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By ALAN J. KEAYS

The state of Vermont has agreed to pay up to $16.5 million in a global settlement to resolve legal claims made by defrauded investors in a series of Northeast Kingdom development projects centered around Jay Peak Resort and funded through the federal...

By MAX SCHEINBLUM

CHELSEA — Debra Densmore, 56, was found guilty on six counts of animal cruelty by a jury at the Orange County Courthouse on Thursday afternoon. The charges, which fall under subsection four in Vermont’s animal cruelty statute, refer to horses Daisy,...

By PAIGE FISHER

Vermont Law and Graduate School is extending its footprint from its base in South Royalton to a new satellite location in downtown Burlington.The space, a suite in an office building on College Street, will serve as a meeting place and classroom for...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

BURLINGTON — A Northfield man has pleaded not guilty to three felony charges alleging he embezzled more than $500,000 from a nonprofit organization that was working to bring broadband to central Vermont.Recent documents filed by prosecutors also...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Vermont joined more than half the states in legalizing online sports betting Wednesday as Gov. Phil Scott signed H.127 into law.The Republican governor has long supported legalization, which had been stalled for years in the Democratic-controlled...

By LOLA DUFFORT

Gov. Phil Scott signed a wide-ranging bill Monday that aims to ease Vermont’s housing crisis by chipping away at certain state and local regulatory barriers to residential construction. Among several municipal reforms, S.100 will effectively ban...

By EMMA COTTON

On May 19, biologist Bryan Pfeiffer visited an undisclosed bog in northern Vermont with the same goal he’d had for the last 21 years: to confirm that the state is home to the elusive bog elfin, a butterfly the size of a penny.After meandering for an...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

A Northfield man wanted for allegedly embezzling more than $500,000 from a nonprofit organization that was working to bring broadband to central Vermont has been charged and arrested after nearly a year on the run, according to court records.An...

By FRED THYS

King Arthur Baking Co. has decided to discontinue direct-to-consumer sales from its Norwich facility starting in June 2024, which company officials expect will affect 19 jobs.The Norwich-based company, formerly known as King Arthur Flour, has...

By EMMA COTTON

For the second year in a row, Gov. Phil Scott plans to veto a bill that would set up a clean heat standard, the biggest climate priority of Vermont’s legislative session.“I will veto S.5, and I’m asking Vermonters, even the many who have already...

By PAUL HEINTZ

Edward Koren, who spent more than six decades delighting readers of the New Yorker with his unmistakably shaggy and joyous cartoons, died Friday at his home in Brookfield, Vt. He was 87 years old. Koren’s wife, Curtis, confirmed his death to the New...

By SHAUN ROBINSON

Vermont’s policymakers have known for years that as more people opt to buy electric vehicles, the money the state brings in from its gasoline tax will decline significantly.That’s led to a conundrum: Officials want to replace that cash — which pays...

By TIFFANY TAN

Vermont sheriffs’ departments have drawn scrutiny recently after a few in their ranks were charged with criminal offenses yet remained on the job. That scrutiny is expected to grow more intense after a group of key state senators introduced...

By AUDITI GUHA

 A 74-year-old man who was being held at Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield, Vt., died Sunday, according to the Department of Corrections and the Vermont State Police.Henry Butson of St. Johnsbury, Vt., was brought by ambulance to...

By KRISTEN FOUNTAIN

With the COVID-19 crisis perhaps finally in Vermont’s rearview mirror, the state’s health-focused legislative committees plan to gather information this winter and spring, before the pandemic’s lessons for the still struggling health system recede too...

By AUDITI GUHA

The family of a transgender student in Randolph is reeling from an onslaught of transphobic messages and social media posts fueled by what it says were inaccurate news stories about a locker room incident.“It’s been an absolute nightmare. Horrifying....

By ERIN PETENKO

The UVM Health Network announced Thursday that it has appointed Dr. Sunil “Sunny” Eappen, a Boston-based physician and health administrator, as its next president and chief executive officer. Eappen comes from Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital,...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

A teacher at Green Mountain Union High School in Chester, Vt., has been arrested on federal charges of producing and possessing child sex abuse materials, allegedly using hidden cameras in his home bathroom and recording young girls walking in front...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

WOODSTOCK — Fiery debate over the future of accessory on-farm restaurants has prompted the resignation of the town’s planning commission chair.In a public hearing Friday morning on a petitioned amendment to Woodstock’s zoning rules that would allow...

By TIFFANY TAN

RUTLAND — Since 2018, Kaifa Dennis had been wanting to move out of the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area where he grew up and went to college. He was seeking a slower-paced, small-town life.Rutland made it to the top of Dennis’ short list this year...