Noah Diedrich - Keene Sentinel

The programs were put on administrative hold because of faculty retirements, staffing challenges, low enrollments and redundancies across New Hampshire’s university and community college systems, according to Kirsti Sandy, Keene State’s provost and vice president of academic affairs.

The New Hampshire Attorney General said Wednesday that a Charlestown police officer was justified in the use of deadly force when he fired his weapon and shot a driver fleeing a scene on Nov. 14, 2025.

Under pressure from budget deficits and declining state funding, the university system is exploring structural changes across Keene, Plymouth, and UNH.