Five years from alleged murder of truck delivery driver to proposed trial date.

The new boss at DCF is an old hand in state government. More moose calves are dying in the Northeast Kingdom, thanks to a tick infestation, and the proposed solution is a moose hunt. And mail delivery in Hinesburg (and elsewhere) is sllloowww.

The pandemic and workforce shortages have led to an $87 million pricetag for completing the new UVM athletic complex.

So THAT’S what it’s like doing one of those TV news shows…..

Immigrant dies of exposure before crossing into Swanton Sector. Gov. Scott selects permanent State’s Attorney for Orleans County. And a supervisory district does an apparent work-around a Supreme Court decision on flag waving.

Every year the governor and the Legislature adjust the current state budget half-way through year, to reflect new needs, like a psychiatric facility to help growing numbers of youth who now sit in ERs waiting for mental health treatment.

New leadership for the State of Vermont IT agency. And a new civics curriculum to be promulgated by new Secretary of State Sarah Copeland-Hanzas.

The parent newsletter for a Shelburne K-8 school announces its Sexuality and Gender Alliance students are sending notes of support to Randolph Union High School.

It’s not that parents don’t want to give their toddlers a possibly harmful shot that doesn’t work very well for a disease that poses little harm – no, it’s just tired parents suffering from “Covid fatigue,” a Vermont newspaper explains.