- Todd Bookman
Update: Monday, Feb. 1, 12:10 p.m.
The University of New Hampshire is starting its spring semester today. Students began arriving on campus last week, and will return to in-person learning. Students were required to show a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival and were tested a second time on campus.
The semester is starting a week later than originally scheduled, and there will be no spring break in order to limit the chances of exposure.
The university has added beds to its COVID-19 isolation dorm. It s also starting a pilot program that will allow a small number of students to attend UNH hockey games through a lottery system.
My Turn: The path to enlightened criminal justice reform
Published: 1/31/2021 7:00:07 AM
The United States incarcerates more people per capita than any nation on Earth. That means that even non-democratic regimes like Iran, Cuba, and Russia that routinely jail people summarily have a lower incarceration rate than we do.
Not only do all other advanced countries incarcerate at a lower rate, their crime rates in those countries are often also lower than ours.
A wise friend of a notably different political persuasion than mine once said: “There are dangerous criminals that we’re rightly afraid of and they should be incarcerated, but the majority of criminals are frustrating and we are rightfully angry about their behavior, but we need to be much wiser about how we deal with them.”
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LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Additional second dose appointments open up for Phase 1B
Updated: Friday, Jan. 29, 5:00 p.m.
On Tuesday, February 2, 2021, at 8:00 a.m., additional second dose appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine will be made available for scheduling in CDC’s VAMs scheduling system. Phase 1B participants who have received their first dose were emailed instructions earlier today.
These second dose appointments will only available to people that have already received their first dose and are scheduling their second dose, and those who have already scheduled their second dose appointments but would like to reschedule for an earlier date.
LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: 16 additional COVID-19 deaths announced
Update: Thursday, Jan. 28, 4:29 p.m.
Sixteen additional residents have died from the coronavirus, state health officials announced Thursday.
The state also reported 721 new COVID-19 cases. There are 5,374 active infections statewide and 222 residents are in the hospital for treatment.
Since the pandemic began, New Hampshire has recorded 1,022 deaths and confirmed 64,258 positive cases of coronavirus.
- NHPR Staff
Update: Wednesday, Jan. 27, 5:25 p.m.
New Hampshire s death toll from COVID-19 is now more than 1,000. Today s announcement of 12 deaths brings the total number of fatalities in the state to 1,006, according to health officials.