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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Take two snowballs and call me in the morning? Dr. Sarah Crockett, who specializes in emergency and wilderness medicine, doesn’t explicitly tell her patients at New HampshireÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center to swallow snow, but she often prescribes more time ...

Michigan sees record cougar reports in 2025

Cougars were detected 31 times in Michigan in 2025, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. ThatÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ the highest number of confirmed observations since the predator was wiped out of the state in the early 1900s. And the count is expected to increase. “That number will ...

Turning back time?

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is scheduled to meet at Commission headquarters in Harrisburg on Saturday, Jan. 24 to consider significant changes to the hunting season framework for the 2026-27 hunting year. Foremost among potential changes is shifting the opening of firearms deer season one ...

Mother Nature full of uncertainty

Our weather has always been full of uncertainty. This past week weather forecasters have been trying to figure out the actual path of the winter storm that is affecting much of the country this weekend. The Weather Channel this past Wednesday morning was calling for a massive winter storm to ...

Outdoors Calendar

(To request to have an item added to the Outdoors Calendar or to send a digital image of your harvested bear, deer or turkey photo for possible publication please email hssports@heraldstandard.com.) CROSS COUNTRY SKI DEMO DAY 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 24 at Laurel Hill State Park, ...

Winter mid-term report

Climate is what we expect and consists of data of past weather for periods of time. It takes at least 30 years of weather data to get a good average of what to expect although the longer the period of data the better for weather scientists to work with to predict future weather. The old ...