An Enosburg man is facing charges of obstruction of justice, criminal threatening and disorderly conduct by electronic device after he reportedly made threats to several members of the Vermont State Police assigned to the St. Albans barracks, officials said Tuesday.
Supervisor took cash from vault, a few grand at a time, police say.
Iranian-born surgeon detained at Vermont border appears in federal court; Nine people, a cat displaced after Burlington house fire; Driver hits utility pole, lands on top of parked car in Ferrisburgh
Becca Balint and Charity Clark have hypocritically indicted themselves. Hank Poitras will win his challenge, preserving the political liberties that Americans have long enjoyed despite persistent Democratic efforts to punish “misinformation” while spewing it endlessly themselves.
These costs are pushing many Vermonters — especially our seniors/ elderly, low-income and fixed-income households — into fuel poverty.
The Nature Conservancy’s biodiversity fund is its response to the State of Vermont goals for protecting 30% of the state by 2030 and 50% by 2050.
It would write into the Vermont Constitution a permanent ban on any future right-to-work laws for public or private sector employees, meaning future legislatures would be constitutionally barred from passing legislation banning union-membership-as-a-condition-of-employment agreements.
The researchers say the disease poses no known risk to people. Vermont has never issued an advisory specific to this lake or this fish — and the only public guidance is a biologist’s personal answer.
Held without bail.
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The video depicts police leading away a Main Street, Brattleboro resident on July 18, with Predator Poachers president Alex Rosen describing how the group posed as an 11-year-old open to a sexual encounter.
The festival offers something for everyone, from exploring Vermont’s granite history at the Vermont Granite Museum to enjoying live performances and local flavors in the heart of the city.
Mahdawi still free, but now must argue case in immigration courts.
Balint, who chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus’s Ending Corporate Greed Task Force, joined with New York Democrat Rep. Nydia Velázquez and several other Democratic lawmakers to introduce what they call the Online Sellers’ Bill of Rights Act of 2026.
The changes proposed by the Fish and Wildlife Board would eliminate the consecutive “early” and “late” seasons to create one bear season extending from September 1 through the last day of the regulated deer seasons.
Your website declares you want to get rid of the Presidency, the U.S. Senate, Homeland Security and ICE, State and local Law Enforcement, private businesses, prisons, our United States Constitution. What world will we live in with your ideas?
The funding approved included $3.6 million to the state of Vermont to reimburse the Town of Lyndon to repair one bridge on Red Village Road and replace another washed away by the late July 2024 flooding.
As Vermont’s health care insurance rates climbed higher than neighboring states, the Vermont Legislature this year tried to crack down on what some Vermonters of faith consider a more preferable, more cost-effective alternative: the health care sharing ministry (HCSM).
In an interview with Jewish Insider at the Aspen Security Forum, Joel Rubin didn’t mince words, claiming that the Jewish senior Vermont U.S. senator and his movement are harming American Jews by boosting “anti-Israel, antisemitic candidates.”
Governor Phil Scott also announces 144 appointments to State boards and commissions
Pilot rescued by residents after small plane crash in Morgan; Tractor-trailer crash closes Route 22A in Benson for hours; Youth-centered space prepares to open in Montpelier; Gas prices increase in Vermont once again
Prosecutors argued that Said, who faces a homicide charge in the death of Christina Chatlos, 38, should not receive any additional leniency. Caledonia State’s Attorney Claire Burns told the court that the state had originally sought to hold Said without bail and remains concerned about public safety and the possibility that he could flee while living in Massachusetts.
The 12th annual Brewfest will take place July 25 from 3 to 9 p.m. at The Barn at the Top of the World, located at 1073 Upper Quarry Road in Newport. The venue is operated by Hilarie and Todd Wright, who donate its use for the charity.
It’s campaign season. You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a candidate looking for your vote. Here are a few questions to ask.
$991,000 of the $1.1. million contribution to the LGBTQ Victory Fund was spent on behalf of Balint’s primary campaign, helping her defeat Molly Gray. Balint won easily in the general election.
During the struggle, Healy reached toward an officer’s duty belt, grabbed the officer’s holstered firearm and attempted to remove it from the holster, police say.
Benjamin and Simon make no bones about their anti-Israel viewpoint in their article, accusing the Jewish state of “genocide in Gaza.”
According to the commission, tissues collected during its public and private truth-telling sessions — symbolizing the tears shed as Vermonters shared their experiences — will be offered in a ceremonial fire as a gesture of healing.
Memorial grows for teen killed in Burlington e-bike crash; VSP: Gun discharged accidentally into Highgate apartment; Vermont Green women finish inaugural season as national runners up; Vermont Green FC Men’s Soccer advances to USL2 Eastern Conference Finals
Prior arrests for the man with ‘kill rats’ tattooed on his face include domestic assault with a deadline weapon, arson, fleeing scene of a crash.
The non-binding initiative asks whether Vermont should move toward a student-centered education funding system in which education dollars follow each child rather than being allocated primarily to school districts.
Veteran Vermont forester and author William Sargent is warning that the closure of the Finch Wood Yard in Glens Falls could have far-reaching consequences for the Northeast’s forest products industry, calling it one of the most significant events of his more than 50-year career.
Perhaps electrical grids are more complicated than the mandates.
Vermont makes a serious mistake when it treats more housing and a larger population as automatic progress. Every subdivision cut into a field, forest edge, hillside or former farm permanently removes part of the landscape that makes this state worth living in.
Interim Burlington Police Chief Shawn Burke said the two men were arrested following a month’s long investigation into a drug trafficking organization operating in the downtown area of the Queen City.
The New York Giants and their legends made Colchester the team’s preseason home away from home in the 1950s.
Does CNBC’s “Best States” ranking make any sense?
Education. Government. Health care. Prop 3 would clear obstacles to a general strike freezing activity in all three sectors.
When the ranking firefighter confronted him assaulting the woman, Butchino allegedly threatened him with a large hunting-style knife.
The Vermont Bear Hound Association announced it is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the person or people responsible for illegally shooting and dumping the bear.
20 year old New Jersey woman charged.
Two years ago the suspect pleaded guilty to 53 charges, mostly stemming from alcohol-induced behavior.
Vermont’s ranking state university is facing pushback over plans to stop requiring hopeful freshmen to submit essays with their applications.
Police identified the victim as Shiloh Skalka, 16, of Burlington. Authorities said Skalka died Thursday evening from injuries suffered in the collision.
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The celebration, organized by the Fair Haven Historical Society, will begin at 11 AM in the town park with remarks from state leaders and journalists about the importance of First Amendment rights. Scheduled speakers include Gov. Phil Scott, Senate Minority Leader Brian Collamore, House Minority Leader William Canfield, and Vermont Press Association Executive Director Michael Donoghue.
The first deputy to arrive located the man in the water, swam out to reach him, and brought him back to shore.
Vermont State Police responded at about 3:15 AM on July 17 to reports of a truck on fire in the roadway. A preliminary investigation found that a small tanker truck traveling southbound experienced an apparent mechanical problem that ignited the vehicle. The cause of the mechanical failure remains under investigation.
“July 20th was my mother and her mother’s birthday,” VDC reader recalls.
It includes using 6 juveniles to sell his crack cocaine in Rutland County
Vermont team controls disease in 67% of patients—by attacking cancer energy system
A federal notice names Derby among sites ICE is scouting for office space. It surfaces as two ICE shootings in Maine and Texas sharpen nerves along the border.
According to the FBI, he is accused of being a member of the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria Organized Crime Group, a transnational criminal organization that originated in India’s Punjab state.
The speaker series, titled “Those Who Came Before: 250 Years of Vermont History,” will explore the quest for liberty, equality, justice, and acceptance in Vermont. Speakers will use archival records, including those held by VSARA, to tell the stories of individuals, communities, and our nation.
GOP justice of the peace nominating meeting July 20.
Fenbendazole Can Cure Cancer presents Case Reports of people who have treated their own cancers along with other articles to help understand how fenbendazole works to treat cancer.
Burlington ranks number 6 in top towns to visit list; Group accuses Chittenden County sheriff’s campaign of transphobic speech against primary opponent; Ben & Jerry’s Foundation says it will shut down amid legal dispute with parent company
Governor Phil Scott and the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) earlier this week announced $3,547,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding through the Vermont Community Development Program (VCDP).
Initial reports indicated that one man, Puma’s father, James, was stabbed and taken to Porter Hospital, apparently by his wife, Janet.
Since his November write-in election to the unpaid county post, and after he accompanied an anti-Israel activist Mohsen Mahdawi to a detention hearing in Colchester in April, 2025, Helali was reported by a Vermont community newspaper to be living in Russia.
Also, Woodstock’s budgetary correspondence. and Balint’s budgetary record.
Renee Orzolek, 49, of Craftsbury was conducting flagging operations for road maintenance near Leavitt Circle at about 3:55 p.m. when she was struck by a 2025 GMC Canyon driven by Colby Currier, 88, of Troy, according to police.
Twenty-three percent of Vermont residents are over 65, placing it second nationally to Maine, with 24 percent.
Police say Mississippi woman rolled down her window and pointed a gun at Shelburne man.
The largest contributor to Vermont’s hazy, smoky plume remains the dozens of active wildfires in Canada, where 34 fires are burning across nearly 24,812 acres.
Vermont housing crisis is subject of candidate forum; Richmond still under boil water notice; Manchester Police Chief Owns retiring; Lt. Blanchard to assume leadership
Shawn Loan replaces retiring Col. Matthew Birmingham
Will Bernie win the Democratic nomination in 2028? Hear Mark Halperin explain why he thinks so on Chronicle Conversations at 12:30 ttoday on WVMT.
Newly released 2025 state assessment data compiled by EdWatch VT shows many Vermont public schools are not meeting state proficiency standards in reading, writing, math and science – even though neighboring towns have much better results.
On the morning of July 13, a lactating female black bear was dumped into the river from the Newbury Crossing Fishing Access Area. The bear had died from a gunshot wound.
Biologist Kevin Tolan from the Vermont Center for Ecostudies tells WCAX-TV the lack of mowing is spawning invasive plants choking off the very grass that was designed to save ground-nesting birds.
Over the weekend, reenactors took to a southern Vermont hillside and put on an educational show
“For too long, Vermont has been part of a policy experiment that too often fails to ask a basic question: who pays?”
Burlington man pleads not guilty in alleged downtown sexual assault; British ‘Red Arrows’ pay Burlington surprise visit; UVM Medical Center resident physicians approve new contract with pay raise and benefits; Tornado safety tips that could come in handy late today
Not all historic buildings will be able to be preserved
According to the 2026 Property Valuation and Review Report, Vermont estimates that taxable property statewide is currently assessed at only about 70% of its fair market value. That doesn’t mean your tax bill is about to jump overnight, but it does mean the state is preparing for more frequent reappraisals designed to close that gap.
Right now the ‘smart money’ – AKA the investors in the bookie website Polymarket.com – give him just a one percent chance, even with Oprah Winfrey and way below seven percenter Kamala Harris. Even comedian Jon Stewart gets 2%.
“I absolutely think that their infrastructure is underinvested in, and that these are complicated machines,” Prince – a potential buyer of Vail properties – told SummitDaily.com. “When they don’t get invested in, unfortunately, people can die.”
Campaign for Vermont Prosperity has named longtime Vermont business and civic leader Pam Mackenzie as its new president, succeeding Pat McDonald, who led the nonpartisan public policy organization for the past decade.
The ridge behind the sculpture isn’t the Green Mountains. It’s a range of its own — and the state has been buying it up with federal money for years.
Kaiden McCarthy of Chester was drafted by the Atlanta Braves.
It remains unclear what triggered the automated emergency alert.
The report, which includes extensive video also captured on YouTube, says that a sport utility vehicle crashed into a swimming pool, sending guests scrambling but causing no serious injuries
Heat index values to top 100 degrees.
According to an X post by Orange County High Bailiff Christopher Helali, he’s been in Iran since at least July 7 to “honor, salute, and pray for” Iranian leader Ayotollah Khameini slain by U.S. military forces at the outset of the 2026 Iran – US war.
64 percent want to leave, mostly citing high cost of living and high taxes.
Following a brief struggle, the individual—identified as Matthew Adams, 35, of Essex Junction—continued to actively resist arrest, striking and biting law enforcement officers before being taken into custody.
Union rally in Burlington calls for safe staffing at UVM Medical Center; Morristown resident charged with abandoning child on highway; Woman rescued after falling near Lone Rock Point
Report concludes that while “most sheriffs do not engage in behavior that warrants removal,” Vermont’s current system leaves few options for dealing with problem sheriffs.
A new statewide poll suggests Vermont may be facing a growing “brain drain,” with nearly two-thirds of young adults saying they are likely to leave the state within the next five years, driven largely by high housing costs and the overall cost of living.
The iconic Stowe Country Club has reopened after a massive redesign, albeit now as a private course for the first time in its more than seven decades.
Ashley Williams, 31, of St. Johnsbury, was found outside the residence and was in possession of a trafficking weight of a substance that tested positive for fentanyl, police said. Osvaldo Andino Rodriguez, 43, of Meriden, Connecticut, was found inside the residence, police said. Approximately 115 grams of a substance that field tested positive for cocaine base and over $47,000 in currency were seized, police said.
Pilots Joe Doerer and Hélène Viens inflated Doerer’s balloon, Dream Chaser, on Saturday, July 4, to offer free tethered rides to visitors at Gardner Memorial Park.
North put skills learned in his youth to the test on the History Channel’s “Alone” series. Now he’s passing them along.
One 49-second video posted on social media by Poitras apparently got under the skin of U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt.
Warning: this news story contains profanity and language of religious bigotry.
19-year-old charged with stalking.
Do you know anything about this dog found tied to a street sign?
Couture pleaded guilty in 2024 to negligent homicide in the deaths of his daughters, Kyriana Couture, 10, and Kelsey Couture, 7.
Vermont should learn if it seeks to avoid California’s $1.4B penalty
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