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By JUAN VEGA DE SOTO

Do natural calamities strike Vermont more often than other states? Many Vermonters might say yes, recalling the storm just a few weeks ago, or casting their memory back to last summer’s floods, or to Tropical Storm Irene, among others. A new report...

A union representing nearly 2,000 University of Vermont Medical Center nurses has called off its plan to strike after reaching a tentative deal with the hospital administration, it announced late Wednesday night.The Vermont Federation of Nurses and...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

BURLINGTON — A Northfield, Vt., man will serve a little more than two years in prison for embezzling $558,000 over nearly a decade from a nonprofit organization working to extend broadband to the Upper Valley. Judge Christina Reiss handed down a...

By EMMA COTTON

This is the first story in a two-part series that examines the increasingly inflamed debate about wildlife management in Vermont. Part I of the series looks at the voices that are most often heard in the Legislature and in Vermont media. Part II...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

After a lengthy and dramatic debate Tuesday morning, the Vermont Senate voted against the confirmation of Zoie Saunders as state education secretary — but the fight over her appointment appeared far from finished.Saunders needed a majority of the...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

The Senate Education Committee voted 3-2 on Wednesday to favorably recommend Zoie Saunders as the next education secretary.The Senate is expected to vote on Saunders’ confirmation next week. She needs the support of a majority of the 30-member body,...

By JUAN VEGA DE SOTO

One of Vermont’s best-known independent publishers is expected to be sold to an international publishing consortium. Rizzoli International, a New York City subsidiary of the Italian publishing giant Mondadori Group, announced Monday that it had agreed...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

A week after the Vermont Supreme Court ruled to suspend her law license, Addison County State’s Attorney Eva Vekos has asked the court to lift the suspension, saying she has now complied with a state investigation that followed her arrest earlier this...

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

Ask Vermont public safety officials how to most carefully navigate the April 8 solar eclipse and they advise not to stare at the “generational spectacle” with the naked eye.Instead, they suggest focusing on the expected galaxy of gawkers circling...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

The Vermont Supreme Court has suspended the law license of Addison County State’s Attorney Eva Vekos.“We conclude that the evidence here warrants the immediate interim suspension of respondent’s license to practice law,” the unanimous ruling issued...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

Vermont Supreme Court justices had plenty of questions Wednesday as they heard arguments over whether Addison County State’s Attorney Eva Vekos’ law license should be suspended.A prosecutor with the state board overseeing lawyer misconduct in Vermont...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

A Ukrainian man pleaded guilty last week to his role in two separate cyberattacks in the United States, including a hack at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington that a top hospital official said cost the facility about $65...

By BABETTE STOLK

Since the 2020 closing of Woodside, Vermont’s only juvenile detention center, the state has struggled to find beds for justice-involved youths. Plans for new placements have been proposed, changed, or gone through lengthy legal battles with local...

By TIFFANY TAN

A man accused of defrauding dozens of people around the country in business deals that include hay and maple syrup was supposed to resolve his criminal cases next week. But that’s no longer happening after new allegations surfaced, saying he’d taken...

By JULIET SCHULMAN-HALL

At the Humane Society of Chittenden County, the number of dogs coming into the shelter is vastly outpacing the number being adopted.In 2021, 319 dogs were adopted; so far this year, only 171 dogs have found homes. At the same time, the number of dogs...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

WOODSTOCK — The clearcutting of 4 acres near Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park has drawn the ire of neighbors. But despite acknowledging administrative hiccups in the initial permitting process, the town government says construction...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Angela and Todd Ulman never planned to buy the Taftsville Country Store. Even moving to Vermont was an unexpected decision, prompted by the pandemic. But a year after signing the initial sales agreement for the property, the biggest surprise was the...

By ALAN J. KEAYS and DIANE DERBY

Four years after their arrests, a Highgate mother and daughter were each sentenced Friday to serve at least 10 years in prison in the shooting death of 25-year-old Troy Ford, whose body was stashed on the porch of the family’s home for three weeks...

By KIT NORTON and XANDER LANDEN

MONTPELIER — Sen. Patrick Leahy has a decision to make, and everyone’s waiting.In the coming months, the 81-year-old Vermont Democrat is expected to disclose whether he will seek a ninth term in the U.S. Senate or step down. The retirement of the...

By JUSTIN TROMBLY

Matt Lacey, a bit tongue-in-cheek, referred to himself recently as “just some tree-hugging liberal from central Ohio.”That was until last year, when the 23-year-old moved to the Green Mountain State, enrolled in Vermont Law School and began learning...