17+ hour, 47+ min ago   (788+ words) I am not a sociologist — or ologist of any kind — but I may be on to something. Lately I’ve been wondering where all the local characters have gone. As a flatlander who sputtered his way here in 1982 in a green…...

21+ hour, 53+ min ago   (337+ words) The search committee for Keene State College’s next president hopes to define the experience and attributes it’s looking for in a leader over the next month, its chair said Wednesday. After the job description is finalized, a search firm working…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1151+ words) When the missiles began streaking through the sky, Nataliia Otbliesk pretended that the bombs falling over her home country of Ukraine were merely “a thunderstorm.” In her early 80s at the time, she refused to acknowledge the gravity of the war…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1152+ words) Tom Sullivan and Susan Lloyd were the first to quietly pull up chairs in front of the television as they watched the results of their efforts play out on cable news. They spent hours volunteering at the polls on Tuesday…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (577+ words) Vermont Lt. Gov. John Rodgers is facing a $5,000 fine from state regulators after an inspector found him growing at least 100 cannabis plants at a site in Glover, Vt., where he did not have permission to do so. The Cannabis Control…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (646+ words) New Hampshire voters have cast their ballots in Tuesday’s primary election, letting us know which Democrats and Republicans they want to face off against each other across several key races in November– from governor to county commissioner. While the Secretary…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (23+ words) NH midterm primary results – check back for updates Valley News Executive Council (contested races only) NH House – Sullivan County D-8 (contested races only)...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (846+ words) Education funding, property taxes and a deep unease over national politics dominated conversations outside polling places from Lebanon to Newport as Upper Valley voters headed to the polls Tuesday for New Hampshire’s primary elections. Lois Rowland, 82, of Etna, summed up…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (248+ words) SOUTH ROYALTON — After more than a year of interim leadership, Vermont Law and Graduate School has hired a new president. Melissa Hoffer, who currently serves as Massachusetts’ climate chief, will begin her tenure Dec. 1, according to a news release from…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (449+ words) If you’re planning to vote in Tuesday’s party primaries — and you should, because party primaries are important and most people ignore them, which means your ballot carries more weight — here’s what you need to know before you arrive at the…...