New Hampshire Fish and Game Department

Authorities in New Hampshire said a hiker died due to an unknown medical condition while hiking in the Mount Washington area. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said the 66-year-old man died while hiking up the Jewell Trail on Saturday. They said he was a resident of Naugatuck, Connecticut, and was hiking with his sons when he suddenly collapsed…

A New Hampshire teen was injured when he got pinned underneath the all-terrain vehicle he had been riding in Temple, authorities said. New Hampshire Fish and Game Department officials said the 19-year-old was taken to the hospital with a head injury on Saturday afternoon. Officials say the teen lost control and the ATV rolled over on top of him and…

A missing hiker was found dead after a tree he placed his sleeping hammock on fell and struck him, New Hampshire Fish and Game conservation officers said. “There was no evidence of foul play and all indications point to this being a tragic accident,” officers said in a news release Friday. Edward Murphy, 50, of Sandown, New Hampshire, was found…

The body of a dog believed to belong to Sinead Lyon, of Lowell, Massachusetts, was found in the same New Hampshire lake, Ossipee Lake, that her body was, officials said Saturday.

One woman was seriously injured in a snowmobile accident in Pelham, New Hampshire, Saturday afternoon, officials announced. The Pelham police and fire departments responded to a report of a snowmobile accident around 1:30 p.m. at a residence on Noella Avenue. Upon arrival, officials found a Massachusetts woman, later identified as Michelle Saball, on the ground suffering from serious injuries. Saball,…

Officials say two trail runners were airlifted from a New Hampshire mountain after one man lost his shoes and continued running barefoot through several feet of snow. The Union-Leader reports that state Fish and Game Department officers were called to Mount Lafayette Saturday after 35-year-old Michael Burleson and 34-year-old Nicholas Drouin called 911. The hikers told officers they lost their…

A man is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after his snowmobile crashed Saturday in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.  The New Hampshire Fish and Game were notified of a single-occupant accident near the Smith River just after 6 p.m. Rescuers found Heath Cowper, 41, of Wolfeboro at the scene with life-threatening injuries.  Investigators say Cowper was riding on the ice when he...

People should be cautious about going out onto any ice, especially following the record rainfall recorded on Christmas Day, a New Hampshire Fish and Game Department official said. “With erratic temperatures, some areas of ice may look safe, but may not be,” Col. Kevin Jordan said in a statement on Friday. “We are urging people to check the ice thickness…

New Hampshire’s Fish and Game Department is warning hikers not to rely on cellphone mapping apps for wilderness navigation after two individuals got lost in the woods. According to the department, a mother and daughter from Massachusetts were hiking in the mountains near Tamworth Saturday when they became lost. The two women had been using a mapping application on...

A 14-year-old ATV driver was seriously injured when he missed a turn and rolled the machine down a steep bank, New Hampshire authorities said. The driver, from Charlton, Massachusetts, was riding with a group on Saturday in Woodstock, the state Fish and Game Department said in a news release. He was taken to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon for his…

A hiker was killed Saturday after falling from a waterfall in the White Mountains, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. The man had been hiking with two friends but went ahead to follow a trail to the top of Arethusa Falls, the department said. When his friends reached the falls, they found his body. The area has…

Officers rescued two lost hikers along the Weetamoo Trail on Mt. Chochorua in Tamworth, New Hampshire Saturday.  A 9-1-1 call was received at 7:30 p.m. The two hikers, Kent Blosil, 57, and Magdalena Blosil, 48, of Groton, Massachusetts, were descending down the trail when they found themselves off-trail and in the dark.  New Hampshire Fish and Game Conservation Officers were…

A Massachusetts man who suffered a medical emergency while hiking in New Hampshire has died despite rescue efforts that included a National Guard helicopter, authorities say. The 60-year-old Mashpee man was in a small group hiking to the summit of Mount Jefferson in the White Mountains when he suffered an unknown medical condition at about 2 p.m. Saturday, according to…

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says the coronavirus pandemic is contributing to an increase in problems with bears. Bear project leader Andrew Timmins says complaints have increased in part because dry weather in spring and early summer reduced natural food sources for bears, driving them into residential areas. But the pandemic also is playing a role in several…

A family was stranded for nearly seven hours in northern New Hampshire after their minivan got stuck on a snowmobile trail. The New Hampshire Fish and Game department says two adults and five children from Burlington, Massachusetts, were trying to get from the Bretton Woods ski area to a hotel on Saturday when their vehicle’s GPS directed them to...

A Portsmouth man had to be helped down a hiking trail after he suffered from heat-related injuries Saturday during a 16-mile hike in the White Mountains.

Rescuers say they used a mountain train that was in the midst of an anniversary celebration to rescue a hiker who injured his back on Mt. Washington.

Rescuers say they used a mountain train that was in the midst of an anniversary celebration to rescue a hiker who injured his back on Mt. Washington.

The death of a 12-year-old New Hampshire boy whose body was found Friday afternoon in the Bellamy River is under investigation. Authorities said Nathaniel Boily was last seen Thursday leaving Dover Middle School at the end of the school day. His family contacted police when he didn’t return home.

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says conflicts between humans and bears rose sharply this past year, with the state seeing its highest numbers of bear killings since 2014.