Fully-vaccinated U.S. citizens will be able to cross the Canadian border on Aug. 9, Canadian border officials announced today ..read more

Rivers, brooks and streams swelled throughout the Monadnock Region as heavy rains caused flooding and washed out roads ..read more

Who knew loons liked classical music? Ducks and other waterfowl were among the audience of the New Hampshire Music Festival’s concert on Squam Lake on Friday. Over 220 boats and kayaks anchored in Livermore Cove to hear an orchestra perform from a pontoon boat in an event that was the first of its kind for the New Hampshire Music Festival ..read more

The state has acquired six former military trucks from a federal government surplus program to assist local fire departments in fighting wildfires ..read more

NHPR is continuing to cover the developing story around coronavirus in New Hampshire. Bookmark this page for the latest updates, including case numbers and other important news of the day ..read more

New Hampshire is seeing a small increase in new refugee arrivals, following President Joe Biden’s raise to the national refugee cap in May , and the loosening of pandemic restrictions ..read more

The rain held off for about an hour Saturday morning as Michael and Allison Riese slowly motored across Goose Pond in Canaan, binoculars in hand, looking for the white bellies of loons. As the couple scanned the southeastern part of the pond, they spotted white feathers through their binoculars. “One, two, three four, at 8:08 a.m.,” Allison Riese wrote down on the sheet to keep track of the count. Scenes like this one played out on lakes and ponds throughout New England on Saturday morning, as volunteers like the Rieses spent an hour on boats or kayaks counting the birds for the annual loon ce ..read more

The N.H. Department of Transportation estimated on Friday that they will spend an average of $15 million dollars a year from 2023-2032 on projects that include an active transportation component, like biking or walking ..read more

NHPR Folk Calendar of virtual and actual concerts, open mics, etc July 19, 2021 edition Many event announcements have short lead-times. Check the NHPR Folk Show Facebook page for timely announcements. Friday, July 9 through Saturday, July 31, 2021 Finger Lakes Grassroots Live Festival, Finger Lakes Fairgrounds Trumansburg NY ~ (more like a month-long concert series than a festival; see website for details) Tuesday, July 20, 2021 Tom Richter and the Sidewalk Boys – Concerts on the Terrace at Strawberry Banke, Portsmouth NH ~ 5:30-7:00 pm EDT ~ Tina Ross Livestream at Folk Project New Jersey ~ 7 ..read more

In recent interviews, Dr. Anthony Fauci has described “two Americas” – one in areas with low vaccination rates, where COVID-19 variants are free to spread through a community, and another where high vaccination rates offer protection against the virus. A highly contagious variant of COVID-19, called Delta, could send low-vaccinated areas back to peak days of the pandemic — where hospitals are full and masks are necessary — while the latter enjoy low case numbers ..read more