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By ALAN J. KEAYS

Caledonia County Sheriff James Hemond died over the weekend at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, the department announced in a statement Sunday.  

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

Amid a head-splitting world of political clamor, talk of a Vermont Town Meeting full of gentle gaveling and friendly points of order might sound like just the prescription.

By ERIN PETENKO

The Vermont Department of Health has stopped including data on COVID-19 cases and deaths in its weekly surveillance reports. 

By KLARA BAUTERS

A virtual town hall hosted by U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Congresswoman Becca Balint, D-Vt., drew roughly 34,000 participants Wednesday night as uncertainty over the future of federal programs took center stage.

By ALAN J. KEAYS and GRETA SOLSAA

MANCHESTER, Vt. — Three people whose small plane crashed Wednesday morning near the summit of Mount Equinox were rescued with the help of a helicopter that lowered a basket to pluck the trio from the snowy and remote location.

By ALAN J. KEAYS

A former Stowe man already charged in connection with the 2023 deaths of two Massachusetts men in Vermont has been indicted on new charges that could carry the possibility of the death penalty if convicted.

By GRETA SOLSAA

The Mill River Unified Union School District, under the banner of its mascot minutemen touting muskets, is now caught in a battle of its own over whether certain firearm imagery is appropriate in a yearbook photo. 

By YARDAIN AMRON

A Shelburne Police Department sergeant who struck and killed a stationary cyclist in South Burlington with his cruiser this past November was cited into court on a felony charge, state police said in a news release Thursday evening. 

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

When Vermont-schooled Olympian Mikaela Shiffrin arrived at the Killington Ski Resort last Thanksgiving for its annual World Cup women’s race, she didn’t expect a shocking fall would force her to take a break.

By EMMA COTTON

Vermont Asylum Assistance Project, one of the only organizations that provides legal representation to noncitizen immigrants in Vermont, lost half its staff Tuesday, according to Jill Martin Diaz, the organization’s executive director. 

By KLARA BAUTERS

On Thursday evening, Caitlin Morgan, a food systems scientist, picked up a call from her boss at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service at the University of Vermont. He told her that everyone who was still within their probationary period should brace for an imminent termination letter.

By ERIN PETENKO

Rock of Ages, a Barre-based granite company, has ended its quarry tours and shuttered its visitors center, effectively ending public access to its operations after more than 100 years. 

By OLIVIA GIEGER

Michael Myers, a 51-year-old incarcerated man at the Southern State Correctional Facility died Monday morning, according to releases from the Vermont State Police and Department of Corrections. 

By AUDITI GUHA

A Vermont judge has thrown out a lawsuit backed by a national conservative group that tried to block noncitizen voting in Burlington.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Gov. Phil Scott’s education reform ideas have absorbed much of the Legislature’s attention, but lawmakers are growing impatient with his administration for not yet introducing a bill with all the details. 

By PETER D’AURIA

University of Vermont Health Network leaders met with a varied reception in the Vermont Statehouse Thursday, with back-to-back hearings in a skeptical House committee and a friendlier Senate one.

By OLIVIA GIEGER

The University of Vermont has leveled up when it comes to its standing as a research institution. 

By K. FIEGENBAUM

Residents at the southern tip of Orleans County are taking the housing crisis into their own hands. 

By COREY MCDONALD

A lawsuit has been filed against the Burlington Police Department, alleging that a police officer used excessive force and made an illegal arrest, bringing a man to the ground and breaking his wrist.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

The Vermont Supreme Court Friday dismissed a suit filed by two senators over Gov. Phil Scott’s appointment of Zoie Saunders as interim education secretary, calling the case “moot.”