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Vermont’s congressional delegation celebrates release of $51 million in federal flood aid
09-16-2024 12:09 PM

By HABIB SABET

Vermont’s congressional delegation on Wednesday welcomed the release of $51 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to reimburse the state for repair costs from damages caused by flooding in 2023. Authorized through the annual...


As commission shapes the future of public education, what does it know about the past?
09-15-2024 2:00 PM

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

The newly created Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont has a big job: studying the state’s education system in order to chart a future that’s equitable, high-achieving and affordable. To do so, its members must learn from the most...


Most tasks in Vermont hazard mitigation plan left incomplete, auditor says
09-08-2024 3:30 PM

By PETER D’AURIA

In 2018, the state of Vermont released a plan outlining how it should prepare for natural disasters.The State Hazard Mitigation Plan lays out 24 strategies, separated into 96 discrete actions, to address risk factors for natural disasters. Those...


Burlington police report string of violent crimes involving large groups
09-07-2024 4:30 PM

By ALAN J. KEAYS

Burlington police are calling attention to a rash of reported violent crimes in recent weeks involving large groups of people, including some juveniles.Police initially put out a press release late on the afternoon of Aug. 23 reporting multiple...


3 years after the fall of Kabul, Afghan refugees in Vermont are still in limbo
09-01-2024 4:01 PM

By CHLOE JAD

Kabul fell to the Taliban on August 15, 2021. Three years later, two Afghan advocacy groups in Vermont gathered to reflect on the anniversary, spotlighting the still-urgent plight of Afghan refugees in the U.S and of their families back home.“It...


With primary results certified, Vermont’s 2024 candidates are set
08-22-2024 5:30 PM

By SARAH MEARHOFF

After a post-primary rush this week, Vermont’s slate of general election candidates is now solidified, and mail-in ballots will be sent out by mid-September.First, on Monday, the Republican Party added nearly two dozen down-ballot candidates for...


Vermont town weighs removing historic bridge to lessen floodwaters
08-21-2024 11:49 AM

By K. FIEGENBAUN

Lyndon, Vt. — known as the “Covered Bridge Capital of the Northeast Kingdom” — is facing a dilemma.Should it move forward with multimillion-dollar plans to restore one of its historic covered bridges and create a community park at a well-traveled...


UVM names Patricia Prelock as interim president ahead of Suresh Garimella’s departure
08-21-2024 10:00 AM

By EMMA MALINAK and HABIB SABET

The University of Vermont’s board of trustees appointed current provost Patricia Prelock to be the university’s interim president at a special meeting on Monday.The board discussed the appointment in an hourlong executive session before voting...


Vermont’s new motel room limits are primed to push out hundreds of households this fall
08-20-2024 6:31 PM

By CARLY BERLIN

When Mary Mojica’s Waterbury apartment flooded last summer, all she could grab were a couple of boxes, some clothes, and her dog, Bella. Since then, Mojica, 59, has taken up residence at the Days Inn in Colchester, with the aid of a voucher from...


Vermont Supreme Court rejects bail appeal for man charged with aggravated murder of Rutland City police officer
08-19-2024 5:00 PM

By ALAN J. KEAYS

The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that a Salisbury man charged with aggravated murder for his alleged role in a crash that killed 19-year-old Rutland City Police officer Jessica Ebbighausen last summer will remain behind bars while the case against...


While misinformation and early numbers abound, Vermonters still don’t know how much a clean heat standard would cost
08-17-2024 7:33 PM

By EMMA COTTON

For years, lawmakers, state officials, fuel dealers and members of the public have wondered, and worried, about the cost of Vermont’s proposed clean heat standard, a regulatory standard designed to reduce climate emissions that come from heating homes...


Tuesday’s primaries featured lowest turnout in a decade
08-17-2024 2:01 PM

By JUAN VEGA DE SOTO and ERIN PETENKO

Not since 2014 had so few people voted in Vermont’s primary elections. On Tuesday, fewer people participated in choosing the Democratic and Republican nominees for November’s general election than in any of the four previous election cycles, according...


Vermont Supreme Court doubles sanction against Woodstock attorney following appeal
08-15-2024 1:57 PM

By ALAN J. KEAYS

The Vermont Supreme Court has doubled the penalty for a Woodstock lawyer — suspending his law license for two years — ruling that his lack of remorse and failure to cooperate with an investigation into his misconduct had warranted the tougher...


After quiet primary, Bernie Sanders to face Gerald Malloy and Becca Balint to face Mark Coester in general election
08-14-2024 4:01 PM

By JUAN VEGA DE SOTO

In Vermont’s congressional races, Tuesday was one of the quietest nights in recent memory. The two incumbents seeking reelection, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., won their Democratic primaries unopposed. On the...


David Zuckerman, John Rodgers win Vermont’s lieutenant governor primaries
08-14-2024 3:08 PM

By SHAUN ROBINSON

Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman and former state legislator John Rodgers won the Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively, for Vermont’s second-highest office on Tuesday, setting the stage for a general election clash between two Statehouse veterans...


Amid a tumultuous period in health care, Vermont hospitals request annual revenue and rate increases
08-13-2024 4:01 PM

By PETER D’AURIA

Vermont hospitals are seeking the Green Mountain Care Board’s permission to increase commercial insurance charges and their revenue from patients, an annual process that comes amid widespread concern over hospitals’ financial health.Each year,...


Chittenden County man contracts first human case of eastern equine encephalitis in Vermont since 2012
08-12-2024 5:00 PM

By CHLOE JAD

A man in his 40s from Chittenden County is the first detected human case of the rare eastern equine encephalitis in Vermont since 2012, according to a joint press release issued Friday by the Vermont Department of Health and the Agency of Agriculture,...


Nicaraguans made central Vermont home in the past year, but they may not be able to stay
08-12-2024 4:01 PM

By JUAN VEGA DE SOTO

Behind the customers ordering pastries at the counter, somewhere among the movement of bakers, cooks and delivery drivers for the Red Hen Baking Co. in Middlesex, two women from the northern highland region of Nicaragua prepared for the lunch...


Essex Experience owner looks to add workforce housing to revitalized mall
08-10-2024 8:01 PM

By AUDITI GUHA

ESSEX, Vt. — With the Essex Experience shopping complex at capacity, its owner has his sights set on a new project in the plaza: four green buildings that would bring a total of 170 rental units of workforce housing. In an interview last week, Peter...


Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman’s offers of menstrual products to lawmakers prompted reprimand from House speaker
08-08-2024 3:01 PM

By SARAH MEARHOFF

In early 2023, House Speaker Jill Krowinski, D-Burlington, issued verbal and written warnings to Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman after state legislators reported feeling uncomfortable when Zuckerman offered them access to a supply of menstrual products...

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