Sen. Pete Welch said Noem’s leaving office is overdue.
Noem ousted as secretary of Homeland Security
Valley: We’re subsidizing Ghost Town schools
Colchester taxpayers are absorbing double-digit tax hikes to heat, plow, and staff half-empty buildings in rural counties that have lost 40% of their students but flat-out refuse to consolidate.
Campus group founded by activist Mahdawi urges “Death to America” following attack on Iran
CUAD wrote on X: ‘Marg bar Amrika.’ In Persian, the statement means ‘Death to America.’
Wrong-way driver charged with murder
Wooster had been traveling north in the southbound lanes for about 1.5 miles before colliding head-on with a southbound vehicle.
VT Headlines: Elementary school principal faces DUI charges
Rutland mayor race widens, as new candidates announce write-in campaigns; Vermont school budgets appear to be totaling lower than predicted; Vermont House advances data protections for people who use genetic testing sites; Addison County BIPOC+ will celebrate a ‘Golden’ Lunar New Year
Man arrested for sex assault on 9-year-old
Sheldon has been charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, and lewd and lascivious conduct with a child.
Shooting, snowmobile crash deaths reported
Police say the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute involving people who knew each other.
Roper: Democrats’ hatred of school choice takes aim at VT ski academies
H.777 would gut Vermont’s ski schools — and highlights the hypocrisy of the Left.
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Klar: The Clinton Conundrum: Bill and Hillary defy Congress at what cost?
Will they face criminal proceedings?
MLK 1962 speech at Dartmouth: “We have a long, long way to go”
“I think one of the great tragedies of life is that more often men seek to live in monologue rather than dialogue.”
Former Rutland woman charged with exploitation
Former Rutland woman arrested for child porn exploitation.
MacDonald: Burlington still trying to ban guns in bars
For years, the City of Burlington has pursued its ‘salesman’s foot in the door’ strategy to begin broader gun bans in the city. Gun-banning Bolsheviks will try anything to get that ball rolling. Get one local, isolated ban, and then work on it until you have made it almost impossible to exercise your right to self-defense.
VT Headlines: Power outages possible in Vermont late Friday due to weather
Barre Vigil Honors Minneapolis Woman Killed by Federal Agent Jan. 6; Rep. Casey Toof to resign from Vermont House of Representatives; Montpelier mayor not running for re-election, Marc Gwinn running for seat
Vermont ranks third in nation in 2025 Health Rankings Report
It’s not all good news. Depression is up and excessive drinking remains prevalent.
Wanted rape suspect surrenders
Deputies searched for Etheze for several months before he surrendered to authorities on Wednesday
Suspect stashed stolen guns in church
Investigators said Aviles admitted possessing the stolen firearms, which were recovered earlier in December from a local church.
Update to update: Barre Turning Point USA postponed
Instead of a school club, the group has formed what it calls a Turning Point USA “activism hub,” which operates independently of Spaulding High School.
The Paradox: How Vermont cut overdose deaths while drug trafficking thrives
While fewer Vermonters are dying from overdoses, supply of illicit drugs remains robust, high prices incentivize trafficking, and the infrastructure supplying Vermont’s drug market has hardened.
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Former NCH employee accused of embezzling $163,000
A former maintenance supervisor at North Country Hospital allegedly embezzled more than $163,000 through fraudulent expense claims, inflated on-call pay requests, and reimbursements for cancelled or returned purchases, according to police.
Klar: Justices Gorsuch and Thomas revisit the plenary powers doctrine
What is the legal standing of Puerto Rico?
Waterbury community gathers to build lanterns for annual River of Light parade
The interior of Waterbury’s Brookside Primary School gym is usually reserved for basketball games and physical education classes. But for a handful of days last month, it served a different purpose: a workspace for the River of Light — Waterbury’s upcoming annual community lantern parade, happening this past Saturday, Dec. 6.
Feds fund redo plan for flooded Montpelier post office
Thirteen community and infrastructure projects across Vermont will receive a combined $8.9 million in federal funding through the Northern Border Regional Commission’s Fall 2025 Catalyst Program, state and federal officials announced Tuesday.
Cops raid Swanton drug nest
Swanton Police arrested Mustafa M. Muhammed and Anthon R. Avery and seized crack cocaine, fentanyl, cash and a defaced gun.
Body of missing teen found on river bank
Police say the youth had fled the scene of an accident.
Thurston: Paying the price for DEI in schools, on streets, at border
Those who come to this country with ill-will toward America pose real threats to public safety, as we have seen in the attack on two young National Guard members in Washington DC on Thanksgiving eve.
Inside Vermont Public’s annual financial report
How an $80 million nonprofit cut 15 jobs while many executives kept six-figure salaries
Leader of trans death cult members who killed Border Patrol agent explodes at federal judge
LaSota accused the U.S. government of ‘trans genocide.’
Woolf: How affordable are houses today?
More than you think by Art Woolf, on Davis Dewey is Rich Ben Kinsley at Campaign for Vermont responded to my post about the benefits of economic progress with a “yes, but…” […]
Case – DISMISSED!
Media coverage of a drug charge since expunged creates unwarranted stigma, the former suspect said.
Dems pick 2024 Red Wave post-mortem author as new chair
Francis becomes one of the youngest state party chairs in Vermont Democratic Party history and among the youngest in the nation.
VTGOP calls out Essex lawmaker for opposing veteran tax break bill
Rep. Black said she couldn’t vote for a veterans’ tax break in light of looming Medicaid cuts.
Privately-financed astroturf school field faces blowback about chemicals
Imprecise data muddles turf field debate at Champlain Valley Union
Store burglary, sex crime bust, town plow heist suspect, man spits at elderly woman
A masked person broke a window around 12:07 a.m., entered about two hours later, and stole various shelf items and cash.
Vermont film: Gone Guys: Unmasking the Male Malaise – An honest review
Today? There’s no battlefield. Have a non-government sanctioned political opinion at school? Detention. Want to be a provider for your wife and kids? Good luck buddy. She don’t need no’ man!
VT Headlines: No joke: Comedy club in Burlington offers free breakfast, lunch until SNAP funded
Vermont company Concept2 gains national spotlight with Oprah’s Favorite Things list; Vermont-based business part of tariff lawsuit heard before Supreme Court; Veterans’ Place: Supporting Unhoused Veterans in Northfield; School board votes to close Sunderland and Danby schools; No one hurt in hours-long Charlotte barn fire
Woman charged with embezzling $186,000 from fire department
Investigation by the state police including a review of department financial records revealed that during a 10-year period from 2014 through 2025, $186,000 had been embezzled from the department.
VT Headlines: Vermont joins 22 other states in suing Trump administration over suspension of SNAP benefits
UVM Children’s Hospital receives record-breaking $25 million gift; Vermont school redistricting task force discusses draft maps as deadline approaches; Kosher food truck opens outside Burlington Chabad
Bernie Sanders highlights AI Job displacement billboards in NY/SF
The company promotes its AI employee, Ava, an autonomous sales tool adopted by over 250 organizations, with plans to introduce two additional AI employees, Aaron and Aria, by year-end.
Woman dies in fiery, head-on crash
Speed was a factor as one car crossed into the oncoming lane.
BREAKING: Connecticut man denies mail and wire fraud to steal nearly $475,000 from Vermont State Treasurer
Lindsay conspired with others, known and unknown to the grand jury, to develop a scheme to obtain money and property from the Vermont Unclaimed Property website, the indictment said.
Body of missing VT man pulled from river
Burglaries in Derby, Shrewsbury. Berlin police cope with a spate of retail theft.
Trooper injured when cruiser hits deer
Lights flashing enroute to a domestic sexual assault in Jay, Trooper Lynch’s cruiser struck a deer.
Erick Erickson guest speaker at GOP awards night
The ‘Bernie Sanders state’ could have a Republican-controlled Legislature next year, Erickson noted.
‘Virulent’ anti-Trump Vermont diner triggers firestorm over ‘political menu’
“May every one of you filthy Rebs die screaming in a fire,” Bartner added.
Are you Red in Blue Vermont? Workshop for you
“We really want to hold space for reds in Chittenden County in this cultural moment we are in, post Charlie Kirk assassination,” said Lincoln Earle Centers, a local organizer of the event and the Vermont State coordinator of the organization.
Soulia: Vermonters’ right of self-defense
What the Second Amendment and Article 16 mean for Vermonters
New car sales tax and other revenue down, VTRANS plans $7.5 million in cuts
Transportation fund receipts are down overall, with the largest deficits in diesel fuel sales tax and motor vehicle purchase and use taxes and fees. Gasoline sales are not below target.
Bean’s Creemees & Snack Shack to Host Barry T. Chouinard Memorial Labor Day Motor Show on 8/29
The Barry T. Chouinard Memorial Northfield Labor Day Motor Show is set to take place on Friday, August 29, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at 470 North Main St., Northfield, VT 05663 at Bean’s Creemees and Snack Shack!
Suggested (but not required) donation of $15 per car to be donated to the Veteran’s Place in Northfield!
BREAKING: Former U.S. Attorney found with gun at courthouse
Former U.S. Attorney tried to enter courthouse in Brattleboro with firearm
CLG: Shooter opened fire on CDC and killed cop ‘after suffering COVID vaccine injury’
Trump considers taking DC law enforcement into Fed hands/ Zelensky trashes Trump’s peace terms/ Five troops injured after soldier opens fire at Georgia military base
Bernie bro by birth a leftist pol in England
Few know about his older brother, Larry Sanders, 90, is a dedicated academic, social worker, and Green Party politician who has carved out his own political legacy across ‘the big pond.’
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Lyndon woman accused of embezzling $4K from Jiffy Mart
After an investigation, police determined that the funds were unaccounted for and linked to fraudulent documentation.
Sanders to Trump on the Epstein Case: “Be transparent”
Sanders’ video not only focuses on the Epstein files but also focuses on his critique on what he says are President Trump’s broader policy failures.
‘Zizian’ Cult leader indicted, linked to VT Border Patrol Agent murder
The Zizians, a group of young, highly educated computer scientists with radical vegan and transgender ideologies, gained national attention after a deadly shootout on January 20, 2025, near the Vermont-Canadian border.
VT Dem House Speaker, GOP Chair condemn murder of Minnesota House Speaker
The Democrat Speaker of the House (Krowinski) and the former Essex Junction Republican member of the House and the current chairman of the Vermont Republican Party chairman, rarely see eye to eye on anything touching the world of politics.
But not this weekend. This weekend they stand together against political violence.
BLOTTER: 115 MPH pursuit, drug seizures, assaults marks busy week for cops
115 MPH in Berlin leads to driving, drug charges; Armed confrontation and assault in Lowell; Cocaine arrests in Rutland; Prohibited firearm possession in Richford; Retail theft in Rutland
Roper: “There is no affordable, equitable way” to meet GWSA target
Members of Scott Administration call out Climate Council for “misleading” the public.
MacDonald: Is Vermont the worst state for election integrity? Almost!
Only California and Hawaii are worse.
VT Headlines: New travel ban creates chaos and confusion for VT groups
Vermont Attorney General settles with private parking company after they ‘trick consumers’ into paying fines; Today’s severe threat features heavy rain, flood risk; Arlington graduate to speak at CCV graduation
CLG: Biden officials hid deadly health risks of COVID vaccines, bombshell Congressional report reveals
U.S. launches doomsday Minuteman III nuclear-capable missile in dramatic show of force; Senate votes unanimously to eliminate federal taxes on tips
Vermont seniors poorer but healthy
Poverty increased 57% from 6.1% to 9.6% of adults age 65 and older between 2019 and 2023.
Senate committee cuts class size minimums from school reform
Changes to House bill praised by NEK school leader
Breaking: Three immigrant farm workers deported
“Of the nine members of Vermont’s farmworker community detained by Border Patrol in April, three have been deported to Mexico while five others remain in immigration detention,” said the Migrant Justice Press Release from earlier today (5/7).
Shorts: Scott names new Caledonia County Sheriff
Vermont grocery spending ranked; Olympic surgeon named UVM Commencement speaker; Rutland downtown project gets thumbs-up
Tariffs on Canada won’t raise Vermont gas, heating oil prices, lawmakers hear
‘A lot of the stuff we import has its origin in North America,” Tierney said. “Not affected.”
Turkish pro-Hamas detainee has 13 lawyers for VT hearing
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, who is in America on a student visa, is currently detained at the Southern Louisiana Correctional Facility in Basile, Louisiana in a case that has drawn international attention for Free Speech reasons.
Scott vetoes latest budget adjustment bill
I’m hopeful the Legislature will stop sending me bills they know I will veto and instead send me a clean budget adjustment bill without controversial policy, so we can move forward with the many challenges we face,” Scott said.
Children Health Defense prez, National Guard general coming to State House
The president of a medical freedom advocacy group is coming to the State House next month. So is the leader of the Vermont National Guard.
VT Headlines: Libraries’, forestry projects’ futures uncertain due to Federal funding freeze
Burlington interim police Chief Shawn Burke begins new role; Adolescent psychiatric unit at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center gets green light
VDC is a strong supporter of both your first and second amendment rights! Join us for Friday at Four.
So we determined it was worth a trip over to Parro’s to become a little more familiar with what we were talking about! Yesterday we had the opportunity to go up to Parro’s and shoot some gas operated firearms on their state of the art facility for REAL education.
KVS: Newport man arrested for selling and possessing cocaine
Brandon Cote, 34, of Newport, was arrested for two counts of selling cocaine, possession of cocaine, and possession of a regulated drug.
NEK educators accuse guv of ‘finger wagging,’ and worse
“The fact that the Administration and Secretary have largely marshaled the expertise of classified staff at the AOE to support their political agenda – at the expense of performing their core duties to the field – not only calls into question their motives but whether they have engaged in significant waste at the taxpayer’s expense,” Castle said.
With Clean Heat Standard progress slow, Senate bill seeks another path to carbon reduction
“You have folks doing storage. I don’t know why storage is mentioned in S.65. I don’t think it’s necessary,” Ed McNamara, Chair of the PUC, said.
Vermont risks losing federal funds if “gender-affirming care” bill passes
This bill is in the House Health Care Committee while the Trump Administration on Tuesday issued an executive order banning federal funds for healthcare facilities that continue with such procedures.
Biden commutes prison sentence in drug-related homicide case in the NEK
The outgoing U.S. Attorney for Vermont, Nikolas “Kolo” Kerest, said Sunday afternoon that his office learned on Saturday afternoon that among those commuted by Biden were more than 20 individuals convicted by federal prosecutors in Vermont in recent years.
Lawyer: Moffitt strikes deal to avoid murder trial in Bennington
Moffitt has been linked to a very dangerous gang known as The Bloods, and with a one of its chapters known as “Murda, Money and Sex in Jersey City, N.J.”
Page: From Reformation to redistribution
How the Protestant Reformation influenced the rise of Socialism
Bill passed by Congress funds central Vermont flood control
Funding will support flood control, water infrastructure, and the Town of Vernon.
Vermont to have highest health insurance premiums in the nation
A study shows Vermont will have the highest rate increase and highest average health care premium.
VT Headlines: Bi-lingual news about Trump plan to deport farmworkers
Plan de deportación de Trump despierta pedidos de protección para trabajadores agrícolas de Vermont.
Bananas: GOP wins White House, Dems retain control of nuthouse
Despite having voted Democrat in 2020, swing states Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and even Vermont, turned harder to the right than a dyslexic NASCAR driver
Election Day scenes around Chittenden County
Community News Service reporters were out and about across Vermont on Election Day to capture scenes from polling places.
Bicyclist dies in collision with cop
The Vermont Dept. of Forest, Parks and Recreation says most of Vermont is under a high risk of fire danger. A ban on burning debris is in effect in the southernmost counties of Windham, Windsor, Rutland and Bennington counties.
Montpelier bike path safety concern grows as harrassment increases
“What I’ve heard and documented are fairly consistent experiences of girls, aged 11–16, being sexually harassed by men gathered on the bike path. In several cases, girls have been followed and pursued.”
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A complete list of all candidates on all Vemont ballots.
Dubin Master: Vermont Kennedy Captain now says ‘vote Trump’
As frustrated as some of us were who got Kennedy on the ballot and love him for his brilliance, fearlessness, knowledge and track record of winning lawsuits among some of the most corrupt agencies in our country, we must take a step back and look at the bigger picture.
It’s your turn to have a say…
“We The People” need to stop the mess created by the Democrat-Socialist leaders in the House and Senate.
Arrests made in downtown Burlington gang assault
Mohammed was taken into custody for Aggravated Assault and Simple Assault – at arraignment, he was held without bail. Since 2020, Mohammed has been involved in 35 incidents; 11 of them being violent assaults/incidents, 2 of them being homicides, and multiple being firearms related.
Poem: Dark Money
Aghast, I ask, what are the odds…..
KVS EXCLUSIVE: BPD recruitment officer resigns, numbers still down, drug crime up
The Burlington Police Department’s new recruitment coordinator resigned.
Is Speaker challenge a sign of big VTGOP pickups in the house?
Sibilia is no doubt one of the ten privileged people Jay Hooper referred to. Why risk giving that up? Because if Sibilia fails, Krowinski will — most definitely
Here comes the other carbon tax! The one on gasoline & diesel!
The big vote on the Unaffordable Heat Act is coming up right after the election after all! But home heating and cooking account for less than half of overall greenhouse gas emissions, and an equal if not larger chunk comes from transportation, a.k.a. all you miscreants daring to drive your cars and trucks.
Across the river, Supreme Court Justice indicted
It was a banner day in New Hampshire yesterday for public figures facing criminal charges.
Dairy workers report unsafe work, low pay in Migrant Justice study
Out of over 200 migrant dairy workers surveyed in Vermont this year, 77% say they have suffered an accident or injury at work and 87% make lower than the minimum wage, according to a report published recently by advocacy group Migrant Justice.
VT Fish and Wildlife: help conserve species endangered bats, homes for bats on halloween
Bats migrate between winter and summer roosts during the fall and spring and do not have vulnerable young at these times. You can learn how to safely evict bats from your building at the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s best management practices page.
High ranking NASA administrator to give lecture at Norwich University
Dr. Fox directs ~100 NASA missions to explore the secrets of the universe – missions that use the view from space to assess questions as practical as hurricane formation, as enticing as the prospect of lunar resources, as amazing as behavior in weightlessness, and as profound as the origin of the universe.
Keelan: Vermont losing colleges and Catholics, gaining cannabis and tax collection
Two long-established state institutions, the Vermont State Police and the Vermont Veterans Home, are finding it difficult to fully carry out their missions. Why? Over the years, their staffing has been depleted and nearly impossible to fill. A long-time member of the VSP noted to this writer that their ranks are down approximately 60 troopers from an authorized strength of 328 to a force of 268 today.
