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One Dead, One Injured Following Crash of Small Plane in New Hampshire

Jul 15 2021 // Authorities say one man is dead and another injured after their small plane crashed in New Hampshire.WMUR-TV reports the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the...

New Hampshire Insurance Department Investigates 18 Insurance Fraud Cases

Jul 2 2021 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department has announced that it investigated and submitted for criminal prosecution a total of 18 insurance fraud cases over the past twelve months.The cases varied in nature, but included...

Judge Rules in Favor of New Hampshire Hotel Group in Insurance Dispute

Jun 22 2021 // A judge has ruled in favor of a group of hotels whose owners sued their insurance carriers over lost business during the coronavirus pandemic. Businessman Mark Stebbins of Schleicher & Stebbins Hotels LLC, one of the...

Report Points to Trouble Connecting Rail Cars Before Worker Death in New Hampshire

Jun 17 2021 // Five attempts were made to connect two rail cars during a switching operation before a Pan Am Railways conductor was pinned between them and died, according to a preliminary report issued Tuesday by the National...

New Hampshire Set to Increase Penalties for Some DWI Crashes

Jun 16 2021 // A New Hampshire bill aimed at strengthening penalties for repeat drunk drivers is headed to the governor’s desk. The House on Thursday agreed to the Senate’s version of Tyler Shaw’s Law, named for a...

New Hampshire Sex Abuse Class-Action Suit Tossed, Individual Claims Stand

May 28 2021 // A judge on Wednesday dismissed a class action lawsuit involving 300 people who allege decades of abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center, but he left the door open for individual claims against the state.The...

Explosion Damages New Hampshire House Under Construction, Worker Burned

May 19 2021 // An explosion happened at an Amherst house that was under construction, causing a contractor to suffer burn injuries to his arms, New Hampshire fire investigators said Friday.Firefighters responded to the house near...

Meetings to Be Held on Status of PFAS Chemicals in New Hampshire Communities

May 17 2021 // Meetings will be held online for three southern New Hampshire communities to give the public updates on the status of chemicals found in the water, the Department of Environmental Services said.The meetings are scheduled...

New Hampshire Security Firm Says It’s Not At Fault for Woman’s Death

May 10 2021 // A security firm that employed a man accused of killing a woman at the company headquarters of Timberland in New Hampshire said it bears no responsibility for her death.Securitas Security Services USA said in court...

New Hampshire Bill Would Make Employers Pay for Any Required COVID-19 Test

May 7 2021 // Employers who require COVID-19 tests for applicants or workers would be required to pay for them under a bill heard by a New Hampshire House committee Wednesday.The bill would prohibit employers from requiring that an...

Explosion at Gender Reveal Party Rocks Several New Hampshire Towns

Apr 27 2021 // One New Hampshire family’s gender reveal party was such a blast that it rattled towns, set off reports of an earthquake, and could be heard from across the state line, police said.Police in Kingston, a town not far...

Landlord Accused of Discrimination in New Hampshire Support Dog Lawsuit

Apr 14 2021 // A landlord has been accused of discriminating against a tenant by not allowing her to house an emotional support dog for her anxiety and depression, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a lawsuit.The complaint filed...

N.H. Supreme Finds ‘Special Relationship,’ Affirms Jury Award Against Insurance Agency

Mar 23 2021 // A split decision by the New Hampshire Supreme Court released Friday offers a lesson to insurance agents about the importance of checklists.Three justices overruled two dissenters to affirm a Superior Court jury’s...

Brannen Promoted to Life and Health Director at New Hampshire Insurance Department

Mar 15 2021 // New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Chris Nicolopoulos announced that Tyler Brannen, a 15-year veteran of the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID), has been promoted to the position of Life and Health director. Most...

Two Massachusetts Men Charged Following Fatal Motorcycle Crash in New Hampshire

Mar 2 2021 // Two Massachusetts men were charged in federal court in Springfield in connection with falsifying driving logs, instructing others to do so and making a false statement to investigators.The charges are the result of a...

Bettencourt Approved as New Hampshire Deputy Insurance Commissioner

Dec 21 2020 // New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu has approved the nomination of Policy Director D.J. Bettencourt as the next deputy commissioner of the New Hampshire Insurance Department.Bettencourt, a former state representative from...

EPA Permit May Curb Phosphorous Discharge from New Hampshire Fish Hatchery

Oct 22 2020 // A new federal water permit for a New Hampshire fish hatchery that has been accused of polluting local waterways could cut the amount of phosphorous the hatchery can discharge in half.The permit for the Powder Mill Fish...

Grocery Chain Slow to Report Tampering at One of Its Maine Stores

Oct 16 2020 // It took two months for a supermarket chain to alert police and customers about the discovery of razor blades in fresh pizza dough sold at one if its stores in Maine, a newspaper reported.Product tampering at a store in...

More Supermarkets Recall Pizza Dough After Tampering Episode

Oct 14 2020 // Another supermarket chain is recalling a brand of fresh pizza dough amid concerns about tampering.Shaw’s and Star Market announced the company is removing Portland Pie Co. pizza dough from the shelves of its...

New Hampshire Music Fan Seriously Hurt by Stage Diver Wins $2M Settlement

Sep 30 2020 // A New Hampshire man who suffered serious spinal injuries when a stage diver landed on his head during a concert in New Jersey has reached a $2 million settlement with the show’s organizer. Jason Kooken, 46, of...