A downtown Burlington apartment produced a $15.16 monthly quote, a $500 deductible, and an offer to start coverage the next day, while an older home in rural Vermont was rejected.
U.S. revokes Iran oil sales authorization after tanker attacks; Secret Service knew Trump’s shooter had a rifle and was ON THE ROOF and never told his own detail, bombshell intelligence report reveals; U.S. troops headed back to Poland
Former Vt. lawmaker died of asphyxiation, death certificate shows; Chittenden Solid Waste District to recover $2.27M lost in cyberscam; Two injured after falling off cliff on Lake Bomoseen;; Kayakers rescued from rapids in Missisquoi River
“I would really call Bernie Sanders to apologize for pushing this kind of predator more than anyone he helped,” Fetterman told Fox News host Laura Ingraham in an interview.
Campaign fundraising and funding sources have been a major focus for many Vermonters since the 2024 election. Groups like Americans for Prosperity drew heat from Democrats last year over concerns about outside organizations influencing Vermont politics and state government policies. Now, a July 1 campaign finance report indicates that the donor network behind one of the state’s most influential advocacy nonprofits has become a major financial force in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.
$19.7 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law completes the Pittsford-to-Brandon reconstruction — a project whose roots run to 1996, and to bypass talk from the 1950s.
Platner, accused Monday of having raped a former “friend,” was an unknown name who became a leading candidate due in no small measure to the early support of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont.
Vermont dairy closing under fire
For anyone planning to attend, you can find the Vermont booth at the end of the Fair grounds closest to the Capital on the northeast side of the Mall.
State authorities search for missing Rutland man; The Velomont bike trail is getting more accessible — one turn at a time; What does the rise of Democratic Socialism mean for midterms?
Perhaps the Democrat majority doesn’t want you to find out that Prop 4 is actually an UNequal rights amendment that intends to provide the legal framework to defend Vermont’s existing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs and implement even more DEI programs, all at taxpayer expense.
Clark and the others AGs say the “Ballot Mail for Federal Elections” rule would unconstitutionally interfere with state-run elections. They are calling for the immediate withdrawal, arguing it would create a “one size fits all” federal mandate that ignores the unique voting laws of states like Vermont.
The deceased individual is believed to be the man who jumped into the Lamoille River upstream of the lake Wednesday evening to attempt to rescue a young relative who fell into the water.
Amber is striking because it preserves a moment forever—a leaf, a wing, a fragment of life suspended in golden resin. It allows us to look backward through time, capturing a world exactly as it once was. But what makes amber so mesmerizing is also what makes it dead. The moment inside can never change again.
Vermont should watch the air-conditioning fight carefully
The steel towers still stand, a reminder of the decades when Vermonters climbed into the clouds each morning, scanning the tree line for smoke.
“No Apologies,” Sen. Sanders says, invoking Trump
David Gendreau, 46, was lodged at the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport on charges of recklessly endangering another person, resisting arrest, unlawful mischief and disorderly conduct, state police said.
Ryan S. Orvis, 38, of Hinesburg, is facing various criminal charges, including the theft of $8,000 in tools during a burglary at a construction project inside Mater Christi School on Mansfield Avenue in Burlington, the sheriff’s department said.
New court filing raises questions about lead-up to fatal shooting of Border Patrol agent; Two people badly burned in Essex boat fire; Vermonters rally to support Venezuela earthquake relief
“I am very excited to see women’s rights take the forefront in this new fight for legislation. I am a woman, a mother to daughters, a feminist, and an American. I have watched women’s rights get destroyed for far too long,” Nicole Cota of Moms for Liberty said.
They believed future generations deserved something better. They believed in a nation where government answers to the people—not the other way around.
How should we think about the American Revolution on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence? The American revolutionaries can help us answer this question.
Fish & Wildlife fields the question constantly. Its answer comes down to geography, biology, and thousands of bears already on the landscape.
Two hundred fifty years in, and Vermont still celebrates the way it always has — with a parade down Main Street, a band in the park, and the whole town looking up at the same sky. Pack a blanket, bring the kids, and go find your fireworks.
The occasion of their estrangement was the differing opinions each held in regard to the French Revolution, intense political opposition, and acrimonious personal attacks against each other during the election campaign of 1800.
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital says it plans to close its birthing center; Montpelier police appoint new interim chief; Fire chiefs explain how Vermont’s Act 162 affects their depts.; Firefighters respond to fires in Grand Isle, South Hero
The incident was reported at about 7:50 p.m. near the intersection of Highbridge Road, also known as Route 104A, and Arrowhead Lake Road. Initial reports indicated a group of relatives were fishing along the shore when a young girl fell into the water, and a man jumped in to try to rescue her.
A number of new Vermont laws took effect July 1, affecting consumers, motorists, criminal justice and renewable energy.
A hard-throwing pitcher from the Windsor County town of Chester has a chance to become the highest drafted major league baseball player in Vermont history.
Colchester school officials and the Colchester Police Department are urging families to learn the legal differences between electric bicycles and higher-powered motorized bikes as more youth use electric-powered vehicles to travel to and from school and for recreation.
Time to rethink almost everything
Too many Vermonters are struggling under the weight of extraordinarily high health insurance costs, high health care prices, and too few choices.
Sports now history at WEEY
Vermont’s U.S. representative incorrectly interprets decision
Beta Technologies plans big expansion of South Burlington facility; Brattleboro ‘citizen journalist’ attacked by subject of his coverage; New gear library in Rutland is making outdoor recreation more accessible this summer
A ‘brain teaser’ at UVMMC and one pharmacist who refused to give up.
Sharp dip in governor’s popularity among Republicans
Vermont will receive about 915,000 eggs – that’s 76,500 dozen – and $56,000 under a multistate settlement with three of the nation’s largest egg producers accused of illegally conspiring to inflate egg prices, Attorney General Charity Clark announced Tuesday.
Other organizations rank states for economic competitiveness, economic outlook…. But “momentum?” What’s that all about? So, I asked my new AI pal Claude to help me define the term, and, yeah, what is shows is Vermont is pretty screwed.
A federal estimate says a family of four wastes nearly $3,000 of food a year. Vermont is one of the only states that can tell you what happens to it next — and the men hauling the cans see how much of it still ends up in the trash.
If your first reaction is “I thought they were all in the Middle East” — that’s a reasonable assumption, and not a wrong one.
Subsequent investigation has revealed the death is not suspicious and is believed to be the result of an accidental drowning. Independent witness statements indicate Richardson voluntarily went into the river and was quickly overpowered by the swift current.
Road reported clear after car fire on I-89; Vermont MLB Draft prospect pitches in Twin State All-Star Game; 60 people accused of illegal entry into the United States via Vermont, prosecutors say; Rare ‘extreme’ heat alert issued ahead of midweek heat and high humidity in Vermont, New York
The 2.8-mile, $84 million, parkway opens new traffic access from Interstate 189 into Burlington’s South End, with the goal to ease congestion while shifting traffic onto Pine Street and bringing visitors into the city’s commercial district near the Farmer’s Market and Church Street.
Because the question isn’t whether some borrowers are struggling. The question is whether taxpayers who never borrowed for college—or who worked multiple jobs to pay their own tuition, or who already sacrificed to repay their loans—should now be asked to pay someone else’s bills.
Forecasters from the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center (SPC) indicate that while the primary tornado probabilities remain low across the Northeast, isolated severe thunderstorms capable of producing brief tornadoes, damaging winds, and hail are possible on Tuesday, June 30, and into Wednesday, July 1.
As the state pours money into flood resilience, the historical record and the latest science complicate a familiar story.
The tourism economy is, to a striking degree, the same loyal travelers coming back year after year. That loyalty is an asset, but it’s also a quiet vulnerability.
Can Vermont ever clean up 480 million pounds of legacy phosphorus?
The operator, Jireth Guardado, 27, of Essex, told police he was navigating north on Lake Champlain from the Burlington area when he struck an unknown object in the lake.
A member of the House energy committee says the subject of wind power never came up when H.710 was discussed.
Also, something is rotten in the state of Woodstock.
Coast Guard rescues person from water in Burlington; Driver rescued after reported truck crash into Black River; 3 pets dead after house fire in Hinsdale; Vermont Green F.C keep undefeated season alive; defeat Black Rock FC, 3-1
According to a FairHealth state tracker map, it costs more to give birth, both in hospital network and out–of-network, in Vermont and New York compared to New Hampshire. The tracker shows median costs for vaginal and c-section births.
Unfunded public pensions killing Vermont, much as Gov. Scott predicted.
A recent University of Vermont study found that natural causes, including invasive insects, are killing more trees than logging in the Northeast.
A Windsor County man, who authorities say killed his mother while driving under the influence of drugs in 2017, was arrested again on Saturday on a felony charge of DUI — drugs, third offense, after crashing into a Highgate motel.
It’s no wonder people die on the water.
A New Hampshire registered nurse pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Burlington on Friday to diverting drugs from psychiatric ward patients and tampering with medications at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in White River Junction for at least nine months last year.
Three decades have passed. Vermont’s policymakers had every opportunity to read the data and adjust course. They didn’t.
Rooster lawn ornaments aren’t passing muster in pricey Maine beach town
Four Washington County legislators are being taken to task on the Rural Vermont Rising Facebook group for what a poster says is their negative characterization of the grassroots organization’s successful efforts this year to repeal Act 181 and promote legislation protecting property rights.
Committee moves to bring $500M parish assets into Burlington Diocese bankruptcy case; Vermont man tried to use axe to break into ATM in Middlebury, police say; Williamstown teenager charged with threatening homeless person
“I prefer to call it the development opportunity block,” the Newport mayor said. “But we all hate it, and we all want to know what’s going to happen to it.”
Summer is finally hitting its stride, and the calendar shows it — balloons over Stowe, a Renaissance faire in Essex Junction, a small-town strawberry festival in the Kingdom, and the kind of street parties and porch-music Sundays that make late June in Vermont worth sticking around for.
A drowning at Sumner Falls went unsolved for 24 years. The technology that finally identified Brian Canfield is now at the center of a bill Sen. Peter Welch is moving through Congress.
Bills that will impact Vermonters are difficult by nature, and part of the serious business of a legislature. But votes shouldn’t be difficult because we don’t know how they will impact Vermonters or whether they will at all. None of these three bills should have made it to the Governor’s desk.
If the past few years are any indication, by the end of summer we will have had to put down or provide similar authorizations for dozens more bears to end acute conflicts that threaten human safety.
The rugged Christian faith of the heroic founders was vitally interwoven with their patriotism and is inextricably linked by a sacred thread of purpose to the Great Awakening.
Lippa’s Estate and Fine Jewelry moving from Burlington to Colchester after 93 years downtown; Vermont bans paraquat, weed killer linked to Parkinson’s; Person caught driving 106 miles per hour in Williamstown; Michelle Zajko charged in the killings of her parents in Pennsylvania
What a difference a lake makes!
Postmaster General David Steiner defended the rule at a Senate hearing and dismissed accusations that the Postal Service was acting politically after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March restricting voting by mail.
Cindy Ellen Hill’s new novel, “Leeds Point,” will be released on June 26.
Officers entered the building and found Gilman hiding in a small closet or crawl space off an upstairs bedroom.
A day after the mayor of Vermont’s largest city proclaimed “the city is back,” a local videographer featured footage of an apparent drug overdose in the park behind City Hall.
The hunch that the sharpest cheddars don’t bite the way they used to is everywhere in Vermont. The science says the answer is more complicated than “they ruined it” — and partly about you.
Court records show Palermo attempted to flee and resist arrest when confronted by the U.S. Marshals Service and Vermont State Police as they executed two extraditable warrants from New Hampshire on April 24 in Groton. State and federal investigators had tracked Palermo to a house at 100 Tinkham Road when they confronted him on the front porch, state police said.
Also, the Attorney General’s Office also announced charges in two separate Medicaid fraud cases as part of a nationwide health care fraud crackdown.
The MAHA movement is going strong…
Vermont attorney general says trooper justified in fatal shooting during standoff; Anti-Bullying Rally Overshadowed by Criticism of Organizer’s Past Conduct; Vermont State Police release photo of suspected hit-and-run driver in Swanton; City of Burlington forms hiring committee to help choose next police chief
Help count Vermont’s wild turkeys
Several major electric utilities have recently announced that their residential customers will have lower electric bills because of major investments in new power plants and the electric grid, enabled by data centers.
Iran to set up Hormuz hotline with U.S.; Trump says Iran will be allowed to have missiles as part of peace deal: ‘They don’t blow up the planet’; Trump on Israeli military action in Lebanon: ‘You don’t have to knock down an apartment house every time you’re looking for somebody’
The five-year fight over who runs it is settled. The fight over whether it gets built just started.
A fresh national snapshot puts U.S. math proficiency in plain numbers — and Vermont right around the middle of the pack. There’s also a quiz. See how you’d do.
Both victims were residents of the home.
Driver charged with driving 111 miles per hour in Brattleboro; ‘Vermont that still feels wild’: Three waterways proposed for the ‘National Park System for rivers’
In a decision issued June 12, the high court affirmed a lower court ruling rejecting challenges brought by several animal-rights organizations to rules adopted following legislation passed in 2022.
Staying the course is not a viable option. It only gets worse from here if nothing changes. We are aging, shrinking, and pricing out our own children, workers, and entrepreneurs. Schools face consolidation, taxes are climbing, and employers struggle to fill jobs. We’re too dependent on federal funding to support state spending. A housing shortage is driving up prices, slowing economic growth, and leaves young people feeling forced out.
The beach will remain closed until further notice. Town officials noted that even after skies clear, runoff creates conditions favorable for E. coli bacteria and harmful cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae.
Once a commercial auto stop, the bookstore has been a staple of the Lyndonville community.
Also: Fernandez on Islam’s troubling ayat (verses)
Experts attribute the growth of tick-related illnesses to climate change and more frequent tick-human contact.
Today’s scheduled guests for the inaugural episode are Dave Soulia of FYIVT.com to discuss concerning developments in Vermont’s wetlands map, and former Rep. Bob Frenier to discuss a pending school choice lawsuit and the disparity between school districts.
How Vermont’s new pharmacy law could change rural healthcare; Vermont State Police searching for Fairfax trespass suspect; Burlington celebrates Juneteenth with music, art and community gathering
Featuring candidates seeking office in the 2026 election cycle, the forum will showcase individuals whose combined experience spans education, healthcare, family and children’s services, community advocacy, business, youth leadership, and public office. Together, these candidates bring decades of professional, civic, and political experience to conversations about Vermont’s future.
How we got here: farms, industry, policy
The Woodstock native, who is otherwise the best golfer ever to come out of Vermont, tied for 32nd place Sunday in the U.S. Open.
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation is inviting the public to review the latest round of updates to the state’s wetland maps, a process that could carry real consequences for property owners whose land is newly mapped, remapped, or placed closer to regulated wetland areas.
