasha Whipple is being congratulated by Four Way Speech Contest Chairperson Lt. Charles Rataj. The contest is an annual event hosted by Rotary District 7870.
CONCORD — New Hampshire officials expect to see cases of the coronavirus peak in late April or early May, but are likely know more in the next week or so. In the meantime, state officials are looking to secure more ventilators, and Gov. Chris Sununu has decided it isn't yet necessary to orde…
CONCORD — New Hampshire is seeking medically-trained volunteers to support health care providers and is working to connect businesses and individuals with other opportunities to help as the coronavirus spreads. But Republican Gov. Chris Sununu isn't ready to issue a stay-at-home order.
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CONCORD — New Hampshire accomplished a major mental health care milestone last week when for the first time in eight years, no one was waiting in a hospital emergency room for an inpatient psychiatric bed. But a key issue in the state’s long-running emergency department boarding crisis conti…
CONCORD — New Hampshire is getting an additional $11.7 million from the massive federal coronavirus relief package to help community service programs and the homeless, the state's congressional delegation announced Thursday.
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