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By COREY MCDONALD

SOUTH BURLINGTON — The Vermont Air National Guard on Wednesday detailed a new initiative to use afterburners on the F-35s based at the Patrick Leahy International Airport to mitigate the impact of noise from the fighter planes on local communities.The...

By KLARA BAUTERS

The City of Burlington and Franklin County prosecutor Diane Wheeler reached an agreement earlier this month to relocate a 65-pound brindle mix that the city has deemed “vicious” and require the dog, named Moose, to undergo intensive behavioral...

By ERIN PETENKO

Nearly a third of registered Vermont voters have already cast their ballot in this year’s Nov. 5 general election, according to data released Monday by the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office.Of the more than 450,000 ballots mailed to registered...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

A Massachusetts teen is facing a felony charge for his alleged role in a fatal shooting more than a week ago in Waterbury, vt.Samuel Niyonsenga, 18, of Springfield, Mass., through his attorney, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the felony charge of...

By SHAUN ROBINSON

In Vermont’s race for lieutenant governor a single label has been front and center.Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, a Progressive/Democrat and produce farmer from Hinesburg, is facing a challenge from John Rodgers of Glover, a former state lawmaker who owns...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

John Campbell has announced he plans to retire from his position as head of the state department that supports state’s attorneys and sheriffs in Vermont, a post he has held for the past eight years. Campbell, 70, of Quechee, has served as the...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Educators nationwide face a tricky question in an election year: In an increasingly polarized political age, how should schools teach about politics, and with it, democracy? In Vermont, teachers are collectively grappling with the challenge.Hundreds...

By PETER D’AURIA

ORANGE COUNTY — Prominently displayed on the campaign website for Larry Hart, an Orange County Republican candidate for Vermont Senate, is an endorsement from an unnamed community member: “nice guy, reasonable and calm.”It’s a distillation of the...

By KRISTEN FOUNTAIN

Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas this week urged all registered Vermont voters who want to vote by mail in the Nov. 5 general election to get their ballot envelopes postmarked right away.“Mailing your ballot back to your clerk’s office is a...

By COREY MCDONALD

Fabrice Rumama, the Massachusetts man charged in the fatal shooting of a Croydon man in Waterbury, Vt., last week, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment in Washington County Criminal Court on Monday.Rumama, 20, is accused of fatally shooting Shawn...

Authorities have charged a Massachusetts man in the fatal shooting of a New Hampshire man in Waterbury, Vt. Vermont State Police arrested Fabrice Rumama, 20, of Springfield, Mass., early Saturday morning, the agency said in a press release. He is...

By ERIN PETENKO

Vermont narrowly avoided population decline in 2023 thanks to migration to the state, according to a new report from the state Joint Fiscal Office. The state had 1,800 more deaths than births between 2022 and 2023, but gained 1,300 people through...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

After a lower court judge dismissed two senators’ lawsuit over the appointment of Interim Education Secretary Zoie Saunders, the lawmakers on Thursday appealed their case to the Vermont Supreme Court. Sens. Tanya Vyhovsky, P/D-Chittenden Central, and...

By AUDITI GUHA

Tierney Farago, the town administrator for Chelsea in Orange County, is new to the position and new to Vermont. So when she read about a course designed to help town managers gain key skills, she applied. Farago, 30, is one of 18 municipal leaders...

By KLARA BAUTERS

BURLINGTON — In a modest Church Street shop with walls splashed red and yellow, three customers quietly flipped through stacks of comic books. What many visitors to Earth Prime Comics, one of Vermont’s first comic book stores, may not realize is that...

By CARLY BERLIN

State officials are working to assemble three emergency family shelters following the evictions of over 1,000 people from Vermont’s motel voucher program this fall.Two sites – the former State Police barracks in Willison, and the Waterbury Armory –...

By YARDAIN AMRON

The body of a man was recovered Monday morning from Rood Pond in Williamstown, Vt., after what Vermont State Police described as a presumed drowning. The incident does not appear suspicious, police said. Steven Jones, a 30-year-old Brookfield, Vt.,...

By SHAUN ROBINSON

A week after a jury failed, for a second time, to reach a verdict in the assault case against Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore, the prosecutor in the case announced he will not put the sheriff on trial again.Grand Isle State’s Attorney Doug...

By ERIN PETENKO

The Vermont Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state Human Services Board must reconsider a decision that denied a man with disabilities access to services he is entitled to. The unnamed individual, who has autism and a seizure disorder among other...

By EMMA COTTON

A man from Chittenden County died from eastern equine encephalitis in early September, the Vermont Department of Health announced Thursday.The man, who was in his 70s, was the first person to die from the disease in Vermont since 2012, according to a...