BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Attorney General's office has received approval to hire a special investigator to target child pornography cases.Cindy Maguire of the attorney general's office tellsMore >>
The Vermont Attorney General's office has received approval to hire a special investigator to target child pornography cases.More >>
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) - Officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will be in Vermont later this month to talk about their annual safety assessment of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.NRC officialsMore >>
Officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will be in Vermont later this month to talk about their annual safety assessment of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.More >>
BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Sen. Bernie Sanders says that 15 rural post offices slated to close in Vermont will stay open, but will have reduced hours under a U.S. Postal Service proposal.Sanders said he willMore >>
Sen. Bernie Sanders says that 15 rural post offices slated to close in Vermont will stay open, but will have reduced hours under a U.S. Postal Service proposal.More >>
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) - Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has asked the president to increase the state's federal reimbursement for damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene from 75 to 90 percent.The BrattleboroMore >>
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has asked the president to increase the state's federal reimbursement for damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene from 75 to 90 percent.More >>
Will Americans buy a Chinese smartphone? We're about to find out, as Huawei, one of the world's biggest phone makers, is planning a big push into U.S. cellphone stores. All four nationwide U.S. phoneMore >>
WILLISTON, VT – The FBI and Vermont investigators are searching a northern Vermont landfill trying to find remains of a missing Vermont couple. William and Lorraine Currier have not been seen since lastMore >>
The FBI and Vermont investigators are searching a northern Vermont landfill trying to find remains of a missing Vermont couple.More >>
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont lawmakers have dropped an effort to help tradespeople get work and kept an opt-out for parents who don't want to get their kids vaccinated while wrapping up their 2012 session.LawmakersMore >>
Vermont lawmakers have dropped an effort to help tradespeople get work and kept an opt-out for parents who don't want to get their kids vaccinated while wrapping up their 2012 session.More >>
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermonters can fish for free one day next month.On Saturday, June 9, residents and nonresidents can go fishing without a fishing license in the state.Fish and Wildlife officialsMore >>
Vermonters can fish for free one day next month.More >>
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) - The lawyer for a Vermont woman charged in the killing of a prep school teacher is considering whether to seek a separate trial.Allen and Patricia Prue of Waterford are chargedMore >>
The lawyer for a Vermont woman charged in the killing of a prep school teacher is considering whether to seek a separate trial.More >>
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont is keeping the philosophical exemption allowing parents to opt out of having their kids immunized.But parents exercising that right will have to sign a statement once a yearMore >>
Vermont is keeping the philosophical exemption allowing parents to opt out of having their kids immunized.More >>
A legislative conference committee has agreed to make Vermont the first state to ban a hotly debated method for drilling natural gas. Geologists say there appears to be little if any natural gas underMore >>
A legislative conference committee has agreed to make Vermont the first state to ban a hotly debated method for drilling natural gas.More >>
Putting a bag in the overhead bin will soon cost some Spirit Airlines passengers $100, more than they paid for their tickets. The Miramar, Fla., airline currently charges $45 for a carry-on bag. As ofMore >>
Putting a bag in the overhead bin will soon cost some Spirit Airlines passengers $100, more than they paid for their tickets.More >>
BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A Vermont woman who pleaded guilty to taking thousands of dollars in donations from a nonprofit group has been sentenced to nine months in prison.Forty-five-year-old Deborah StanlewiczMore >>
A Vermont woman who pleaded guilty to taking thousands of dollars in donations from a nonprofit group has been sentenced to nine months in prison.More >>
Charlie Ergen, the billionaire who controls Dish Network Corp., has a 10-year plan to transform the satellite TV provider into a one-stop shop for Internet access, video and voice services at home andMore >>
Charlie Ergen, the billionaire who controls Dish Network Corp., has a 10-year plan to transform the satellite TV provider into a one-stop shop for Internet access, video and voice services at home andMore >>
WILLISTON, Vt. (AP) - Vermont State Police investigators say an unarmed burglary suspect was shot in the back and killed after refusing a trooper's order to surrender.Vermont State Police Col. Thomas L'EsperanceMore >>
Vermont State Police investigators say an unarmed burglary suspect was shot in the back and killed after refusing a trooper's order to surrender.More >>
VERMONT – Purple traps are being used to prevent the emerald ash borer from invading Vermont. The emerald ash borer is a metallic green beetle. The beetle has already ruined 15 trees in other states,More >>
Purple traps are being used to prevent the emerald ash borer from invading Vermont.More >>
BENNINGTON, VT – Bennington Police are looking for two male suspects involved in two thefts at Rite Aid. Police say two thefts happened at the Rite Aid located on North Street over a period of four days.More >>
Bennington Police are looking for two male suspects involved in two thefts at Rite Aid.More >>
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed a bill into law expanding the use ignition interlock devices for people convicted of drunken driving.The voluntary program allows people withMore >>
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed a bill into law expanding the use ignition interlock devices for people convicted of drunken driving.More >>
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Officials say the frigid temperatures forecast for the weekend are normal for late April. But it was the early spring that prompted the National Weather Service to issue freeze warningsMore >>
Officials say the frigid temperatures forecast for the weekend are normal for late April. But it was the early spring that prompted the National Weather Service to issue freeze warnings for parts of the state.More >>
BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Workers say their first full day at a new Vermont state office complex in Bennington has gone smoothly. The complex in Bennington was rebuilt four years after 135 employees wereMore >>
Workers say their first full day at a new Vermont state office complex in Bennington has gone smoothly.More >>
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (AP) - State police say a Vermont inmate facing charges of sending threatening letters to Gov. Peter Shumlin has been accused of attacking and seriously injuring another inmate in a fight.More >>
State police say a Vermont inmate facing charges of sending threatening letters to Gov. Peter Shumlin has been accused of attacking and seriously injuring another inmate in a fight.More >>
The Vermont Agency of Transportation is urging motorists to be extra careful when driving through work zones on roads and highways across the state.More >>
The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking people across the state to help biologists learn about summer bat colonies in buildings through a program called "Got Bats?"More >>
The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking people across the state to help biologists learn about summer bat colonies in buildings through a program called "Got Bats?"More >>
Vermont is embroiled in a debate over ending the philosophical exemption that allows parents to have their kids skip childhood immunizations required for attending school.More >>
Vermont is embroiled in a debate over ending the philosophical exemption that allows parents to have their kids skip childhood immunizations required for attending school.More >>
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is giving Vermont a big boost by helping defray the repair costs of a White River Junction railroad bridge nearly destroyed by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.More >>
A Vermont school district will pay the teaching principal of an elementary school for the remainder of the school year and part of the next fiscal year in return for his resignation at the end of June.More >>
The head of the cemetery commission in the Vermont town where more than 50 sets of remains were washed out by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene says that seven months after the storm 25 sets of remains are still missing, having been swept downstream by the floodwaters.More >>
Organizers of another protest against the continued operation of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant are expecting at least 2,000 people, including Gov. Peter Shumlin and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.More >>
The Vermont city of Burlington will have "more cowbell" this weekend when Phish drummer Jon Fishman leads what he hopes to be the World's Largest Cowbell Ensemble.More >>
A Vermont man has been ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation after he was accused of breaking into a couple's home armed with a machete in order to stop them from arguing.More >>
An agreement has been reached between striking teachers and school administrators in the Rutland Southwest Supervisory Union, bringing a six-day strike to a close.More >>
Leaders in the renewable energy and energy efficiency fields are to gather with lenders, elected officials and others for what's being billed as a summit aimed at promoting green energy in Vermont.More >>
Bennington College is holding a week of discussions on water, with sessions ranging from lessons learned in Vermont from Tropical Storm Irene to legal issues regarding water quality and quantity.More >>
State officials say dry and breezy conditions across Vermont are expected to continue through the weekend, which will likely continue the high to very high fire danger level.More >>
A Vermont fire chief says a fire that destroyed a Pownal mobile home, leaving a mother and three children homeless, was apparently caused by a child playing with a lighter.More >>
Fruit plants budding and blooming weeks earlier than usual were damaged by frigid temperatures this week, but farmers in the Great Lakes and Northeast say they're still assessing the toll and some crop loss won't be apparent until mid-summer.More >>
About 2,000 people have gathered to celebrate the life of a popular Vermont prep school teacher who police say was lured from her home and killed.More >>
Vermont utility regulators have determined they must start over in their review of whether the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant should get a new state permit for continued operation.More >>
Friday, March 30 2012 3:39 PM EDT2012-03-30 19:39:04 GMT
President Barack Obama is in Vermont on a quick campaign swing that is going to include a series of fundraisers that are expected to draw more than 4,500 people.More >>
The Vermont prep school teacher lured from her home and killed will be remembered by students, co-workers, friends and family at St. Johnsbury Academy where she was a science teacher.More >>
Wednesday, March 28 2012 12:44 PM EDT2012-03-28 16:44:13 GMT
Court documents say a Vermont snow plow driver and his wife lured a beloved prep school teacher from her home by pretending their vehicle had broken down and they needed help, and then strangled her before throwing her body in a river.More >>
Tuesday, March 27 2012 3:38 PM EDT2012-03-27 19:38:20 GMT
Vermont State Police say an autopsy has confirmed that a body found off a back road is that of a prep school teacher who disappeared while her son was left unharmed in her idling car.More >>
The opening of a new Vermont state office complex next month in Bennington will shut down criminal and family division courts for several days and temporarily limit some state agency services.More >>
Vermont Labor Commissioner Annie Noonan says teachers and administrators in the southwestern part of the state have settled on an ongoing pay dispute that stemmed from a strike last year.More >>
A federal mediator is calling what could be a last-ditch mediation session in hopes of avoiding a strike by Vermont teachers in a school district in Rutland and Addison counties.More >>
The University of Vermont's men's basketball team was met by a devoted crowd of fans after the Catamounts landed in Burlington following their NCAA tournament loss.More >>
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says he's disappointed with the decision of state Senate leaders not to bring right-to-die legislation to a vote in the chamber this year.More >>
The administration of Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is arguing that if the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is going to continue operating, it needs to continue meeting other obligations.More >>
Police believe a Vermont man may have been suffering from a medical emergency when the van he was driving crashed into a tree. The man was found unresponsive and was later pronounced dead at a hospital.More >>
Police say a 5-year-old Vermont boy who decided to go for a walk with two family dogs was unharmed when the trio were found about four miles away from home, a couple of hours after they went missing.More >>
The new owner of a former Vermont elementary school plans to start transforming the gymnasium into an indoor soccer field next month and hopes to have it ready in the fall.More >>
Tuesday, March 6 2012 10:56 PM EST2012-03-07 03:56:35 GMT
The Associated Press reports Mitt Romney won primaries in Massachusetts, Vermont and Virginia. Newt Gingrich has won in his home state of Georgia. Rick Santorum has won the Republican presidential primary in Tennessee.More >>
Vermont's top voting official says he's expecting voter turnout in the state's Super Tuesday presidential primary to be somewhere in between the last two primaries.More >>
The legal arguments over the future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant continue, with parties to file this coming week on how the state Public Service Board should handle its review of a new state permit for the plant.More >>
Five months after the remnants of Hurricane Irene inundated Vermont, people from one end of the state to the other are recording their memories of what happened.More >>
Vermont's Lake Champlain will be getting $3 million in the latest round of federal funding for work ranging from improving water quality to managing fisheries and restoring ecosystems.More >>
The Vermont Public Service Board says it will set its own pace in deciding whether the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant gets a state permit to operate for another 20 years.More >>
The Vermont House has given preliminary approval to legislation that would push the state toward the goal of recycling and composting solid waste, with as little as possible going to landfills.More >>
The Vermont Department of Labor is delaying an order that would have required a Bennington school district to pay teachers the difference in pay after a new contract was reached following a nine-day strike last fall.More >>
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is expressing impatience with lawmakers for not sending him legislation to revamp the state's mental health system fast enoughMore >>
The company that owns the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is appealing a federal court order allowing the plant to stay open past its originally scheduled shutdown date of March 21.More >>
More than 120 skiers and riders were evacuated from a chairlift at a Vermont ski area after a lift derailed, but the lift is now reported reopened.More >>
A business group is panning major health insurance reform legislation passed by the Vermont House, saying it will limit choice for both businesses and individuals and may drive up costs.More >>
A coalition of health care and consumer groups is renewing its call for a new tax on soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages following a new study that links sugar consumption to health problems.More >>
The Vermont House has turned back an effort to move up the date for when the administration of Gov. Peter Shumlin must come up with a financing plan for its ambitious health insurance reform plan.More >>
The next president of the University of Vermont is going to be paid $447,000 in pay and deferred compensation during his first three years leading the university in Burlington.More >>
Officials with the Army Corps of Engineers say a series of flood control projects built decades ago helped save Vermont from tens of millions of dollars in damage during flooding from Tropical Storm Irene last summer.More >>
A group devoted to protecting the Connecticut River says the state of Vermont shouldn't cut the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant any slack about dumping warm water into the Connecticut River.More >>
Vermont small businesses that want to keep offering employee health insurance would have to do it through a state system beginning in 2014, under a bill approved by a House committee.More >>
Vermont State Police say it could be some time before investigators are able to determine the identity of the woman's skull found by the side of the road in Danby.More >>
Vermont's Commissioner of Labor has given a school district 30 days to give back pay to teachers who ratified a new contract following a nine-day strike last fall.More >>
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders says a transportation funding bill up for debate this week would provide $408 million to address a backlog of repairs needed for Vermont's roads and bridges.More >>
Attorney General William Sorrell isn't saying whether he'll appeal a federal judge's decision rejecting the state's bid to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, but three Vermont Law School professors are predicting he will, and one of them says it's imperative.More >>
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed legislation allowing Vermont towns left cash-strapped by Tropical Storm Irene recovery to delay payments into the state education fund.More >>
Vermont police searched two locations on Thursday for connections to home break-ins. The recent break-ins involve high-end jewelry being stolen.More >>
Two Vermont state prison inmates are back in custody after they fled while working outside the Northeast Regional Correctional Facility in St. Johnsbury.More >>
The latest standardized test results show that fewer than half of Vermont 11th graders were proficient in math and science and state education officials want to find some way to improve that figure.More >>
Monday, February 6 2012 2:28 PM EST2012-02-06 19:28:18 GMT
State and local police in Vermont and New Hampshire are discussing the progress of their investigation into a burglary ring that has affected communities in five states.More >>
It's on to the Vermont Senate for a bill that would redesign Vermont's mental health system now that its centerpiece Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury has been flooded and closed by Tropical Storm Irene.More >>
The University of Vermont is banning the sale of bottled water starting next year, with plans to convert campus water fountains to bottle filling stations.More >>
The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is asking the state Public Service Board to issue promptly a Certificate of Public good to operate beyond its original March 21 closure date.More >>
It's on to the Vermont House for a bill passed by the Senate that allows motorists to cover their front license plates with a special plate with the words "Vermont Strong" to commemorate Tropical Storm Irene.More >>
A committee of the Vermont House wants to build a 25-bed psychiatric hospital in central Vermont that would replace the state hospital made unusable by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.More >>
A group of Vermont senators has proposed legislation that would give sales and property transfer tax breaks to help with recovery from Tropical Storm Irene.More >>
According to a news release, 72-year old Mary Mulhern was killed Sunday night when her car veered off Route 30 in Wells, hit an embankment, and landed in a brook.More >>
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is going to be meeting with Attorney General William Sorrell to decide whether to appeal a decision by a federal court that allows the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant to continue operating.More >>
Vermont legislative leaders say they won't rush to craft new bills reacting to a federal judge's decision that lawmakers overstepped their authority in trying to close the state's lone nuclear plant.More >>
A federal judge in Vermont has ruled that the state's only nuclear plant can remain open beyond its originally scheduled shutdown date this year, despite efforts by state government to close the 40-year-old reactor.More >>
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is expected to announce that 33 states, including Vermont, and Puerto Rico will receive a share of more than $300 million in emergency funds to help them recover from an unusually intense year of natural disasters.More >>
A New Hampshire woman is on her way to Vermont where she will face a 2nd degree murder charge stemming from the death of an 83-year-old woman from a Brattleboro nursing home.More >>
A nuclear watchdog group is reacting to a suit by Vermont utilities over failures of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant's cooling towers by saying they warned of just such problems.More >>
An official with the Bennington County Industrial Corporation says a number of companies in the Vermont town that make light-weight composite materials used in the production of cars and other products are looking for trained workers.More >>
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is outlining a budget for the next fiscal year that calls for no increases in income or sales taxes and relies on projections of increasing revenue due to an improving economy to spend more on higher education and in other areas.More >>
The president of Southern Vermont College in Bennington is going to be taking a one-year leave of absence so she can take a senior position in the U.S. Department of Education.More >>
A western Massachusetts prosecutor says a Lanesborough police investigator who shot and wounded a man who advanced on him with a knife won't face criminal charges.More >>
Vermont needs to build longer bridges to make more room for swollen rivers. And it needs to encourage relocation of housing at risk of future flooding.More >>
The gavel has fallen to begin the 2012 session of the Vermont Legislature, with House Speaker Shap Smith calling for a round of applause for Vermont's recovery efforts following Tropical Storm Irene.More >>
The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources is hesitant of plans for a large wind power project that would be based around Grandpa's Knob in Castleton.More >>
The town of Bennington is going to be getting some help from the state of Vermont to restore the Roaring Branch stream after it was damaged by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.More >>
A University of Vermont professor who has spent a lifetime studying the way people make and change habits has tips for people seeking to keep New Year's resolutions: Don't worry if you backslide, and practice makes perfect.More >>
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