Hooksett News

Holly Blanchard and Amanda Crane, students at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, were selected by the American Legion Auxiliary Lester W. Chase Unit 9 of Derry and Merrill Follansbee Unit 37 of Hooksett to attend Granite Girls State.

New Hampshire's major highways saw more accidents and fewer drunken-driving arrests this July 4 weekend than during the holiday over the past two years, according to state data.

As the sunny holiday weekend came to a close, drivers had to battle slow-going southbound traffic.

The following summarizes the two-year state budget for the two-year period that Gov.

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Highway workers helped rescue a man Tuesday who crashed into a secluded wooded area and went unnoticed for two hours.

The New Hampshire state Senate and House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would legalize marijuana use for critically and terminally ill patients.

With little controversy, the New Hampshire Legislature sought to make this the 14th state to give the chronically ill access to marijuana to relieve their suffering.

The Union Leader and Sunday News have more readers than any other New Hampshire newspaper.

For many seniors, graduating high school is a milestone that comes without too much struggle.

WestJet announces it has signed an exclusive 12-year OnPoint solution agreement valued at more than $850 million over the life of the contract with GE Aviation for MRO of its fleet of CFM56-7 engines that power 79 Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft.

New taxes on mortgage refinances and dividends from limited liability companies are emerging as the main alternatives to expanded gambling, a capital gains tax and a one-year suspension to a lucrative business tax credit for corporations.

Competing groups of House members plan to air their views today on whether gambling is the solution to the state's budget deficit.

If there's strength in numbers, House opponents of slot machines will trump supporters, as evidenced by dueling news conferences Wednesday.

As the Legislature enters its final week of budget talks, the heat has turned up on the proposed introduction of slot machines into the state.

State Rep. David Boutin has filed his candidacy papers for New Hampshire's District 16 Senate seat.

Nobody likes taxes, but everyone wants government services. Nobody wants to pay more for gas, but everyone uses the 2,100 bridges and 4,300 miles of government-paved roads that crisscross the state.

Members of the Hooksett High School exploratory committee will not speculate on whether the current state of the Manchester School District budget would provide the impetus local taxpayers need to build their own high school in town.

The governor and the state Senate want to pay for general highway repairs, maintenance and construction with turnpike revenue.