New Hampshire

After The Snow, A Deep Freeze Is Expected Across New Hampshire

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1 year ago

January 19, 2025

After The Snow, A Deep Freeze Is Expected Across New Hampshire

CONCORD, NH — Wind gusts and frigid temperatures are expected across New Hampshire this week after Sunday’s snowstorm moves out of the region on Monday morning.

On Monday, forecasters at the National Weather Service are calling for partly sunny skies in the morning with temperatures in the lower 20s. However, winds of up to 10 to 15 mph and gusts as high as 25 mph will make it feel as if it is as low as zero degrees outside. Overnight lows will be in the lower single digits.

Similar weather is expected on Tuesday, with sunny skies, highs in the teens, and wind gusts of up to 20 mph. Overnight lows will drop into the negative — as low as -2 degrees.

Wednesday is expected to be a carbon copy of Tuesday weatherwise.

Partly sunny skies are expected on Thursday, with highs in the 20s and overnight lows in the lower single digits.

Forecasters are calling for sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

State Issues Warning

On Sunday afternoon, the New Hampshire Department of Safety Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) urged residents and visitors to take action and prepare for extreme cold starting Monday night.

The National Weather Service (NWS) in Gray, Maine, says arctic air will be the coldest to hit the region since January 2022. During overnight hours from Monday until Thursday, temperatures could feel like double digits below zero. During this time, residents and visitors should use caution during outdoor activities.

“As extreme cold temperatures move into our state tomorrow, I urge Granite Staters to stay inside whenever possible and take steps to keep themselves, their families, and their pets safe and warm,” Gov. Kelly Ayotte said. “Thank you to all of our emergency management personnel, first responders, and road crews who are working around-the-clock to keep our state safe.”

Frostbite is possible within 15 minutes when wind chill values are near minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit. At minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit, hypothermia can occur in about 10 minutes.

“Stay safe by limiting your time outdoors during the extreme cold,” HSEM Director Robert Buxton said. “If you have to travel, make sure your vehicle’s emergency kit is stocked. Check on your neighbors and those who may be more vulnerable to the cold.”

Individuals and families in need of temporary shelter to keep warm are encouraged to contact 211 to locate the closest site that is open and available to them.

Local communities are encouraged to share temporary shelter and warming locations with state officials through WebEOC so the most up-to-date local information may be provided to 2-1-1 callers.

Buxton makes the following safety recommendations:

Stay informed by signing up for NH Alerts and monitoring National Weather Service radio or broadcast weather reports.
Stay indoors and limit travel as much as possible. If travel is necessary, prepare a winter emergency kit with warm clothes, boots, blankets, flashlights, extra batteries, food and water.
Wear several layers of loose-fitting clothing when outdoors, including hat, scarf and gloves.
If clothing becomes wet, remove it immediately.
Protect people at high-risk by providing warm clothes and blankets and return indoors when shivering.
Do not use a gas range or oven as an alternate source of heat.
Plug space heaters directly into an outlet, not a power strip.

Learn more about safety during extremely cold temperatures at ReadyNH.gov.

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New Hampshire employment law in 2026 – NH Business Review

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3 hours ago

March 2, 2026

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New Hampshire employment law in 2026 – NH Business Review

What employers are getting wrong, and how to fix it before it becomes a claim

New Hampshire’s employment law landscape heading into 2026 may not be dramatically different from last year, but the real risks lie in implementation missteps. From the initial setting of wages, to calculating and distributing wages, employers will likely find a specific statute and/or labor regulation governing the transaction. Failure to follow these detailed wage and hour laws can result in significant back wages and other penalties being imposed by the state or federal Department of Labor following an audit. Fortunately, however, this area of employment law is relatively easy to master, once you are familiar with the basics.

Notice compliance

One of the most common pitfalls for employers in New Hampshire is misunderstanding the wage and hour notice requirements under RSA 275 and the related New Hampshire Department of Labor Administrative Rules.

At the time of hire, employers must notify employees in writing of their rate of pay and the day and place of payment. This notice is traditionally delivered to employees by way of an offer letter or some sort of “New Hire Rate of Pay” form. (A sample form is available from the New Hampshire Department of Labor website.) What surprises most employers, however, is that Lab. 803.03(f)(6) also requires employers to request and obtain their employees’ signatures on this written notification of wages, and employers must keep a copy of the signed written notification of wages on file. Further, employers must notify employees in writing during the course of employment of any changes to wages or day of pay prior to such changes taking effect, and the employer must obtain the employee’s signature on this subsequent notification as well. (See RSA 275:49; Lab. 803.03.)

Employers are further required to notify employees in writing, or through a posted notice maintained in a place accessible to employees, of:

• employment practices and policies with regard to vacation pay, sick leave and other fringe benefits.

• deductions made from the employee’s payroll check, for each period such deductions are made.

• information regarding the deductions allowed from wage payments under state law. (RSA 275:49; Lab. 803.03.)

Policies regarding vacation and sick leave should inform employees whether or not the employer will “cash out” unused time at year end or at the end of employment, and if so, under what terms. Again, if any changes are made to vacation pay, sick leave and other fringe benefits during the course of employment (all of which are considered “wages” under New Hampshire law), employers must request and obtain their employees’ signatures on the written notification of the change, and must keep a copy of the signed form on file. (Lab. 803.03.) Importantly, notification by way of pay stub alone is not sufficient, and, these requirements apply to both increases and decreases in pay.

Two-hour minimum (reporting pay)

Another frequently overlooked obligation is New Hampshire’s two-hour minimum reporting pay requirement. Under RSA 275:43-a, non-exempt employees who report to work but are sent home early must generally be paid for at least two hours. Weather-related closures, client cancellations or operational slowdown days can trigger this rule. Employers should also note that the New Hampshire Department of Labor currently applies this law to remote-based employees. Consequently, employees who “report to work” at an employer’s request from a home office may likewise have a right to two hours of pay, depending on the circumstances.

Salaried vs. hourly employees

Misclassification of employees as exempt from overtime remains a significant source of compliance exposure. The position’s job duties — not the titles or label such as “salaried” — determine whether an employee qualifies for an overtime exemption.

Employers, particularly in nonprofits, health care and small businesses, unintentionally misapply exempt classifications to roles such as administrative staff, office managers, executive assistants, program coordinators or hybrid jobs that involve significant non-exempt tasks. Over time, as organizational needs evolve and employees take on broader responsibilities, job duties can drift outside of an exemption’s scope.

Best practice is to periodically review job descriptions and actual job duties to ensure continued compliance with exemption criteria, particularly following any significant restructuring or job redesigns.

Peg O’Brien is chair of McLane Middleton’s Employment Law Practice Group. She can be reached at margaret.o’brien@mclane.com.

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New photo released in unsolved 1997 homicide of a N.H. woman

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15 hours ago

March 2, 2026

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New photo released in unsolved 1997 homicide of a N.H. woman

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“Our family wants to know what happened, who did this and why,” said the family of the victim.

A new photo has been released of the victim in a nearly 30-year-long unsolved murder case, in the hope of finding any new potential witnesses in the cold case, New Hampshire officials said.

“Our family wants to know what happened, who did this and why,” the family of Rosalie Miller said in a press release. “We miss her and want to give her peace.”

Miller was last seen on December 8, 1996 at her apartment in Manchester. At the time of her disappearance, Miller had plans on meeting friends in the Auburn, New Hampshire area, officials said.

Her body was found on January 20, 1997 in a partially wooded spot on a residential lot along the Londonderry Turnpike in Auburn, officials said in the release.

The autopsy report declared Miller’s death a homicide by asphyxiation due to ligature strangulation, N.H. officials wrote.

As part of a new effort to garner public help with the case, an “uncirculated” photo of Miller, 36, is being distributed “in hopes it may jog the memory of someone who saw or spoke with her in the winter of 1996,” Attorney General John M. Formella and New Hampshire State Police Colonel Mark B. Hall announced on behalf of the New Hampshire Cold Case Unit in a joint press release.

Investigators are especially hoping to talk to anyone who was in contact with Miller in December of 1996 or anyone “who may have seen her in the vicinity of the Londonderry Turnpike in Auburn during that time,” officials said in the release.

The newly released photo of Rosalie Miller, 36, who was strangled to death nearly 30 years ago. – Attorney General John M. Formella and New Hampshire State Police Colonel Mark B. Hall

“We are releasing this new photograph today because we believe someone out there has information, perhaps a detail they thought was insignificant at the time, that could be the key to solving this case and bringing justice for Rosalie and those who loved her,” Senior Assistant Attorney General R. Christopher Knowles, New Hampshire Cold Case Unit Chief said in the release.

The New Hampshire Cold Case Unit encourages anyone with any amount of information to contact the group at [email protected] or (603) 271-2663.