Amanda Gokee

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Amanda Gokee

CONCORD, N.H. — Hospitals in New Hampshire rank 23rd in the US in terms of safety, according to a new report released by Leapfrog, a national nonprofit that analyzed safety measures at general hospitals around the country. Leapfrog looked at 13 hospitals in New Hampshire and assessed the facilities on their ability to protect patients from medical errors, accidents, injuries, and infections, all deemed largely preventable problems.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Amanda Gokee

This summer, about 60 students are supposed to gather on the University of New Hampshire campus for Upward Bound — a program that helps first-generation and low-income students start preparing for life at college. The students have applied and been selected to participate, but it’s unclear whether they’ll have the opportunity to do so amid uncertainty over federal funding.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Amanda Gokee |Steven Porter

CONCORD, N.H. — The resignation of Helen E. Hanks as commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Corrections sparked celebration Monday from the head of a labor union that represents those who supervise the state’s probation and parole officers. Seifu Ragassa, president of the New Hampshire Probation Parole Officers Command Staff Association, said Hanks had been “brutalizing the workforce” by wielding her authority to attack innocent people, retaliate, and deny people their rights.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Amanda Gokee

Marcus Herold grew up with airplanes overhead, living near the flight path of the Manchester airport. Now, he’s graduated from the remote-controlled airplanes he built as a boy to the real thing. Along with four other University of New Hampshire students, Herold designed and built an electric ultralight plane that successfully took flight this spring. “I’ve been dreaming of building my own plane for a long time,” he said. “It felt kind of surreal, being there and watching it” fly.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Amanda Gokee

CONCORD, N.H. — Amid tensions over President Trump’s tariffs, there is some evidence that our neighbors to the north have cooled when it comes to New Hampshire. After a slight uptick in January visitors traveling by car (+4 percent), a downward trend began in February (-24 percent) that worsened in March (-37 percent), compared to the same months in the prior year. By April, visitation had dropped 42 percent compared to that month in 2024.