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A lawsuit by national medical groups has forced the Trump administration to revert to previous vaccination guidelines, but the strained relationship between pediatricians and the new CDC continues in western Massachusetts and beyond. -
Scientists with the Nature Conservancy and Forest Service have been raising American elms that are bred to be resistant to Dutch elm disease at two sites in Vermont. Now, they’re injecting them with the fungus to see what happens. -
The offshore wind developer is suing GE for trying to leave the project before the turbines are operating at full capacity. -
The short river in York County is one of the most heavily-dammed waterways in Maine that doesn't have any fish passage. -
As seals return to the waters off the Cape and Islands, white sharks aren’t far behind. And, it turns out, they aren’t the only seal-hunting sharks in our waters. -
Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, speaking at the summit for the Health Equity Compact in Springfield on June 2, 2026,, said the Trump Administration's cuts in health care are "mean and dumb." She said Massachusetts leaders will do their best to mitigate the harms. -
Gov. Phil Scott has signed a bill that allows the Windham County Sheriff’s Department to set up a regional police department overseen by towns that opt into the pilot program. -
Nearly half of New Hampshire residents say their household finances are worse off than a year ago. -
A segment of the Lincoln Woods hiking trail from the Kancamagus Highway to the junction of the Osseo Trail will be closed from June 15 to November to repair and stabilize the riverbank nearby, according to the White Mountain National Forest Service. -
The Democrat is once again in the spotlight after two national newspapers published stories about sexually explicit texts that Platner reportedly sent to multiple women before he launched his Senate bid. -
From farms to fields to logging camps, New Hampshire's forests have changed in ways big and small over the course of the country's history. -
Joshua Scherz and his partner Erika Colby aim to package flounder, cod, oysters, and other seafood into attractive tins to offer new marketing opportunities for fishermen up and down the coast.
