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Ever since the September 11th attacks in New York and Washington, Americans have been on alert for what may happen next. In Portsmouth that waiting is complicated by the fact that the navy and national guard have bases there and a nuclear power plant is just down the road in Seabrook. Lars Trodson, editor for the Portsmouth Herald told NHPR?s Lisa Peakes, the feeling in town has become tense.

The Wild River rises in White Mountain National Forest near Jackson ands runs north to the Androscoggin River just east of the Maine border. It?s one of the North Country?s best, if little known trout streams. The U.S. Forest Service has just completed a study of the watershed, and as correspondent Rebecca Brown reports, their results include good news for anglers.

A state senate committee heard testimony today on a bill that would extend New Hampshire's definition of "ski-craft" - better known as "jet-skis," -- or -- "personal watercraft."

Proponents of the bill want personal watercraft that carry three-and-four-passengers to be subject to the same rules governing one-and-two-person craft.

NHPR's Doug Macpherson reports.

WHEN SUICIDAL ATTACKERS STRUCK THE WORLD TRADE CENTERS AND THE PENTAGON NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO, MICHAEL FERBER WAS TEACHING A CLASS.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ENGLISH PROFESSOR HAD VOLUNTEERED TO TEACH A NEW COURSE THIS SEMESTER.
IT'S NOT LITERATURE, OR LITERARY CRITICISM.
THIS SEMESTER HE'S TEACHING A COURSE ON NON-VIOLENCE?.
AND AS HE TELLS NHPR'S MARK BEVIS, ALL OF A SUDDEN, ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, HIS CLASS TOOK ON A NEW URGENCY.

Berlin, New Hampshire, is short on good news. The town?s largest employer, Pulp And Paper Of America, has declared bankruptcy. Town officials are cutting the budget and entertaining the idea of a new federal prison. Despite the town?s woes, its story has been wiped off the front pages of the state?s newspapers by the attack on the U-S.

But Barbara Tetreault, a reporter with the Berlin Daily Sun, says residents agree with the shift in focus.