The WFEA Morning Update

WFEA Morning Update with Jeff Chidester

The WFEA Morning Update with Jeff Chidester

Listen Monday - Thursday from 6-10am and Friday from 6-9am

The WFEA Morning Update will focus on issues affecting Granite State residents in a fun and informative way.

Jeff Chidester is the host of The WFEA Morning Update. Jeff is a well-known, involved member of the community, with a background in journalism, law enforcement, and broadcasting. Raised in New Hampshire, Jeff has traveled the world extensively, learning and observing other cultures and their impact on America, while always returning to his home state. He served in the US Army, as a police officer in New Hampshire, a writer for the Portsmouth Herald, and as the creator and host of the radio show, Right Here, Right Now. His experience and character align with the “live & local” ideals of WFEA and many of its Granite State listeners.

Tuesday, June 18, 202406/18/2024

Mayor Jay Ruais 06-18-24

Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais says a deal on the city budget looks close after new revenue figures made another half-million dollars available.

Monday, June 17, 202406/17/2024

Wayne Lesperance 06-17-24

New England College President Wayne Lesperance says President Biden might regret skipping the New Hampshire primary if the general election comes down to New Hampshire’s electoral votes.

Monday, June 17, 202406/17/2024

Chief Allen Aldenberg 06-17-24

Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg says the changes made to New Hampshire’s bail laws should improve public safety, if they’re executed as anticipated.

Monday, June 17, 202406/17/2024

Jeff Jacoby 06-17-24

Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby says assisted suicide will lead to terrible unintended consequences, and Massachusetts’ flag politics are silly.

Friday, June 14, 202406/14/2024

Professor John Lappie 06-14-24

Plymouth State University political scientist John Lappie says Democrats will need to talk about more than abortion to win in November, and the GOP is clearly unifying around Trump.

Friday, June 14, 202406/14/2024

State Senate President Jeb Bradley 06-14-24

State Senate President Jeb Bradley sums up this year’s legislative session and says Republicans could pass more bills if they stopped letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Friday, June 14, 202406/14/2024

State Rep. Erica Layon 06-14-24

State Rep. Erica Layon breaks down the defeat of recreational marijuana and says the vote breakdown suggests that Democrats decided they didn’t want to let Gov. Chris Sununu get credit for signing it into law.

Friday, June 14, 202406/14/2024

Mat Staver 06-14-24

Mat Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, says that after he won a 9-0 U.S. Supreme Court flag case against Boston in 2022, Nashua should know that its city flag policy is unconstitutional, and it would lose if sued.

Friday, June 14, 202406/14/2024

Alderman Joe Kelly Levasseur 06-14-24

Manchester Board of Mayor and Alderman Chairman Joe Kelly Levasseur announces he’s running for Congress.

Thursday, June 13, 202406/13/2024

Colin Van Ostern 06-13-24

Democratic congressional candidate Colin Van Ostern says his top priorities are abortion and the cost of living, and he’d be happy to campaign with President Biden in New Hampshire.

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs was sentenced Friday to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and "freak-offs."

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Hegseth announces latest strike on boat near Venezuela he says was trafficking drugs

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that he ordered another strike on a small boat he accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, expanding what the Trump administration has declared is an "armed conflict" with cartels.

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President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in an "armed conflict" with them, according to a Trump administration memo obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, following recent U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is set to be sentenced and faces the possibility of years in prison

Sean "Diddy" Combs faces sentencing Friday in a sordid criminal case that could keep him locked up for years.

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Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and punishment

President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting "irreversible" cuts to programs important to Democrats.