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By ALAN J. KEAYS

The state will pay almost $200,000 to the parents of a 6-month-old baby who died at a Rutland child care facility to settle a suit the family brought alleging that the Vermont Department for Children and Families failed to properly investigate...

By CARLY BERLIN

Earlier this year, it seemed like Corey Moquin was beginning to get his feet under him. In March, Moquin, 39, had entered Vermont’s motel voucher program after a stint at a hospital receiving treatment for his mental health. By mid-September, he had...

By YARDAIN AMRON

Support staff at Morrisville’s Copley Hospital voted to unionize last Thursday. The formation, which came through a decisive 68-44 vote, joins together the hospital’s nearly 150 staff with its almost 100 nurses in the regional United Nurses and Allied...

By SHAUN ROBINSON

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is planning to cut the operating hours of some ports of entry between Vermont and Canada early next year, the federal agency said in a Tuesday press release.Starting Jan. 6, 2025, four Vermont crossings that are...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Zoie Saunders, Vermont’s interim secretary of education, has hailed the importance of data in revitalizing the state’s education system since she took office this spring.Stakeholders say they desperately need data. School districts are building...

By SHAUN ROBINSON

The parent company of Vermont Castings, a well-known manufacturer of stoves and fireplace inserts, plans to furlough most of the workers at its facilities in Randolph and Bethel around the start of next week, a company spokesperson told...

By ERIN PETENKO

More than 75% of Vermont is “abnormally dry,” and a quarter of the state is in a drought, according to the latest data from the U.S. Drought Monitor. As of last week, drought conditions were worst in southern Vermont, where much of Rutland, Windsor,...

By OLIVIA HAGIOS

Department of Fish & Wildlife officials say the deer population is robust and hunters are primed for success as they head to the woods for the start of the annual deer rifle season.“There are a good number of deer out there, certainly more than we’ve...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

MONTPELIER — A week and a half after Vermont voters eviscerated their supermajority, Senate Democrats convened Saturday to reflect on their election losses and chart a new course ahead of the 2025 legislative session. They voted to retain one top...

By KLARA BAUTERS

A new initiative from the University of Vermont hopes to address the shortage of mental health professionals available to support the state’s youth.Known as the Catamount Counseling Collaborative for Rural Schools, the program plans to train and place...

By OLIVIA HAGIOS

After a 43-year run, Merrill’s Roxy Cinema in Burlington is closing, leaving the city without a commercial movie theater. The local theater announced the news Thursday in a Facebook post and expressed gratitude for everyone who visited the theater...

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

Thirty years ago, in the fall of 1994, Rutland City leaders eagerly awaited news of final plans for the cornerstone of their long-germinating downtown revitalization efforts: A new $20 million corporate headquarters for the state’s then-largest...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Having lost six seats to Republicans last week, Vermont’s weakened Senate Democratic caucus is poised to switch up some of its leaders ahead of the 2025 legislative session — but there are no signs this week of a mutiny afoot. Senate Democrats are...

By PETER D’AURIA

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — This semester, student journalists at The Guidon, Norwich University’s student newspaper, have wanted to publish news stories about a variety of topics: university events, features, film and TV criticism, profiles of campus...

By PETER D’AURIA

The University of Vermont Health Network plans to make a series of service cuts at medical facilities across the state, eliminating or trimming services in multiple areas. The network announced plans to eliminate the transplant department at UVM...

By EMMA COTTON

Vermont officials have confirmed the presence of the invasive golden clam in Lake Champlain, bringing the total count of aquatic, nonnative invasive species in the lake to 52. “It’s disappointing, but it is not surprising,” said Meg Modley, aquatic...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Vermont’s biggest election night winner was, by all accounts, Gov. Phil Scott.The Berlin Republican was widely expected to cruise to a fifth two-year term — and cruise, he did. Scott won 71.6% of the gubernatorial vote on Tuesday, besting his...

By PAUL HEINTZ

Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman conceded his reelection race to Republican challenger John Rodgers Thursday morning, after falling more than 6,000 votes short in Tuesday’s election, and said he would not seek a recount. But he nodded at the possibility that...

By EMMA COTTON

Vermonters handily reelected both of the state’s incumbent members of Congress on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt.The Associated Press called the race for Sanders the moment the polls closed in Vermont at 7 p.m. — and...

By SHAUN ROBINSON

John Rodgers, a Republican from Glover, Vt., was elected lieutenant governor of Vermont Tuesday, unseating Progressive/Democrat Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman in a rare ouster of a statewide incumbent. The dramatic conclusion came at the end of a highly...