Valley News Logo

Search Results

All these search terms are true at the same time:

By Credit search: VTDigger


Vermont is desperate for new homes. Is it time to build them in factories?
02-08-2025 4:01 PM

By CARLY BERLIN

Inside a cavernous factory at the end of a road in East Montpelier, houses get built piece by piece on an assembly line. 

Displaying articles 1 to 20 out of 141 total.
|<
1
2
3
4
5
6
>|

Vermont reports case of measles in school-aged child
03-12-2025 3:28 PM

By ERIN PETENKO

The Vermont Department of Health has confirmed a case of measles in a school-aged child in Lamoille County — the first to be discovered in 2025. 


UVM and grad student union continue legal clash over union size
02-26-2025 3:00 PM

By HABIB SABET

Nearly a year after graduate students at the University of Vermont voted to unionize, the university and union leadership continue to spar over who exactly has the right to join the union.


To add housing in much of Vermont, you need wastewater infrastructure. Local opposition can kill it.
02-26-2025 12:01 PM

By CARLY BERLIN

MONTGOMERY, Vt. — Standing near the main crossroads in this eastern Franklin County town of 1,200, Charlie Hancock made his pitch for the town center’s first-ever municipal sewer system. It’s one the longtime Selectboard chair has had plenty of time to refine — it’s been six-plus years since community wastewater emerged as a key objective for the town. 


At contentious Statehouse panel, Abenaki leaders urge lawmakers to reconsider recognition of Vermont groups
02-24-2025 5:02 PM

By SHAUN ROBINSON

MONTPELIER — Rep. Troy Headrick, I-Burlington, posed a question in a recent flyer sent to his colleagues in the Vermont House and Senate: “What if we got it wrong?”


To keep tax increases at bay, many school districts will cut staff
02-24-2025 10:00 AM

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

On the back of historic property tax increases last year, school boards are attempting to heed voters’ call for relief. Many have worked to bring low- or no-increase budgets to school district voters on Town Meeting Day.


The Vermont Town Meeting trend you can take to the bank: Requests for reserve funds
02-19-2025 3:32 PM

BY KEVIN O’CONNOR

A municipal budget vote granting $3,000 for community beautification might seem to be, in the words of Martha Stewart, a “good thing.” But local government leaders know it can come with a less-sightly flip side.


‘The need is now’: Winooski approves ‘sanctuary school’ policy
02-17-2025 5:00 PM

By AUDITI GUHA

Vermont’s most diverse school district on Wednesday night became the first in Vermont to pass a sanctuary school policy to protect students and families from the impact of federal immigration enforcement actions, according to its superintendent.


Health commissioner tells lawmakers risk of avian flu to general public is ‘low’
02-12-2025 4:00 PM

By PETER D’AURIA

Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine told lawmakers Tuesday that the risk of avian flu in the general public is overall low, although farm workers may be at higher risk of contracting the condition.


Middlebury College, developer and town join forces on major housing project
02-06-2025 10:00 AM

By CARLY BERLIN

Middlebury is getting a new neighborhood.


State economists tout strong economy but warn of uncertainty under Trump
02-01-2025 7:01 PM

By SHAUN ROBINSON

MONTPELIER — Vermont’s economy, and the country’s as a whole, is in “exceptional” shape, the state’s economists told a panel of top fiscal lawmakers Wednesday — but cautioned their outlook was tempered by uncertainty over the actions President Donald Trump has pledged to take, or already taken, early on in his second term.


Vermont business leaders pan President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on imports from Canada
02-01-2025 5:31 PM

By SHAUN ROBINSON

ST. ALBANS, Vt. — Poulin Grain, an animal feed manufacturer with two plants in northern Vermont, relies on crops imported from Canada, such as corn and oats, to make its products. But the company’s costs would grow substantially — and, perhaps, unsustainably — if President Donald Trump’s proposed 25% tariff on products from Canada goes into effect, Poulin’s senior vice president, Mike Tetreault, said Monday. 


Vermont promotes local event planning for the nation’s 250th anniversary
01-29-2025 9:19 AM

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

When American revolutionaries signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, they noted “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”


Vermont Supreme Court hears challenge to education secretary’s interim appointment
01-28-2025 4:01 PM

By PETER D’AURIA

MONTPELIER — Vermont’s Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case challenging Gov. Phil Scott’s appointment of Zoie Saunders to be the state’s interim education secretary last year after lawmakers rejected her.


Phil Scott outlines proposal for making it ‘faster, easier and less expensive’ to build housing
01-23-2025 9:43 AM

By CARLY BERLIN

During the first days of his fifth term in office, Gov. Phil Scott has emphasized a familiar priority: creating more housing across Vermont. At a Tuesday press conference at the Statehouse, members of his administration outlined how they want lawmakers to do that.


Vermont moves ahead with new federal health care payment model
01-21-2025 5:00 PM

By KRISTEN FOUNTAIN

The Green Mountain Care Board will sign on to an agreement that moves Vermont towards a new federal model for health care reform, following a vote Friday that split the members of the five-person regulatory body. 


Town and local nonprofit collaborate on revitalizing a Vermont village, starting with town green
01-13-2025 10:31 AM

By GRETA SOLSAA

On winter solstice, around 30 people gathered to enjoy hot chocolate and roasted chestnuts as they gazed out on handmade luminaries snaking along Rupert’s town green, white with snow.


Court sets April deadline for new Vermont Catholic abuse claimants to join bankruptcy case
01-09-2025 10:00 AM

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

A U.S. bankruptcy judge has set an April 4 deadline for people to report past clergy sexual abuse if they want compensation as part of the Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese’s court efforts to reorganize its depleting finances.


Vermonters hunted fewer bucks in 2024 than 2023, preliminary estimate finds
01-09-2025 8:40 AM

By KLARA BAUTERS

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department estimates that hunters in Vermont harvested more than 17,200 deer during fall 2024 — but the final tally won’t be released until March. 


US Attorney for Vermont Nikolas Kerest announces resignation ahead of Donald Trump presidency
01-08-2025 10:31 AM

By ALAN J. KEAYS

Vermont’s top federal prosecutor announced Monday he will step down from his post later this month.U.S. Attorney for Vermont Nikolas Kerest said in a press release that his resignation would be effective Jan. 20, the day Republican Donald Trump is...


With major changes to Act 250 underway, a new board takes the reins
01-07-2025 8:58 AM

By CARLY BERLIN

Gov. Phil Scott has appointed the members of a new board that will administer Act 250, Vermont’s statewide development review law. The new Land Use Review Board replaces the old Natural Resources Board, a shift mandated under Act 181, a major land-use...

Displaying articles 1 to 20 out of 141 total.
|<
1
2
3
4
5
6
>|

Weather page

By using this site, you agree with our use of cookies to personalize your experience, measure ads and monitor how our site works to improve it for our users

Copyright © 2016 to 2025 by Valley News. All rights reserved.