Fall 2000 Headlines

Sarah Unis
News Service Assignment - The Keene Sentinel, Keene, N.H. Internship - Fox News Television

Clark Aims At Upsetting Sununu
Martha Fuller Clark feels as though her 10 years of experience in the New Hampshire state legislature might be enough to defeat incumbent Republican John Sununu and make it to the first district of New Hampshire in the United States House of Representatives.

The Electoral College 101
WASHINGTON - While the nation waits to learn who is going to win what is proving to be one of the closest elections in a hundred years, attention has turned to the little known institution known as the Electoral College.

Firstgov.gov - The Government At Your Fingertips
WASHINGTON - A new government website provides one-stop access to all online United States Federal Government resources. The website, located at www.FirstGov.gov, is an official U.S. Government website that was launched on September 22. The site provides access to all online government documents and can search half a billion documents in less than one-quarter of a second.

Gilford Looking For A Full-Service Post Office
WASHINGTON- The holiday season brings one of the busiest times for the U.S. Postal Service. But for residents of Gilford, sending a package to relatives may not be all that easy.

Greater Laconia Transit Authority to expand service
WASHINGTON - A new federal grant that will pay for extending bus service in and around Laconia could help bring new workers to the area to fill available retail and factory jobs.

Debate brings White Mountains roadless initiative to the forefront
WASHINGTON--The fight over banning new roads in national forests, including in the White Mountain National Forest, was mentioned in this week's presidential debate when Republican nominee George W. Bush criticized President Clinton's plan to halt the construction of national forest roads.

Bi-Partisanship needed for next Congress to operate smoothly
WASHINGTON-With the 106th Congress still in town trying to wrap up this year's budget, members of Congress are looking to next session, with the Senate being possibly being a 50/50 split of Republicans and Democrats, and wondering just how things will work.

Sununu and Congress aim to wrap up before the election
WASHINGTON- The snarled Congressional budget process has not discouraged Congressman John E. Sununu from considering the 106th Congress a GOP success story.

White Mountain search and rescue receives $100,000 in federal funding
WASHINGTON-Although Congressman John Sununu (R-NH) loves skiing, he hadn't skied at Tuckerman's Ravine until June of 1999 and when he was there he took the opportunity to check in with the Forest Service rangers.