Belknap County finds its operations in turmoil
Nowhere have so-called “liberty” Republicans gained a tighter grip on power than in Belknap County,...

Covid pivot: a new printer
They were teammates on the University of New Hampshire volleyball team; now they’re teammates on a business venture they’re...

NH ranked second in U.S. on global investmentfueled jobs
About 49,800 workers in New Hampshire — including 22,100 manufacturing workers — are employed by the 520 global companies operating plants, offices and other facilities in the state.

‘Fact-based’ coalition formed to lobby lawmakers on Covid
Those include House Bill 1035, which makes it easier for parents to exempt their child from all mandated vaccines like those for polio, measles, and mumps.

Pandemic aid urged for affordable housing development
“A $100 million investment in the Affordable Housing Fund will help spur housing development, create more homes affordable to NH’s...

NH BUSINESS REVIEW
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USDA reaches out to NH farmers about finances
Hird says recent survey data has shown expenditures increasing for farmers between 2019 and 2020 across the United States at about a 2 percent rate.

Stay Work Play launches leadership program
Presented by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, the Rising Stars Leadership Program will help young professionals develop their personal and professional leadership skills and build deeper connections to New Hampshire,...

UNH programs seeks to boost STEM education for middle and high school English learners
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have received $3.5 million over five years from the U.S. Department of Education...

CONCORD
CONCORD: Only 45 Granite Staters filed for bankruptcy protection in December, beating the modern record by three,...

TAKE 5
54 percent of professionals are interested in fully remote positions at companies in other states or cities..

ABOUT TOWN
1. FedPoint recently contributed $10,000 to the Professional Firefighters of New Hampshire in support of its Fallen Firefighters Fund,...

THE BOTTOM LINE
During her tenure, Guertin led Anthem to retain its position as the largest health insurer in the New Hampshire market...

Vaccination fixation
Most often Democrats are the ones who raise the issue of employee rights, and they still do, when it comes to wages and benefits.

The virtual end of decorum
There was a time when we understood punctuality, appropriate attire, time boundaries, the importance of eating with our mouths closed and stifling our yawns in public.

PUC denies motion for energy-efficiency rehearing
Instead, the commission doubled down on its initial decision, dismissing claims about due process issues and that it didn’t provide proper notice to parties in the case.

The most important process
If you’re in a manufacturing organization, you might try to identify your most critical, valuable or hard-to-replicate processes.

Covid-19 is surging in NH. What has that meant for local businesses?
Membership still hasn’t reached pre-pandemic levels. But Executive Director Kerry Artman says that even with New Hampshire’s recent Covid case surge, the business has improved since 2020.

The Bill Gardner earthquake
When Secretary of State Bill Gardner stepped to the microphone in Concord on Jan. 3 and announced his imminent retirement from office, he sparked a governmental earthquake.

How should you respond to the Log4j vulnerability?
Top U.S. cybersecurity officials have called the Log4j vulnerability one of the most serious security flaws in decades.

Losing winter and big chunks of NH’s identity
Those seasonal changes, and the loss of winter, threaten to significantly alter the culture and economy of the state,...

Getting communications right
Here we are in 2022 and a third calendar year in which we long for, but do not expect, predictability and normalcy.

Will we teach our children facts or fear?
I paused and recalled what I had learned about Thomas Jefferson as a boy some 30 years ago. I remembered those timeless words he penned in the Declaration of Independence,...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Clarifying and simplifying composting regulations helps NH save money and soil at no added costs. Since we already have vast and ever-growing amounts of organic waste materials,...

Governor Sununu’s energy policy is a road to ruin
But, with a single pen stroke, we watched the governor abandon the state’s biomass industry and permanently damage our forest industry, cementing a lurch toward greater out-of-state,...

A fearless forecast for new session
Those of us who are a certain age will remember the legendary host of “The Tonight Show,” Johnny Carson.

Bank Dora looks to support under-served markets
Portsmouth-based Service Credit Union has joined with three other credit unions to support an affordable,...

SBA New Hampshire recognizes top 2021 lenders
“The success of SBA loan programs in New Hampshire is thanks to our wonderful partnerships with local and national lenders that help us provide greater access to capital for our small businesses,” Bassett said.

REDC seeks supporters of New Americans Loan Fund
The Raymond-based Regional Economic Development Center is looking for corporate partners to join in support of its 2022 NH New Americans Loan Fund,...

CALENDAR
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Q&A INTERVIEW
‘It’s been an incredible pleasure to work with so many inventive entrepreneurs and see them enter New Hampshire’s ecosystem and be able to start and grow their businesses,’...

THE LATEST
Amherst-based HPM Insurance announced the acquisition of Elliot Insurance of Goffstown, joining HPM’s other offices in Amherst, Bedford, Bristol and Laconia.

D-H names Fielding new chief financial officer
Dartmouth-Hitchcock has promoted Wendy Fielding to the position of chief financial officer.

FLOTSAM&JETSAM
Of course, there’s the outbreak of bills the NHGOPers sponsored last session and this.