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By NOAH DIEDRICH

Artificial dyes found in processed and pre-packaged foods sold in schools are the target of a recent bill in the Vermont Senate.

By HELEN ARGRAVES

A perfect storm — that’s how industry leaders describe the challenges Vermont developers face in 2025. 

By SAM HARTNETT

Farmers would get financial help when extreme weather hurts their business under a bill unanimously passed by the Senate agriculture and appropriations committees.

By HANNAH HEAD

The snow stake atop Vermont’s highest peak, Mt. Mansfield, recorded an impressive 103 inches on Sunday, March 2. It was the third-highest snowpack reading for that date since 1954, when the stake was installed, making this winter one of the snowiest on record.

By SPENCER ROBB

NEWBURY, Vt. — Eager to start a farm and spread their values, a local couple searched long and hard for inspiration. They finally found it by growing the most expensive spice in the world: saffron.

By KATE KAMPNER

Imagine a commute without the worry of traffic jams, potholes or detours, a path to town that’s nearby, maintained and linked to routes just like it all over the state. That’s the Cross Vermont Trail Association’s vision — to create a web of trails...

By CHARLOTTE OLIVER

Jason Struthers makes a living selling the cannabis he’s licensed to grow in his half-acre backyard in Essex Junction, Vt., — but his growing and raising of ducks on his property has gotten him into tiffs with neighbors and tangled in legal...

By KATE KAMPNER

When Peter Stickney walks along his cow paddocks in the morning, he notes the scattered patches of greener grass across the pasture. He knows what this means: It’s where his cows have peed. So when the Rich Earth Institute, a Brattleboro organization...

By OLIVIA WILSON

After years of absence, the most patriotic bird in the sky returned to Vermont — but it might’ve come at another’s expense.Vermont finally took the bald eagle off of its endangered species list in 2022 following years of reintroduction efforts...