A New Hampshire Fish and Game Officer is returning to the job following a serious crash in June, reports WMUR.
In June, Conservation Officer Matthew Holmes was attempting to pull over two speeding off-road vehicles when a third crashed into his patrol ATV at approximately 60 MPH. Holmes was ejected from his vehicle and left unconscious.
He reportedly broke some ribs, but has made a full recovery.
Officials state that Holmes wants to thank everyone for the well wishes and support he received.
Three more Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles locations will soon be reopening, reports WCAX.
DMV Branches in Bennington, Newport, and Springfield will now be opening to the public on an appointment-only basis.
According to the DMV Commissioner, this decision comes due to the rousing success of the last three branch re-openings.
All three locations will be open from 8 AM to 4 PM, with appointment scheduling available starting today. However, appointments dates do not begin until October 5th.
The three branches will reportedly offer regular office transactions, operator exams and CDL permit exams. At this time, CDL skills exams or motorcycle skills tests will not be available.
Authorities are investigating a deadly crash in Concord, reports WMUR.
At approximately noon on Tuesday, a black Chevrolet Corvette crashed on Route 106, just south of the Loudon town line. There were reportedly no other vehicles involved in the accident.
Officers are requesting that anyone who witnessed the crash to call the Concord Police Department at 603-225-8600, or the Concord Regional Crimeline at 603-226-3100.
New Hampshire is about to receive 25,000 COVID-19 rapid testing kits, reports WMUR.
According to the report, the state is set to receive 25,000 Abbott BinaxNOW rapid-antigen COVID-19 testing kits. State officials say that the tests are highly accurate while being very small in size.
Dr. Jonathan Ballard of the Department of Health and Human Services stated, “The nasal swab only goes into the tip of the nose, and it’s inserted into this card, and after 15 minutes, a line appears on the card that determines if the test is positive, and if it doesn’t appear, it’s negative.”
The tests are said to be 97% accurate when administered properly. However, the tests only work on those who have been symptomatic in the past seven days.
20 hospitals around the state are set to get the tests in approximately two weeks, as well as two National Guard drive-thru testing sites in Concord and Londonderry.
Unemployed Vermont citizens have yet to receive their extra $100 per week from the state, reports WCAX.
The money was reportedly meant to soften the blow for people when the extra $600 from Congress ran out. The $100 a week is included in the updated budget that has yet to land on Governor Phil Scott’s desk for final approval.
According to WCAX, VT will use the CARES ACT funds to pay the $100 boost, but Scott has yet to decide whether these payments will be backdated or not.
A federal jury have found a Keene, New Hampshire white supremacist guilty of criminal threatening and extortion, reports nhpr.
On Monday, jurors delivered the verdict to 39-year-old Christopher Cantwell, who had been accused of threatening to rape the wife of a man whom he reportedly believed had been harassing him online. He was found guilty on two charges, but not guilty on cyber-stalking charges.
Prosecutors state that Cantwell threatened to rape the wife of the victim if he didn’t give information about the organizer of a group named “Bowl Patrol”. Media reports state that members of Bowl Patrol support violence against racial and religious minorities.
Cantwell then released the victim’s private information, including his address, on an online forum. He also filed a report with child protective services against the victim.
Cantwell has been taken into custody, and awaits sentencing in January.
A local hospital has opened a donor milk depot and dispensary, reports WCAX.
According to the report, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon has opened the location at its Women’s Health Resource Center. They have partnered with Mother’s Milk Bank Northeast to offer a place where women with excess milk can donate to babies who are in need.
Families who have infants that have been prescribed pasteurized human donor milk can pick it up and take it home.
Babies can currently get milk at 11 NH hospitals, but after leaving, families must travel to dispensaries or arrange shipping from a milk bank.
A Jaffrey, New Hampshire couple have pleaded not guilty to charges connected to the killing of a Keene man, reports WMUR.
30-year-old Armando Barron has been charged with capital murder for the alleged kidnapping and killing of Jonathan Amerault, 25, of Keene. 31-year-old Brittany Barron, his wife, has been charged with three counts of falsifying evidence associated with the crime.
A police affidavit alleges that Barron assaulted his wife upon discovering that her and Amerault were having an affair. He then allegedly used her cell phone to lure Amerault to Annett Wayside Park in Rindge. The affidavit later states that on Saturday night, the couple traveled to the park, where Armando assaulted Amerault before ordering him into the back of the car, and shooting him.
They then reportedly traveled 200 miles to northern NH, where they decapitated Amerault, wrapped his head in a tarp, and placed it in a grave.
Defense lawyers claim that any of Brittany’s actions were done under her husband’s orders, and fear for her life. According to authorities, she cooperated fully “to the point that she helped solve the crime.” But prosecutors state that she only assisted the investigation after being caught.
The couple are currently being held without bail. If convicted, Armando Barron could spend life in prison.
According to New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, a statewide severe drought law is on the horizon, reports the Associated Press.
On Wednesday, Sununu requested that the Executive Council prepare to vote over the phone on an emergency law that would prohibit outdoor fires near public woodlands. The aim of this new law is to prevent forest fires in the state.
Due to NH’s lack of substantial rainfall in weeks, some private wells have dried up, and water bans on lawns and car washing have been implemented.
According to Sununu, the state is currently looking to ban, “kindling of any open fires and smokers and smoking near woodlands.”
Investigators have found a body that they believe to be a missing Keene man in northern New Hampshire, reports WMUR.
On Wednesday, the attorney general’s office stated that investigators have found what they believe to be the body of 25-year-old missing Keene man, Jonathan Amerault. The corpse was discovered in the area of Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant in Coos County. An autopsy has been scheduled for Thursday.
Amerault was reported missing on Monday, after failing to report to work. Friends and family stated that he had not been seen since Saturday. At this time, investigators are calling the death “suspicious”, although there does not appear to be any danger to the public.
If you have any information in reference to Amerault’s whereabouts since Saturday, the NH State Police ask that you call them at 603-628-8477.
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