Government
Sununu: Walk-in vaccination sites opening around the state
A round-up of Gov. Chris Sununu’s press conference on Jan. 19. READ MORE
Articles by Paula Tracy
Government
Sununu Center gets additional $846K in federal money to attempt to adequately staff up
The Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester will get another $846,000 in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to help staff the facility for troubled youth as the state moves in 2023 to transition it to a more clinical-based model. READ MORE
COVID-19 in NH: Latest news and updates
Dr. Chan: COVID-19 cases double in a week; changes in reporting deaths
With the number of new COVID-19 cases doubling in a week to about 2,500 a day across the state, Gov. Chris Sununu announced Wednesday that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is now the dominant strain and warned that hospitalizations will likely continue to be very high for the next two months.
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COVID-19 in NH: Latest news and updates
Sununu deploys 100 more National guardsmen to help nursing homes, hospitals
Gov. Chris Sununu is calling up an additional 100 members of the National Guard and adopting a new five-day isolation and quarantine guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, rather than 10 days. READ MORE
COVID-19 in NH: Latest news and updates
Health officials peppered with questions about CDC quarantine changes
School and child-care providers peppered top state officials with questions about CDC’s new quarantine and isolation guidance in its regular, virtual briefing Wednesday, telling them it is making their job harder. READ MORE
COVID-19 in NH: Latest news and updates
Sununu says hospitalizations down; Elliot Hospital adds refrigerator truck for potential corpses
Facing some of the worst statistics during the pandemic with hospitalizations straining capacity and federal emergency resources being drawn here, Gov. Chris Sununu announced measures Wednesday to counter COVID-19 to bring numbers down including more in-home tests and new fixed vaccination sites. READ MORE
Government
Executive Council approves Chicoine to head Energy Department, funds to help hospitals
The Executive Council voted 4-1 to confirm Jared Chicoine as Commissioner of the new Department of Energy and approved funding for Gov. Chris Sununu’s plan to help hospitals that are stressed with the recent COVID-19 surge. READ MORE
COVID-19 in NH: Latest news and updates
Medical teams from National Guard, FEMA called in to help hospitals with surge
Gov. Chris Sununu is calling up 70 members of the New Hampshire National Guard and FEMA is sending medical teams to help hospitals with the COVID-19 surge. READ MORE
COVID-19 in NH: Latest news and updates
State confirms active COVID-19 clusters in schools on the rise
State epidemiologist Dr. Ben Chan did not sugar-coat the situation in schools and child-care centers after Thanksgiving as COVID-19 cases soar across the state. READ MORE
Government
Officials say they’ll find funds to replace $27M nixed by Executive Councilors
While the Executive Council’s Republican majority rejected $27 million in federal funds for boosting vaccines, effectively slowing the potential roll-out of clinics for 125,000 New Hampshire children ages 5-11, state officials said they believe they can find a total of $22 million from other accounts. READ MORE
