Winter Olympics

Freestyle skier Grace Henderson of Madbury, U.S. biathlon team member Sean Doherty of Center Conway, and hockey player Caroline Harvey of Salem are three Granite Staters competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics. Another dozen Olympians have roots or ties to New Hampshire.

The short-tailed weasel, or stoat, is native to New Hampshire and, while adorable, is a fierce predator.

"The only difference I see is I'm a black young lady," U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson said, after the Russian figure skater is allowed to compete at the Olympics despite a failed drug test.

Diggins snared a hard-won bronze medal in the grueling event after Swedish skiers took an early lead. The only other time a U.S. athlete has won an individual medal in cross country came in 1976.

NHPR will air a special broadcast of Civics 101's The Politics of the Olympics on Sunday, Feb. 6 at 1 pm.

The Beijing Olympics open Feb. 4.

Kikkan Randall and Jessica Diggins are the first American women ever to win a medal in cross-country — and they made it gold.

American Lindsey Vonn won the bronze in the Olympic downhill race in South Korea on Tuesday.Sofia Goggia of Italy won the gold medal and Ragnhild…

It was a hard-won medal, on a day where 20 racers crashed out of the course as they tried to carve out time and move up the leaderboard.

A New Hampshire woman won $560 million in the Powerball lottery, and now she is fighting in court to stay anonymous. Governor Sununu nominates Robert J.…