Sullivan County News

A Connecticut man has been charged with forcibly raping and sodomizing a 14-year-old Claremont girl, according to indictments a Sullivan County grand jury handed up this month.

The unemployment rate in seven of the state's 10 counties went down last month, although the rates are all well above what they were a year ago.

Jesse Jarvis, who was arrested just before his father was fatally shot by police in Charlestown last summer, is returning to New Hampshire State Prison for at least four more years.

Aaron Aldridge is being held on 500,000 dollars cash bail following his arraignment in Newport District Court Monday afternoon on two child pornography charges and a third charge of aggravated felonious sexual assault.

About 500 people attended a job fair at a community college in Claremont, N.H., to visit with more than 50 employers.

Government agencies looking to pinch pennies are going after the employee water cooler, but local municipal workers still have a place to hang out and talk about American Idol.

Led by strong performances by Fall Mountain, Newport and Sunapee, the 2009 Adequate Yearly Progress Reports for Sullivan County schools inched up slightly over 2008.

The grand opening of Mr. G's Fashions, scheduled for noon Wednesday never happened after the owner and an accomplice were arrested on drug charges outside the store before they had an opportunity to unlock the front door.

In this week's "Who's Hiring," WPTZ will tell you about some jobs where the hours are flexible and advanced degrees are not required.

In a battle against smoking, when Claremont came to fight, the gloves came off. When the last bell rang, the arm of the smoke-free city was raised in the center of the ring.

4-H'ers from around the county came to Claremont Middle School on Saturday to demonstrate the skills they've learned over the last year at the Sullivan County 4-H Activities Day.

Neither plans for a new police station or a new fire truck were approved by residents during voting for Tuesday's town meeting.

A Newport police officer, responding to a noise complaint at 10 p.m., Tuesday, found a shotgun pointed at his chest and head area when the apartment door was opened in response to his knock.

The University of New Hampshire is considering building its new business college downtown as part of a redevelopment project with private business that would include a new hotel and conference center.

Orange County lawmakers might soon join a small list of local officials who are passing up raises or freezing salaries to show sympathy for the economic struggles of their constituents.

Donnie Hemingway is heading to Florida and Donnie O'Clair plans to soak it up for a month and putter around his Croydon home.

The Sullivan County Department of Corrections is moving into the digital age. When someone is sent to jail now, officers take down all their information by hand, often making the booking process take more than ...

If you know where to go in Washington to call on a cell phone, consider yourself lucky.

LIBERTY A proposed merger of the Sullivan County BOCES with the larger Orange-Ulster BOCES might work, according to a few school administrators, but many school board members and teachers who spoke at a ...

The governor's proposal to shutter eight district courts would save nearly $2 million a year, but critics said it would lead to a more remote judicial system and drive up salary and fuel costs for police who ...