A frequent refrain heard around the State House is “Government should operate more like a business.”

Local journalism is more than headlines: it’s your right to know, your voice in action, your protection against secrecy.

As the report of the Supreme Court Committee on the Fuentes matter revealed, despite there being sufficient evidence “available” to hold Gleason without bail, that complete cache of evidence was not brought before every judge who heard, or could have heard, the question of his dangerousness.…

CONWAY — The radio station around here has a popular morning feature called “Talk of the Towns,” and in the past week, the talk of the towns, and of New Hampshire more generally, has been Rudolph Giuliani’s injury in an automobile accident.

The people of Berlin, and of New Hampshire as a whole, will not forget the tragedy of Marisol Fuentes’s murder. Nor will we forget the failures within our courts that served as an accomplice. One thing is clear: Granite Staters are grateful that Magistrate Stephanie Johnson has been removed …

The United States government spent nearly $7 trillion in the most recent fiscal year. No matter how you slice it, that’s a lot of money. Most of us would agree the government spends more than it needs to. Getting a handle on spending is no easy task, but we need to do it.

In late July, State Representative Brian Valerino (R-Berlin) resigned his seat in the New Hampshire House because he was appointed the Warden of the New Hampshire State Prison (located in Berlin). This was a pretty logical appointment; Valerino had been the well-regarded Sheriff of Coos Coun…

New Hampshire has just enacted a law making it illegal for “illegals” to drive here. So who is “illegal?” Well, Trump let in three million migrants to apply for asylum and protective status during his first term.

Most of the world scarcely noticed when tensions flared between India and Pakistan this spring. Terrorists allegedly killed dozens of civilians in the disputed Kashmir region, and soon the two countries were launching airstrikes and drone attacks against each other.

At some point in our lives, almost everyone has an opportunity to listen to other people’s stories. Whether we are parents or grandparents, veterans or teachers, or simply people who’ve gone through stuff, we humans enjoy telling people about our lives through stories. It’s probably embedded…

Many Democrats and some Republicans expressed alarm last month when President Donald Trump ordered attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities. Most Americans agree that Iran shouldn’t develop nuclear weapons, but was joining Israel in attacking Iran the best way to stop it? Would the strikes risk…

King Ridge Ski Area, where I learned to ski many years ago, was called an upside-down ski area.

On June 11, the Berlin Sun carried one of Garry Rayno’s reliably partisan columns, disparaging Education Freedom Accounts. That, in itself, was no surprise, but this particular column was even more stylistically awkward and incoherent than his usual fare, and it seemed especially brazen in p…

CONCORD — In a 3-2 decision, the New Hampshire Supreme Court has again found the state has failed to meet its constitutional obligation to provide its students with an adequate education and to pay for it as it did in the Claremont ruling.

Elections have consequences and they are apparent when comparing the 2023 vote on the state operating budget to what happened last week.