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A mental health program for flood-affected Vermonters has been extended through 2025
12-19-2024 9:37 AM

By ERIN PETENKO

Last Tuesday, the National Weather Service issued a flood watch that set off a cascade of preparations across Vermont. On that same day, Vermont Department of Mental Health announced that it had received an extension of funding for its Starting Over...


Vermont gears up to test hundreds of dairy farms for avian flu each month
12-18-2024 5:01 PM

By EMMA COTTON

Last week, at the University of Vermont dairy farm in South Burlington, Jess Waterman climbed up to an opening in a large storage tank, inserted a long metal dipper, and pulled out a test tubes’ worth of raw milk. Gathered around Waterman — a dairy...


UVM Health Network hospitals will exceed budget caps again
12-17-2024 4:01 PM

By PETER D’AURIA

For the second year in a row, University of Vermont Health Network hospitals reported bringing in more money than they were supposed to.During hospitals’ 2024 fiscal year, which ended September 30, the University of Vermont Medical Center and Central...


Suspect in shooting of St. Johnsbury police officer arrested after 2-day search
12-16-2024 8:06 PM

In the end, Scott Mason didn’t make it very far. The suspect in the Friday shooting of a St. Johnsbury police officer was arrested early Sunday morning in the house next door to where the crime took place, according to Vermont State Police. After...


Following push from EPA, state proposes changes to farm regulation
12-14-2024 4:00 PM

By EMMA COTTON

Two Vermont agencies submitted a proposal this week to the federal Environmental Protection Agency to change the way they regulate farms that discharge wastewater into state waterways.The state Agency of Natural Resources and Agency of Agriculture...


USDA invests $13.4 million to strengthen rural infrastructure in Vermont
12-14-2024 3:01 PM

By KLARA BAUTERS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing in two Vermont cooperatives, awarding an $11.2 million loan to Washington Electric Cooperative and a $2 million grant to Windy Hollow Mobile Home Cooperative Inc.Washington Electric, a nonprofit electric...


Facing ‘more cases than ever,’ Vermont Human Rights Commission seeks more funding
12-14-2024 2:00 PM

By AUDITI GUHA

The Vermont Human Rights Commission has not been able to keep pace with a record number of discrimination complaints this year. It is pushing for nearly $900,000 in new state funding — which would nearly double its annual budget — to add staff and...


In wake of landmark hospital report, Vermont lawmakers look toward health care reforms
12-14-2024 12:00 PM

By PETER D’AURIA

Earlier this year, a consultant issued a report recommending sweeping changes to the state’s health care system — proposals that ranged from building more housing to cutting certain services at specific hospitals. At a meeting of lawmakers and state...


Bernie Sanders tells Politico that next U.S. Senate term will ‘probably’ be his last
12-12-2024 5:31 PM

By KRISTEN FOUNTAIN

Vermont’s senior U.S. senator shared new insight this week into how long he may be willing to represent the Green Mountain State in the nation’s capital. In an interview published by Politico Tuesday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said he was...


Little damage reported in Vermont from Wednesday’s heavy rainfall
12-12-2024 3:44 PM

By EMMA COTTON

Impacts from Wednesday’s storm appeared minor on Thursday morning, according to the National Weather Service and Vermont Emergency Management. The weather service had issued a flood watch for most of the state on Wednesday but downgraded expected...


Vermont loosened Act 250 rules for housing. Here’s where developers are responding
12-12-2024 3:28 PM

By CARLY BERLIN

When 10 apartments at the new Armory House building just outside of downtown Vergennes opened in June, they all had tenants within two weeks. To developer Peter Kahn, the building’s developer, watching the new apartments fill up so quickly — most...


New program aims to help Vermont employers hire and retain diverse employees
12-12-2024 9:00 AM

By AUDITI GUHA

Gary Scott has lived in many states but his move to Vermont was the hardest.Scott, a Black man, moved from Texas in October 2020 for a new job at the University of Vermont Medical Center and felt immediately isolated. He didn’t know anyone in this...


Flood watch issued for most of Vermont on Wednesday
12-10-2024 5:30 PM

By ERIN PETENKO

The National Weather Service has expanded a flood watch for almost the entire state of Vermont for Wednesday, meteorologist Eric Myskowski said on Tuesday. Early Tuesday morning, the weather service issued a flood watch starting Wednesday afternoon...


Drug companies owed Vermont nearly $3 million in unpaid fees as of this fall
12-07-2024 3:00 PM

By PETER D’AURIA

In 2007, Vermont implemented a fee on drug companies that do business with the state.The fees, equal to 1.75% of a company’s yearly medication sales to state programs, help fund a variety of Vermont initiatives related to drug safety and substance use...


Eye in the sky: The feds have quietly built surveillance towers along the Canadian border in Vermont, New York
12-06-2024 3:37 PM

By SHAUN ROBINSON

Nearly four years ago, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials outlined a proposal for a line of surveillance towers along the Canadian border in Vermont and New York. Since then, VtDigger has found, the agency has been quietly making good on its...


Education costs, housing needs top the agenda as lawmakers gather for pre-session briefing
12-06-2024 8:27 AM

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Lawmakers gathered Wednesday for an annual legislative briefing, a refresher on the state’s revenues and budget with a focus on two of the most pressing topics of the day: education finance and housing.“What I would ask you is this: What is your prize...


‘It’s heartbreaking’: Death at Vermont encampment comes days after two other deaths
12-05-2024 10:30 AM

By CARLY BERLIN

A person was found dead at an encampment behind a shopping center on Route 302 in Berlin, Vt., on Saturday night, James Pontbriand, chief of the Berlin Police Department, confirmed in a Tuesday interview.The department has released little information...


Public meetings slated after petition to stop wake sports at 10 Vermont lakes
12-05-2024 9:39 AM

By EMMA COTTON

In April, Vermont enacted long-debated, statewide restrictions on wake boats, designed to create large wakes for recreation with a goal of preventing environmental harms. The new rule only allows wake boats in 30 of the state’s inland lakes.Now, nine...


Vermont Public Utility Commission signs off on Consolidated Communications sale
12-03-2024 8:48 AM

By AUDITI GUHA

Consolidated Communications has received the green light from the Vermont Public Utility Commission to proceed with its proposed sale to a private investment company.The $3.1 billion sale to affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners and British...


‘It’s taken years for us to get to where we are’: Women’s ranks in the Statehouse will be smaller come 2025
11-26-2024 4:30 PM

By SARAH MEARHOFF

When Vermont’s incoming first-term senators gathered in the Senate chamber in Montpelier this week for their new member orientation, the nine newcomers had something in common: They were all men.The new slate of senators will take their oaths of...

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