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By HENRY FERNANDEZ and YARDAIN AMRON

Severe thunderstorms on Thursday caused flash flooding across parts of Vermont, particularly in the Northeast Kingdom and Addison County.

By ALAN J. KEAYS

Prosecutors are calling on a federal judge to reject a request from attorneys of Teresa Youngblut to delay their decision-making process as they consider whether to bring charges that carry the death penalty in the fatal shooting of a U.S. border patrol agent in Vermont. 

By THEO WELLS-SPACKMAN

Vermont Foodbank, the state’s largest food assistance provider, cut nearly 10% of its workforce two weeks ago.

By GRETA SOLSAA

A Superior Court judge dismissed, in part, the Pownal Center Community Church’s complaint against the town in an ongoing property rights dispute.

By COREY MCDONALD

School districts and adult learning centers across Vermont are beginning to feel the impact of the $26 million in federal funding President Donald Trump’s administration is withholding from the state.

By ALICE FINNO

Invasive plants, new housing development and climate change are boosting tick populations in Vermont, officials say, prompting new concerns about diseases the tiny arachnids carry.

By ALICE FINNO

After more than 50 years, investigators have identified a woman whose body was discovered in Marlborough, N.H., back in 1974. The woman is Nancy Gale Erickson, 21, a former nurse from New York who lived in Tampa, Fla., and then in Brattleboro, Vt., before disappearing.

By ALAN J. KEAYS

A state trooper shot and killed a man Monday in Putney, Vt., after reportedly seeing what he believed was a firearm in the man’s hand and after the man ignored police commands, according to the Vermont State Police. 

By CHARLOTTE OLIVER

Federal funds to build out electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Vermont are still on hold after a Tuesday federal court ruling opened up funds for other states. 

By SHAUN ROBINSON

State legislators in Maine rejected a bill last month that would have created a state-level process, similar to one on the books in Vermont, for recognizing local groups as Native American tribes. Opponents of the bill pointed to the sharp criticism Vermont’s process has faced in recent years as one of the reasons to vote the legislation down.

By KRISTEN FOUNTAIN

Copley Hospital will close its birthing center, the hospital announced in a news release late Friday afternoon, though no specific closure date was given.

By ALAN J. KEAYS

RUTLAND — A Vermont man who prosecutors say was behind a hacking operation used to steal personal information from tens of thousands of people has pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge in Vermont.

By HABIB SABET

The Green Mountain Care Board approved double-digit increases to the premium rates that Vermont’s biggest health insurance provider can charge large employers next year.

By HABIB SABET

The Vermont-based outdoor gear and apparel company Orvis plans to lay off 4% of its workforce by the end of the year, the company said Wednesday. 

By HABIBSABET

Hill Farmstead has always had a hardcore contingent of Canadian fans. But even the award-winning brewery is facing boycotts from Quebecers frustrated with the Trump administration. 

By ALICE FINNO

Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark announced Monday that she and 54 attorneys general from U.S. states and territories agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with PurduePharma, maker of the painkiller OxyContin, and the Sackler family, owners of the drug firm.

By ALAN J. KEAYS

BURLINGTON — A federal judge has ordered a competency hearing for a California man accused of setting a fire at the Burlington office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders a little more than a year ago.

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Brattleboro Memorial Hospital has cut six administrative posts as it seeks $4 million in reductions and new revenue to balance its $119 million annual budget.

By ALICE FINNO

A Vermont dad took the Burlington Free Press to court for not covering his son’s basketball games, but a judge recently tossed out his lawsuit, citing the state Constitution’s protection of press freedom.

By IZZY WAGNER

Vermont has joined 27 states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit aimed at blocking the recently bankrupt genetic testing company 23andMe’s proposed sale of its assets, including consumers’ sensitive personal data.

By AUSTYN GAFFNEY

Hundreds of people gathered under gray skies in Burlington’s City Hall Park Tuesday to rally against deportations of immigrants in their state and across the country that have ramped up under the Trump administration.