Story Archives of 'North Country'

Opponents to New Hampshire's new gay marriage statute have organized an effort to try to put the issue before voters.

They've put language on the warrants for dozens of town meetings asking that the gay marriage bill be put before a statewide popular vote.

But that effort has raised hackles and angry opposition in some North Country towns.

NHPR correspondent Chris Jensen reports.

Several small towns in the North Country got some bad news recently about high-speed internet access.

NHPR Correspondent Chris Jensen has more.

Coos County is pinning a lot of faith on tourism these days.

Residents hope out-of-state dollars will help replace some of the jobs lost when the paper industry collapsed.

But not everyone sees eye-to-eye on what makes an attractive tourist attraction.

And now three county commissioners have lined up against a major project.

NHPR Correspondent Chris Jensen has this report.

While most of the casualties we hear about from Iraq and Afghanistan involve roadside bombs and military action, not all of them are the result of combat operations. Since the US invasions of those two countries, hundreds of troops have died or been seriously injured in traffic accidents.

Car crashes are a problem at home, too. Last year about 4,000 teens were killed.

But a North Country firm and a military research center are trying to do something about both problems.

The owners and operators of the Bethlehem landfill say they have discovered pollution leaking in the system.
The D-E-S denied North Country Environmental Services, a subsidiary of Casella Waste, a permit to expand last December in part because of groundwater contamination.
North Country Environmental Services took the state to court over the issue.
As New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports, the case has now been put on hold.