New Hampshire Public Radio

New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) is the state's affiliate of National Public Radio, providing services to residents across New Hampshire. Headquartered in Concord, NHPR operates seven transmitters and six translators to ensure coverage throughout nearly the entire state. Their programming features NPR news and discussion shows during the weekdays, while weekends are reserved for a variety of cultural and music content. With a dedicated news team of 21 members, NHPR boasts one of the largest news staffs in New Hampshire and is the state’s sole provider of radio news.

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Why U.S. inflation data won't include prices from these cities in Utah and Nebraska

1 day ago | nhpr.org | Scott Horsley

Staffing shortages have forced the U.S. federal government to scale back the price checks it uses to calculate the inflation rate. Economists are warning that could lead to less accurate cost-of-living reports. Every month, hundreds of government employees check the price of goods and services in cities around the country and those numbers are crunched to produce the inflation measure known as the consumer price index, or CPI.
Trump bans travelers from a dozen countries, reviving a measure from his first term

1 day ago | nhpr.org | Asma Khalid

Updated June 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM EDTPresident Trump is banning travelers from 12 countries and partially restricting travelers from seven others, starting on Monday, June 9, a measure he said was necessary for national security. Trump had campaigned on a promise to restore the first-term travel ban that he had put in place for Muslim-majority countries, and said on Thursday that the measure "can't come soon enough. "We want to get them out. We want to get them out now.
Air traffic overhaul obstacles

1 day ago | nhpr.org | Joel Rose

The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was easy to see during the recent outages in Newark. But it will be a lot harder to make up for decades of underinvestment and other mistakes.
Should a reporter have pushed back when the ambassador to Israel made an outrageous claim?

1 day ago | nhpr.org | Kelly McBride

Recently, an NPR listener was stunned to hear Mike Huckabee, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, suggest on All Things Considered that the Oct. 7 Hamas attack was in some ways worse than the Holocaust. The reporter doing the interview told me he was surprised as well. But he didn't push back on that particular point because of time pressures, which I examine below.
In 'The Friday Afternoon Club,' Griffin Dunne tells his family's story

2 days ago | nhpr.org | Emiko Tamagawa

Find a book excerpt here. Actor, producer and director Griffin Dunne‘s memoir “The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir” tells the story of the Dunne family and how they were devastated by the 1982 murder of his sister Dominique. The book is out in paperback next week. Here’s an excerpt from a conversation Dunne had with ‘s Emiko Tamagawa last June at WBUR’s Cityspace. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
Pro-Palestine Dartmouth protesters stage hunger strike

3 days ago | nhpr.org | Olivia Richardson

Six Dartmouth students are on a hunger strike amid escalating tensions with college administrators over their handling of protests against the war in Gaza. One of the hunger strikers, Dartmouth Senior Greyson Xiao, said the group will refuse food until the school reconsiders its recent decision to reject a proposal to divest from companies supplying the Israeli war effort.
Advocates say ski resort’s wastewater may contaminate Lake Sunapee. State regulators disagree.

3 days ago | nhpr.org | Julia Vaz |Mara Hoplamazian

Local advocates and community members packed a meeting of the Mount Sunapee Advisory Commission Tuesday to voice concerns over the ski resort’s wastewater treatment system. According to representatives from the Newbury Conservation Commission, the resort’s 50-year old system might be leaking, contaminating local water bodies, including Lake Sunapee — the main source of drinking water for the town.
'Jane Austen Wrecked My Life' doesn't live up to its namesake

3 days ago | nhpr.org | John Powers

On the stock exchange of literary acclaim, reputations rise, fall, go bust and sometimes rise again. These days, few writers have a higher valuation than Jane Austen, who's gone from being merely a great novelist to becoming a marketable brand. Beyond the scads of adaptations, we've had movies titled Austenland and The Jane Austen Book Club, Anne Hathaway playing the young Jane, and Mr. Darcys popping up everywhere from Bridget Jones' Diary to the Hallmark Channel's Mr. Darcy Trilogy.
A surprising trick to making hard choices: Try thinking less

3 days ago | nhpr.org | Andee Tagle |Clare Marie Schneider

Life is filled with big decisions. Should you move across the country? Start a business? Have a baby? Break up? If you're not sure what to do, Nell Wulfhart has some counterintuitive advice. Don't keep deliberating. In fact, spend less time thinking about it. In her over 10 years as a decision coach, Wulfhart has helped more than 600 people, from CEOs to artists, make difficult choices. She says nearly all her clients are able to find clarity within an hour of working together.
Who is the Colorado attack suspect? And, Ukraine demands Russia return stolen kids

3 days ago | nhpr.org | Brittney Melton

Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Mohammed Sabry Soliman, the 45-year-old man arrested for throwing Molotov cocktails at people in Boulder, Colo., on Sunday, is facing a federal hate crime charge and multiple felonies, authorities say. He threw the fire bombs at people marching in support of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.