Rockingham Park says it will not hold live horse racing events this year, and estimates there will be up to 100 jobs lost as a result. Officials say the track was unable to come up with the necessary funding for racing. But charitable gaming, bingo, thoroughbred, harness and greyhound simulcasting will continue at the track.
A cracked cockpit window forced an Air National Guard refueling tanker plane to do an emergency landing at the Pease Air National Guard Base. The KC-135 took off around 9:30 this morning on its way to Virginia when the crew reported the small crack and decided to return to Portsmouth. The aircraft landed 2 hours later. All 4 crew members are safe.
A suspicious fire is under investigation in Manchester. The 2-alarm fire destroyed a vacant three-story apartment building on Mammoth road early this morning. Fire Chief James Burkush believes it may have started in the back of the building.
In Concord, House lawmakers approved a bill to decriminalize possession of one-quarter ounce or less of marijuana by adults. But anyone under 18, would be subject to a $200 fine. The bill now goes to the Senate.
In Dover, authorities are investigating a man's death involving a firearm. WMUR reports investigators say the man died during a domestic dispute, but foul play is not suspected. An autopsy is scheduled tomorrow.
The President of Plymouth State University is giving her state of the university address this afternoon. Sara Jayne Steen says the school is reaching its goals of more class offerings and will be using social medial for recruitment efforts
A Concord woman is among the 200 female pilots honored in Washington today with the Congressional Gold Medal. Teresa Paul is one of the more than 1,000 women who graduated from the Women Airforce Service Pilots training program during World War II.
A longtime Manchester attorney and city water commissioner was sentenced yesterday to four years and three months in a federal corrections facility. The UnionLeader reporting Thomas J. Tessier, a partner in the now shuttered Christy & Tessier law firm, pled guilty in November to bank fraud, mail fraud and money laundering in an agreement with U.S. Attorney's Office.
Republicans in Concord are calling for a House leader to resign his leadership post because of an ethics investigation. WMUR reporting Democratic House Majority Floor Leader Dan Eaton is part of an attorney general's investigation into whether he and Liquor Commissioner Mark Bodi interfered with an investigation involving a tavern in Keene.
A Bank robbery in Derry yesterday afternoon. Just after 2 o’clock a man entered Ocean Bank on Birch Street through a front door and displayed a silver handgun. He then kicked in a door giving him access to the teller area and stole cash from the teller drawers before he fled thru a back door. No one was injured in the robbery.
The family of a missing Barrington woman goes on national TV as they continue the search. Sarah Rogers disappeared on December 13th after driving to Maine, where her car slid into a snowbank off Interstate 95 in Clinton. Maine police believe she was picked up by a passing motorist.
Top officers of a volunteer fire and rescue department have quit over differences with town officials over management of the department. Effingham residents are scheduled to vote Saturday on a proposal allowing town selectmen to choose the fire chief. The chief and other officers are currently elected by members of the fire company.The chief and Assistant Chief stepped down.
A New Hampshire judge has rejected a plea deal for a man charged with having a concealed and loaded pistol without a license outside a forum where President Barack Obama was about to speak. Sixty-two-year-old Richard Terry Young of Hampton also was charged with trespassing after he allegedly tried to get into Portsmouth High School where Obama's health care town hall meeting was scheduled on Aug. 12. The judge rejected the deal for not having Young's complete criminal history.
The New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association is investigating a melee during a high school playoff hockey game in Conway. Executive director Pat Corbin says he has seen a video of Saturday's game between Portsmouth and Kennett high schools and says the players acted inappropriately. With Kennett ahead 6-0 in the final minute, a fight erupted on the ice near the Portsmouth bench. Two Portsmouth players were given disqualifications. Corbin says both schools and the officials will submit their reports on the fight by the end of the week.
