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By EMMA COTTON

In 2021, Vermonters emitted fewer greenhouse gases than any year since 1990 except 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed how much people traveled and heated their homes, according to a new inventory the Agency of Natural Resources...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

If anyone could navigate Vermont’s special education system, it was Chris and Pallas Ziporyn — or so they believed.Chris, once a teacher, received a master’s degree with a focus on special education. As a teenager, Pallas served on her local school...

By JUAN VEGA DE SOTO

Asked to describe this year’s Republican National Convention, members of Vermont’s delegation began with the same word: “Unity”. It was evident, they said during interviews, in the procession of former President Donald Trump’s primary rivals taking...

By PAUL HEINTZ

The state of Vermont on Saturday filed a formal request for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to conduct a preliminary damage assessment related to last week’s catastrophic storm. Such an assessment would help determine whether the state is...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

The court-appointed receiver overseeing Burke Mountain ski resort for the past eight years reports once again that he has at least one potential buyer lined up for the ski area, and that others may soon be submitting bids.Michael Goldberg included the...

By PETER D’AURIA

Bruce Hamory, a medical doctor and consultant with the firm Oliver Wyman, had one key message for state officials on Wednesday: Vermont’s health care system needs to change, and quickly.“The needs for structural reform of the Vermont health care...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

BURLINGTON — A judge has sentenced a former St. Johnsbury, Vt., man to 25 years in prison for kidnapping a woman and her son in New Hampshire in 2019 after he had fled from a court-ordered substance use disorder treatment program in Vermont. “It’s...

By JUAN VEGA DE SOTO

Stop by one of the nine Amtrak stations on the Vermonter’s route Saturday, June 8, and you might catch a glimpse of LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations as the train slows into the platform. That’s because, for the second year running, Pride groups across the...

By TIFFANY TAN

MANCHESTER — One afternoon in February, a woman in a strapless white gown rendezvoused with a man in a tux on the grounds of The Equinox resort. They held hands, hugged and kissed before the woman disappeared into one of the buildings. That evening,...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Two prominent Vermont Democrats who had floated the prospect of challenging Republican Gov. Phil Scott this November have decided against it.Former Gov. Howard Dean and former Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger both announced Monday they would not run...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

An Arizona man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Vermont to a fraud charge for trying to sell a coffee product marketed as a “natural” way to treat erectile dysfunction.Lab tests revealed that the product marketed as “Hard Coffee” contained...

By JUAN VEGA DE SOTO

His life is spare, almost monastic in its simplicity. Rowing on the water in the mornings. Working the rowing machine on land in the afternoons.Two weeks ago, lifelong Norwich resident Billy Bender fulfilled his dream — he qualified for this summer’s...

By TIFFANY TAN

A southern Vermont resident is on the hook for $38,600 that an animal rescue organization spent to care for numerous horses that the state seized from him last year.At an April 18 hearing, Vermont Superior Court Judge John Treadwell ordered Robert...

By EMMA COTTON

The federal Environmental Protection Agency issued a landmark rule on Wednesday that regulates the amount of PFAS, a harmful class of chemicals, in public drinking water for the first time. Exposure to PFAS, or per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, has...

By TIFFANY TAN

Why would someone kill a retired academic in broad daylight on a popular walking trail in the town of Castleton, Vt.? Six months after Honoree Fleming was shot in the head along the D&H Rail Trail on Oct. 5, police are still trying to answer that...

By AUDITI GUHA

When Maria Rossi started working with at-risk teens in Washington County almost two decades ago, she quickly spotted inequities that low-income pregnant people face in accessing prenatal and postpartum care.As a caseworker at Washington County Mental...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

Failing to follow the Vermont State Police’s vehicle pursuit policy led to disciplinary action against five troopers during the first six months of 2023, according to the law enforcement agency. The information is contained in the latest semiannual...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

“Out of control,” “off the rails,” and “bizarre”: These are just a sampling of the insults Republicans in Montpelier have lobbed at Democrats over the past week leading up to the House’s approval of an $8.58 billion state budget Friday morning.On the...

By JUAN VEGA DE SOTO

More people than ever are vaping in Vermont.Survey results recently released by the Vermont Department of Health show the rate of e-cigarette use in the state doubled, from 3% to 6% of adult respondents, between 2016 and 2022. During that same...

By SHAUN ROBINSON

Vermont’s public access television stations have a problem. As more and more people cancel their cable TV subscriptions in favor of online services — a practice known as “cutting the cord” — the local entities are losing out on badly needed revenue....