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The Republican race for U-S Senate has grown more heated. In a bitter debate last night, incumbent Bob Smith and challenger John Sununu repeatedly accused each other of distortions and personal attacks. NHPR's Trish Anderton reports.

NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATE PRESIDENT ARTHUR KLEMM FACES A TOUGH RE-ELECTION BID.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE FRANK SAPARETO IS CHALLENGING KLEMM IN THE SEPTEMBER 10 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
AND THE SENATE PRESIDENT HAS TO CAMPAIGN ON HIS CHALLENGER’S HOME TURF.
NHPR CORRESPONDENT DARRELL HALEN REPORTS.

ALL THIS WEEK NHPR IS BRINGING LISTENERS STUMP SPEECHES FROM THE FIVE LEADING CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR IN THE SEPTEMBER 10TH PRIMARY.
THE CANDIDATES SPOKE LAST WEEK AT A LACONIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FORUM.
FORUM ORGANIZERS GAVE EACH CANDIDATE 20 MINUTES TO TELL VOTERS WHY HE OR SHE SHOULD BE GOVERNOR.
TODAY WE HEAR FROM STATE SENATOR MARK FERNALD, A DEMOCRAT FROM SHARON.

New England's governors and their eastern Canadian counterparts wrapped up their three day annual meeting in Quebec City yesterday.

The leaders endorsed resolutions to increase border cooperation and promote freer movement of trade between Canada and the United States.

They also agreed to continue their fight against global warming and improve energy cooperation.

The Resolution on Energy Cooperation should help to ensure that red tape doesn't get in the way of importing clean hyrdo-generated electricity from Canada.

NHPR correspondent Rick Kalb reports from Quebec City.

Members of New Hampshire?s timber industry are applauding the president?s plan to ease restrictions on logging in national forests. With Oregon?s 471 thousand acre Biscuit fire last week, President George W. Bush said forest thinning is the best way to reduce the risk of catastrophic fires that have come to be routine in western states. The White Mountain National Forest, however, isn?t very susceptible to large-scale fires. And as NHPR?s Dan Gorenstein reports, some local environmentalists call the president?s plan a gift to logging interests.