Melanie Plenda

April 4, 2020

LGH Healthcare Furloughs 600 people

Melanie Plenda

April 4, 2020

Emergency medicine, critical care and COVID-19 services will remain open.

Melanie Plenda

April 4, 2020

COVID-19

States Seeks to Reassure Environmental Groups

Melanie Plenda

April 4, 2020

COVID-19

The state is trying to reassure environmental advocates in the wake of a controversial federal decision to ease pollution enforcement during the pandemic.

Melanie Plenda

April 4, 2020

COVID-19

Managing Mental Health During the Pandemic

Melanie Plenda

April 4, 2020

COVID-19

Those with preexisting mental health conditions like depression and anxiety, and children are especially vulnerable during this time.

Melanie Plenda

April 3, 2020

COVID-19

Hikers Urged to Avoid Crowded Trails

Melanie Plenda

April 3, 2020

COVID-19

Last Saturday, with sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-50s, hikers flocked to the mountain in droves.

Melanie Plenda

April 3, 2020

COVID-19

Golfers Petition State to Play

Melanie Plenda

April 3, 2020

COVID-19

Golfers throughout the state have come together and set up a petition asking Sununu to reconsider his decision to close the state’s golf courses.

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

Inmates Released to Slow COVID-19 Spread

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

Social distancing is nearly impossible to maintain in jails or prisons, corrections officials say, and some inmates could be at risk for serious or life-threatening symptoms from the coronavirus.

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

"Essential Services" Casts Wide Net

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

The question of whether a business is labeled “essential” or not in either state is far from an abstract exercise.

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

COVID-19 Takes Big Bite Out of Lottery

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

Sales of traditional products have fallen somewhat as the public has responded to guidance to limit travel and remain indoors.

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

Advocates Warn of Increased Child Abuse

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

On Tuesday, advocates working on behalf of New Hampshire’s children pitched staffing a new “warmline” for families struggling to keep it together during the COVID-19 crisis.

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

Big Spike in Unemployment Claims

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

Some 27,454 New Hampshire workers and business owners filed initial unemployment claims in the week ending March 28, bringing the number of claims for benefits in the Granite State to 56,833 in two weeks.

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

Internet Providers Managing Surge

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

The internet service providers with the largest portion of the New Hampshire market report traffic is up, as so many employees work from home, students use remote learning tools and people spend more of their leisure time stream videos and play games online.

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

Out-of-Towners Head North

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

The new arrivals are looking for an escape amid the coronavirus pandemic – causing an unusual sense of tension in places where locals and out-of-towners can usually coexist.

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

COVI-19 Affects Landlord-Tenant Relations

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

Emergency Order #4 prohibits the initiation of eviction proceedings for the duration of the State of Emergency.

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

International College Students in Limbo

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

More than 4,000 international college students in New Hampshire are facing a sober reality: the risk of going home.

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

COVID-19 and the Gig Economy

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

Gov. Chris Sununu passed emergency legislation that made self-employed workers eligible for unemployment benefits if they have lost work and income due to COVID-19.

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

NH Considers Hotels for COVID-19 Overflow

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

Homeless advocates and officials have struggled in recent weeks to develop a solution for how to house and keep socially distanced the state’s homeless population.

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

Makerspaces Manufacture Faceshields, Masks

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

In response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, makerspaces across the state have mobilized an effort to manufacture protective face shields for health care workers.

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

At-Risk Populations May Need More Care

Melanie Plenda

April 2, 2020

COVID-19

With higher estimated percentages of older adults and younger at-risk adults than the country as a whole, New Hampshire’s health care system may be especially strained to respond to this crisis.

Melanie Plenda

April 1, 2020

COVID-19

CARES Act a Lifeline to Businesses

Melanie Plenda

April 1, 2020

COVID-19

Many small businesses breathed a sigh of relief when Congress passed the CARES Act to help prevent them from going under during the Covid-19 outbreak, providing hope that when it is safe to do so, they can bring their employees back and resume operations.

Melanie Plenda

April 1, 2020

COVID-19

Stimulus Package Bolsters Range of Services

Melanie Plenda

April 1, 2020

COVID-19

New Hampshire’s federal delegation is providing more detail on how the $2 trillion stimulus package signed into law last week will benefit the state.