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In the early 2000s, scientists began finding what appeared to be bald spots in dense, grassy salt marshes up and down the East Coast. These patches have since multiplied, and they now threaten to destroy coastal landscapes. Eventually, the culprit was identified: persistent, ravenous, purple crabs. Finally, scientists may have a plan to beat them.

The White Mountain School closed its doors at the end of June, and alumni of all ages shared their youthful hijinks in a final hurrah over the weekend.

Garden design author Gordon Hayward has been writing a series of profile pieces for the Brattleboro Reformer. He thinks knowing more about our neighbors is one way to address the global challenges we all face.

The new law has drawn pushback from people who've been injured from unintentional firings of their Sig Sauer pistols.

Join NHPR’s for the 3rd Annual By Degrees Climate Summit: Healthy Connections, in partnership with New Hampshire PBS, on Friday, May 2nd at St. Anselm College!

Advocates are concerned about proposed legislation in the NH State House that they say could make it harder for people with disabilities to vote.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on the latest international efforts to organize an emergency relief operation for one million Rwandan refugees stranded by the fighting in eastern Zaire. The Clinton administration is studying a French proposal for a multinational force that would protect the refugees and help them return safely to Rwanda. But there are many obstacles to overcome, not the least of which is the Hutu refugees' fear of returning to Tutsi-controlled Rwanda.

Danny speaks to Rwanda's Ambassador to the United States, Theogene Rudasingwa. The Rwandan diplomat says the return of the refugees back home obviates the need for a multinational force, whose original mission was to secure the refugees against attacks by Hutu militiamen. With the militamen now on the run, Rudasingwa says his country can be responsible for security. But he now wants international donors who sustained the refugees in their camps to give the funds to Rwanda for their resettlement.

Daniel talks with Harlan Hale, Assistant Director of Food and Logistics for the relief organization, CARE. Hale is in Kigali, Rwanda to help organize food distribution and other aid for returning refugees. The plan is to provide one months of food rations for those refugees and to establish work programs. To complicate matters, between 80-thousand and 100-thousand refugee homes are currently occupied by squaters who will need to be re-settled.

The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted down a bill today, HB1542, which would allow revolvers and pistols on state college campuses. The vote…