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By KEVIN O’CONNOR

Vermont’s Roman Catholic Diocese, now seeking to reorganize its depleting finances in U.S. Bankruptcy Court after settling 67 priest misconduct lawsuits, is bracing for a new wave of child sex abuse claims.

By AUDITIGUHA

The latest study in an ongoing effort to track traffic stops across Vermont indicates that Black, Hispanic and Asian drivers continue to be disproportionately targeted, even though the number of stops have significantly decreased since the COVID-19 pandemic.

By PETER D’AURIA

Over the past several months, Vermont lawmakers and state officials have been preoccupied with the fate of the state’s largest health insurance company. 

By AUSTYNGAFFNEY

The federal government deported three migrant farmworkers to Mexico this week, out of eight detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents last month on a dairy in northern Vermont.

By ALAN J.KEAYS

The Vermont Supreme Court has upheld the convictions of a former Rutland child care provider found guilty on charges of involuntary manslaughter and cruelty to a child in the death of a 6-month-old baby more than six years ago. 

By IZZY WAGNER

Vermonters are planning to celebrate the 55th anniversary of Green Up Day on Saturday by participating in trash cleanup events throughout the state. But this year comes with a twist. 

By AUDITIGUHA

Recent efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to revoke the legal status of refugees has alarmed Vermont service providers.

By HABIB SABET

A federal judge has signed off on the sale of Burke Mountain Resort for $11.5 million, releasing the Northeast Kingdom ski mountain from nearly a decade of federal receivership.

By HABIB SABET

On its face, the partnership between The Nation magazine and Myers Mermel, the new owner of WDEV-AM, is an unlikely one. 

By PETER D’AURIA

Thousands of Vermonters could see their medical debt wiped away under a bill headed to the governor’s desk.

By HABIB SABET

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents on Monday arrested eight migrant workers at Pleasant Valley Farms, a dairy in Berkshire, according to state and federal officials.

By K. FIEGENBAUM

Two trails run east-west across Vermont: the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail, which runs from Swanton, Vt., to St. Johnsbury, Vt., entirely on a former rail bed, and the perhaps lesser-known, Cross Vermont Trail, which runs from Burlington through Montpelier to Wells River with just under half of the trail on off-road walking and biking paths.

By GRETA SOLSAA

A Vermont Superior Court judge recently issued a ruling in favor of Middlebury College, closing a longstanding dispute over the Middlebury Chapel. 

By ALAN J. KEAYS

BURLINGTON — A federal jury has convicted the accused leader of a murder-for-hire plot of all charges brought against him in the 2018 killing in Vermont of a former business partner.

By YARDAINAMRON

The case of a Tufts University student who is currently detained in Louisiana will continue in Vermont, a federal judge in Burlington ruled late Friday. Judge William Sessions ordered Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) transfer the doctoral student, Rümeysa Öztürk, back to a Vermont facility by May 1. The federal government has four days to appeal.

By COREY MCDONALD

A lawsuit filed in federal court on Monday alleges the city of Burlington and Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport officials “improperly retaliated” against a local helicopter company and its owner and violated his first amendment rights after he spoke out against the airport in local media reports.

By HABIBSABET

Amid a growing legal dispute, ECFiber is preparing to part ways with the Maine-based internet service provider that oversees its operations.

BY PETER D’AURIA

Seth Brunell, who was charged with second-degree murder in the 2022 killing of Hinesburg, Vt., transgender woman Fern Feather, reached a surprise plea deal Thursday midway through his trial. 

By AUDITI GUHA

The U.S. government has revoked the visa of a Middlebury College international student, leaving the person at risk for deportation.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

State Education Secretary Zoie Saunders told the Trump administration Monday that Vermont’s schools will continue diversity, equity and inclusion programs and reaffirmed the state’s compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws.

By OLIVIA GIEGER

Two Champlain Valley Union High School students are being forced to leave the U.S., after an order from the Department of Homeland Security suspended a legal parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans.