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New Hampshire Republicans say there’s a lot to like about Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Senator McCain’s running mate.

New Hampshire Democrats like the pick too, although for entirely different reasons.

The question in New Hampshire- a swing state- is whether selecting a female Vice Presidential candidate will help tilt the election to Republicans.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.

The State of New Hampshire is on the lookout for a serious tree killer.

We're not talking about the wooly adelgid here.

This new danger is called the Asian Longhorned Beetle.

And Kyle Lombard rates its threat level right up there with dutch elm disease and chestnut blight.

Lombard studies forest insects and diseases for the Division of Forest and Lands.

He tells NHPR's Mark Bevis that this beetle recently showed up just south of the border in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Forest Jam 2008 has come and gone.

Organizers had billed the three day outside music festival as a celebration of nature and environmental sustainability.

And they promised 2 dollars from each ticket would be donated to groups working to protect New Hampshire Forests.

Correspondent Sean Hurley went to all three days and has this report:

Governor John Lynch goes into this election as the odds on favorite to win a third term. Few, if any, political observers give Republican challenger Joe Kenney much chance of unseating him. Lynch’s opponent in the democratic primary, retired Teacher Katy Forry, faces an even bigger challenge. Forry lacks fame, money and staff. She’s also based her campaign on a policy that has never led to the corner office: passage of a general state income tax. New Hampshire Public Radio’s Josh Rogers has more.

The pressure of high heating oil prices isn’t hitting just homeowners and property managers.

It is also putting a great deal of pressure on the finances of oil dealers.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s David Darman has more.