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2 weeks ago | 
nhpr.org | Jackie Harris |Rick Ganley
Congressman Chris Pappas announced this week he’s running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. Shaheen announced last month that she won’t be seeking election. The New Hampshire House Finance Committee voted this week to make steep cuts to government spending in its proposed state budget for the next two years. And the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has tapped Mark Sanborn to be the next Regional Administrator for New England.
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4 weeks ago | 
nhpr.org | Rick Ganley |Jackie Harris
We take great pride in New Hampshire to be the home of Mount Washington, which is known as having some of the most extreme weather in the world. The Mount Washington Observatory is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It’s operated by two alternating crews who live on the summit for a week at a time. Starting Monday, March 31, NHPR listeners will hear full weather forecasts from the experts at the Observatory.
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1 month ago | 
nhpr.org | Jackie Harris |Rick Ganley
Local immigration lawyers are raising concerns after two people with legal status were recently detained at Boston Logan Airport after traveling internationally. In one of those cases, a person was deported despite having a visa allowing her to work in the US. We hear how one New Hampshire immigration lawyer is advising clients to prepare if they have international travel plans.
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1 month ago | 
nhpr.org | Jackie Harris |Rick Ganley
It’s maple season in New Hampshire, and it’s not too late to become a maple producer yourself. For NHPR’s How to New Hampshire series, NHPR’s Morning Edition host Rick Ganley visited Steven Roberge, the State Extension Forester with the University of New Hampshire and a maple syrup expert, for tips on how to tap maple trees and make syrup for the first time.
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1 month ago | 
nhpr.org | Jackie Harris |Rick Ganley
President Trump’s tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico were slated to take effect earlier this week, but on Thursday Trump changed course, saying he would give a break to all goods covered by the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement. We hear if energy imports are covered in the exemptions and how tariffs could affect Granite Staters’ energy bills.
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1 month ago | 
nhpr.org | Rick Ganley |Jackie Harris
“I'll tell you the story." That's how Fritz Weatherbee has started his segments on WMUR TV's New Hampshire Chronicle for nearly 25 years, spinning old yarns and telling local trivia to viewers. Now, the iconic TV storyteller is retiring. Wetherbee sat down with NHPR Morning Edition Host Rick Ganley to talk about his love of the state — and the curiosities of local history — and to tell us some of his story. Fritz Wetherbee, beatnik. I was a self-professed beatnik in the early 60s.
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1 month ago | 
nhpr.org | Jackie Harris |Rick Ganley
Many New Englanders grow up skating on small ponds and rinks in winter. But there’s a group of people in New Hampshire who are setting their sights – and skates – on wild ice. That’s the natural ice that forms on larger bodies of water like lakes and rivers. In this segment of NHPR’s new series, How to New Hampshire, we go to Lake Winnipesaukee to learn how to skate safely on wild ice. “You get out a mile from shore and you can’t hear any of the normal sounds of human activity.
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2 months ago | 
nhpr.org | Jackie Harris |Rick Ganley
State advisory panels on policing and diversity initiatives are no more after former Gov. Chris Sununu rescinded over a hundred executive orders before he left office. And a state lawmaker is apologizing after making derogatory comments about victims of abuse at the state’s youth detention facility. Republican Rep. Ken Weyler said victims may have brought abuse on themselves and didn’t deserve settlement payments from the state to compensate them.
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2 months ago | 
ctpublic.org | Jackie Harris |Rick Ganley
New Hampshire Public Radio | By Jackie Harris, Published January 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM EST Families of refugees approved to resettle in New Hampshire are in limbo after their flights to the U.S. were canceled last week. The cancellations came after President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending the U.S. Refugees Admissions Program. Jean Hakuzimana works at Ascentria Care Alliance, an organization that supports refugees in New Hampshire.
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2 months ago | 
nhpr.org | Jackie Harris |Rick Ganley
Families of refugees approved to resettle in New Hampshire are in limbo after their flights to the U.S. were canceled last week. The cancellations came after President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending the U.S. Refugees Admissions Program. Jean Hakuzimana works at Ascentria Care Alliance, an organization that supports refugees in New Hampshire. He was working with 12 refugees who were expected to arrive here within the next few months.
