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By K. FIEGENBAUM

October is a big month for Vermont’s waterfowl. Not only is it the start of duck hunting season, but the month also marks the beginning of a national student art competition and associated school curriculum about water birds and their environment.The...

By EMMA COTTON

In the latest twist since Goddard College closed last spring, college trustees have decided to enter into a purchase and sale agreement with Execusuite LLC, a property redevelopment firm based in Lebanon.In an announcement issued Monday morning,...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

After surprise PCB test results this summer forced North Country Union High School students to take some classes in tents, all classes will move back inside next week.The news came after the latest round of test results, according to Chris Young, the...

By PETER D’AURIA

The University of Vermont Medical Center announced that it would pause construction on a $130 million outpatient surgery center in South Burlington, blaming the decision on recent orders from a health care regulator.The nearly 94,000 square foot...

By KLARA BAUTERS

The rare Canada lynx has been spotted again in Vermont. And again, and again.Biologists from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department said they’ve received multiple photos and videos of what they believe is the same cat spotted in southern Vermont...

By CATHERINE HURLEY

Stewart’s Shops has reached an agreement to purchase the tri-state Jolley convenience store chain, Stewart’s announced Monday.The sale, which requires federal regulatory approval, includes the 45 Jolley stores in Vermont, New York and New Hampshire...

By AUDITI GUHA

Airport officials on Tuesday announced that Frontier Airlines will again offer direct flights between Florida and the Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport. Officials also said they plan to break ground within the next two weeks on a...

By CATHERINE HURLEY

A group of local investors has finalized its purchase of Killington Resort — the largest ski resort in Eastern North America — and neighboring Pico Mountain, the resort announced Monday. The new ownership group plans to invest more than $30 million...

By CATHERINE HURLEY

When a new interactive storage and gallery space opens at the Vermont History Center, it will be the result of a project decades in the making.The Research and Exhibition Gallery, which opened to the public on Tuesday, brings thousands of items in the...

By COREY MCDONALD

A Burlington school board member resigned this week after he was arrested and charged in Massachusetts with trafficking fentanyl, according to court documents.Rida Kori, 24, was arrested and charged in Holyoke, Massachusetts on Sept. 16 after police...

By SHAUN ROBINSON

Two months after a jury failed to reach a verdict over whether Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore committed assault when he kicked a shackled detainee in 2022, the sheriff’s case is back in court this week as prosecutors try, again, to convict...

By CARLY BERLIN

Nearly 100 Vermont legislators and Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman are now calling for Gov. Phil Scott to intervene on a mass wave of evictions currently underway from the state’s motel voucher program for people experiencing homelessness.“These are the most...

By EMMA COTTON

The Vermont Department of Health is urging people to avoid exposure to mosquitoes after a horse in Addison County tested positive from eastern equine encephalitis, according to a press release the department issued Monday morning. The case prompted...

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

Vermont’s Roman Catholic Diocese has filed for bankruptcy protection in the wake of more costly lawsuits alleging priest misconduct as far back as 1950, according to a filing Monday with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Burlington.The state’s largest...

By AUDITI GUHA

As higher education leaders wrestle with a ban on affirmative action in college admissions, preliminary enrollment data from at least one Vermont college shows a decrease in enrolled students of color. But with only a year of data to go on, experts...

By SHAUN ROBINSON

A contractor with a facility in Williston, Vt., was awarded nearly $200 million by the U.S. Department of Defense to supply the U.S. Army and other federal agencies with parts for an air defense system designed to protect armored vehicles from the...

By SHAUN ROBINSON

The state panel that regulates Vermont’s cannabis industry voted Wednesday to temporarily stop accepting applications for new retail licenses, a move that comes amid growing concerns the market has become oversaturated in some cities and towns. The...

By CATHERINE HURLEY

Shelburne Museum on Thursday unveiled the design of a planned building for its Native American art collection. It also announced a new architectural team that replaces a firm it severed ties with last year. The Perry Center for Native American Art is...

By EMMA COTTON

From afar, three barges in the middle of Lake Champlain may look like a floating amusement park, but in fact, they are part of a project to install a cable that is expected to provide New York City with 20% of its power.The project, called the...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

SOUTH BURLINGTON— The political debate about plans to replace Vermont’s only women’s prison, Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility, is marked by calls for reform, fiscal responsibility and abolitionism.But for those who are incarcerated at or work...