The unemployment rate for the United States continued its upward rise in July hitting 6 percent, compared to 4.9 percent a year ago.

New Hampshire suffered more than $20 million in damage from last week's floods and July's tornado, the governor said today.

Selectmen have charged that a member of the Merrimack County Sheriff's Department acted "in a biased and irresponsible manner'' in the role he played in the town's selection of a new police chief.