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Communities across the state are feeling the impact of the high cost of oil these days. It now costs more to heat town hall and to fuel city garbage trucks.

Asphalt is also a petroleum product and towns are facing double digit increases in the cost of paving our roads. As a result, towns across New Hampshire are cutting back up to 30 percent of their road repair projects this summer.

NHPR’s Katie Ahern has the story.

Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton made their first campaign appearance together in the small New Hampshire town of Unity.

Speaking in front of thousands of supporters - and a few Clinton backers who were pointedly not supporting Obama - the two urged Democrats to come together for the fall elections.

Reporter Josh Rogers was in Unity and describes the event to NHPR's Brady Carlson.

For about 40 years, the sternotomy has been the gold standard for open heart surgery.

Chest bones are split and patients’ ribs are stretched open to allow access to the chest cavity.

The practice is still widely used, but many doctors are looking for less invasive methods.

A few surgeons in the nation are using some nimble-fingered robots to help repair hearts.

But as NHPR’s Dianne Finch reports, not all surgeons are pleased with that idea.

One of the challenges consumers face, especially in these days of high food prices, is getting the most out of their grocery dollars.

That’s particularly true in the North Country.

There, fewer supermarkets means a lack of competition that could hold prices down.

But a citizens group in Littleton is working on a solution they hope will help ease the problem.

NHPR correspondent Chris Jensen has the story.

Gasoline may be at more than $4 a gallon, but that's not stopping ATV enthusiasts.

As NHPR Correspondent Chris Jensen reports, fans are still coming to the Jericho Mountain ATV Park near Berlin.