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Overview
The New Hampshire Union Leader in Manchester is the state's largest newspaper and the main paper for the State House, and the Concord Monitor covers the capital and the state courts. The Nashua Telegraph, the Portsmouth Herald and Foster's Daily Democrat in Dover, the Keene Sentinel, the Valley News in Lebanon, the Laconia Daily Sun, the Conway Daily Sun, the Eagle-Times in Claremont and the Berlin Sun cover their regions, and the New Hampshire Bulletin covers state policy online.
New Hampshire newspapers carry the legal notices state law requires for foreclosures, probate and town actions, publish obituaries for ten counties, and hold court coverage that pairs with the judicial branch's case access system.
Official sources on this page were checked on September 25, 2026.
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New Hampshire Newspapers
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Major New Hampshire newspapers and what they cover
The Union Leader covers Manchester, Hillsborough County, state government and the federal court in Concord, with back issues from the 1860s onward in the digital archives. The Monitor covers Concord, Merrimack County, the legislature and the New Hampshire Supreme Court. The Telegraph covers Nashua, the Herald and Foster's cover the Seacoast, the Sentinel covers Keene and the Monadnock region, and the Valley News covers the Upper Valley on both sides of the Connecticut River. Town weeklies carry select board minutes, police logs and the probate notices from New Hampshire's circuit court probate divisions.
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Historic New Hampshire newspapers online
The New Hampshire State Library in Concord holds newspaper microfilm for the whole state, and New Hampshire titles appear in Chronicling America through the New Hampshire Digital Newspaper Project. The Manchester City Library provides free access to the Union Leader archive with a library card, and the New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord holds early titles and an obituary index. Dartmouth College Library holds Upper Valley newspapers.
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Legal notices, public notices and obituaries in New Hampshire
New Hampshire law requires foreclosure sale notices, probate notices to creditors, name changes, tax deed notices and town warrants, budgets and hearings to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the town or county, and the New Hampshire Press Association collects them in a statewide search. Obituaries run in most New Hampshire papers, daily and weekly, and the New Hampshire Historical Society keeps an obituary index. Court coverage pairs with the judicial branch's case access portal for the superior and circuit courts.
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Straight answers
New Hampshire Newspaper Directory, questions
What is New Hampshire's largest newspaper?
The New Hampshire Union Leader in Manchester, followed by the Concord Monitor, the Nashua Telegraph, the Portsmouth Herald and Foster's Daily Democrat, and the Keene Sentinel.
Where are historic New Hampshire newspapers online?
Chronicling America carries New Hampshire titles through the New Hampshire Digital Newspaper Project, and the State Library holds the rest on microfilm.
Where are New Hampshire foreclosure notices published?
In a newspaper of general circulation in the town or county, collected in the New Hampshire Press Association's statewide public notice search.