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By TIFFANY TAN

BENNINGTON — A New York man who admitted to scamming multiple people around the country in deals involving hay and maple syrup was sentenced Friday to five to 10 years in Vermont prison.The court judgment came a decade after Vermont’s earliest...

By CARLY BERLIN

After Barre City suffered extreme damage from the July 2023 floods, constituents began to approach Rep. Jonathan Williams, D-Barre City, saying they had no idea they lived in a home at risk of flooding.“That happened day after day, day after day,”...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

One elected state office holder has taken the rare step of filing a lawsuit against another elected state office holder, asking a judge to settle a dispute over the latter’s obligations under Vermont law.State Auditor Doug Hoffer sued Attorney General...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Two weeks before this school year, testing discovered elevated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, the carcinogens known as PCBs, at Bellows Falls Union High School. Since then, Andrew Haas, superintendent of the Windham Northeast Supervisory Union,...

By SHAUN ROBINSON

Members of Vermont’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission are asking the Legislature for authority to limit public access to their meetings, in part, to ensure the safety of those who testify before the panel about experiencing racism and...

By JIMMY NESBITT

Norwich University president Mark Anarumo was under investigation for violating unspecified school policies before he resigned last week, the university’s board of trustees said in a written statement Tuesday. According to preliminary findings from...

By HABIB SABET

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is urging Vermont anglers to exercise extra caution while ice fishing this month due to inconsistent ice conditions caused by variable weather.“What’s different about this year is just how late the ice seems to...

By EMMA COTTON

ISLE LA MOTTE — The Grand Isle Sheriff’s Department is looking for a suspect who recently vandalized a local organic farm, citing the farm’s displayed pride flag in a letter left behind.At around 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 2, a person trespassed on to Sandy...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

The president of Norwich University said he is departing the military school after more than three years on the job.Mark Anarumo told VtDigger on Friday that he was leaving by “mutual” decision. Provost and Dean of the Faculty Karen Gaines will serve...

By SHAUN ROBINSON

Gov. Phil Scott’s administration is urging lawmakers to increase the consequences for people accused of crimes who violate conditions of release — and to make changes to Vermont’s bail policies that could result in more people being held in jail ahead...

By KRISTEN FOUNTAIN

A former employee and frequent public critic of OneCare Vermont has dropped his wrongful termination lawsuit after reaching a settlement agreement with the state’s largest accountable care organization outside of court. The case brought by Robert...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

When Barre City police pulled over a gray Ford SUV in September, they said they discovered a 17-year-old boy in the back seat carrying 50 grams of crack, $5,000 and a pistol with its serial number scratched off. But rather than file charges against...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

MIDDLEBURY — A 14-year-old Burlington boy faces a charge of second-degree murder after police said he was waving a loaded firearm in a vehicle parked in Bristol when it discharged and killed another 14-year-old passenger seated in front of him on...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

A Whitingham man facing two counts of murder in the shooting death of a mother and her son told police his actions were “calculated” and that he would rather be in jail than in an “old folks home,” according to charging documents made public...

By MAGGIE CASSIDY

State officials on Tuesday morning confirmed a second death related to July’s catastrophic flooding in Vermont.“We have had our second flood-related death confirmed,” Public Safety Commissioner Jennifer Morrison said during a regular press conference...

By SHAUN ROBINSON

JOHNSON, Vt. — “You can look right through to the back of the house,” Jerry Williams said, sitting in his garage next to piles of clothing and construction debris at the top of a long driveway near the tattered banks of the Gihon River. Two weeks ago,...

By PETER D’AURIA

Vermonters affected by flooding will have more time to file and pay some state taxes, officials said Wednesday. The due date for state sales, rooms and meals taxes will be extended, Gov. Phil Scott said at a press conference in Berlin, adding that the...

By EMMA COTTON

Lawmakers in the Vermont House passed an updated version of the bottle bill Tuesday during a summer session otherwise generally reserved for taking action on bills Gov. Phil Scott had already vetoed. The bottle bill, H.158, was an exception: It had...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

Michael Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver in charge of overseeing Burke Mountain ski resort for more than seven years, has an offer to buy the scandal-plagued ski resort in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom.News of the bid came from a recent court...

VtDiggerRegulators voted Wednesday not to change their expectations for the revenue side of the states’ hospital budgets for fiscal year 2024, despite sustained and ongoing cost increases that led to big reported operating losses in 2022. The five...