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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....

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

A former student, who is Black, has settled a complaint with Twin Valley School District alleging that officials didn’t do enough to address racist bullying she faced at the district’s middle and high school, according to the ACLU of Vermont, which...

By BABETTE STOLK

When Jessica Giacherio went to the Department for Children and Families seeking help for her daughter in 2017, her entire world was turned upside down. “I turned to (the department) because I didn’t know what else to do,” Giacherio said in her...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

In 2021, court rulings gradually opened the door for religious schools to receive money through Vermont’s school tuitioning program, which allows students in districts without a designated public option to attend the school of their choice. Then, a...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

MONTPELIER — Gov. Phil Scott thinks it might be time to wrest some school spending control away from the local level.“That’s not going to be popular. My just saying that probably isn’t popular, but I think it has to be on the table,” Scott said at his...

By HABIB SABET

Ordinarily, Matt Trombley takes his first customers out on the ice around Christmastime. This year, though, he didn’t lead his first Rutland County ice-fishing trip until February.“I had people calling left and right in January,” Trombley said. “I...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

The latest data from the Vermont Agency of Education shows a small decrease in projected education spending and affirms previously anecdotal evidence on the major factors causing a projected increase in education property taxes.Health care costs,...

By TIFFANY TAN

Bennington College has voluntarily recognized a new labor union comprised of the college’s faculty, staff and campus safety workers after a third party confirmed its legitimacy.The American Arbitration Association completed the card-check process and...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

David Briggs, who owns two large buildings that are at the heart of downtown White River Junction, is starting to talk publicly about an “exit plan.” Last week, Briggs presented a mockup to the Hartford Selectboard of his vision for the Coolidge...

By CARLY BERLIN

Nearly two years ago, the town of Putney, Vt., approved a new affordable housing development on Alice Holway Drive. The project would bring 25 energy-efficient apartments to an area the town had earmarked for growth, and was designed to preserve some...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

The Defender General’s Office’s investigation into the death of David Mitchell, who died in the Springfield, Vt., prison last April, revealed that medical staff did not recognize the seriousness of his condition in the months before his death and did...