A Fairfax man is dead after his Volvo struck a tractor-trailer head-on in Sheldon.
Tesla hits telephone pole, driver airlifted
When the Tesla hit the telephone pole in Alburg Tuesday morning, it took out the power locally and injured the driver severely enough to need airlifting to the hospital.
“Containergeddon” blamed on California emissions rules
Beginning October 1, the Port of Los Angeles refused entry to tractor-trailors more than seven years old. This climate change measure is contributing to the current supply chain bottleneck at West Coast ports.
Krauss: Is Legislature cheating citizens?
One-member House districts allow candidates to meet voters, and vice-versa.
National crisis draws conservative to Windsor GOP meeting
Conservatives are showing up at county GOP meetings again. “What’s gotten everyone excited is what’s going on in the country,” Joe Trottier of Hartford said.
Fatal ejection in Newbury
A Newbury man is dead after being thrown from his pickup truck.
Water Cooler: Prof writes book on mass murder / Burlington homeless camp gets second look / school cancelled for lack of bus drivers
A southern Vermont school district cancelled school because it doesn’t have enough bus drivers.
Girls’ volleyball game stopped after racial, transphobic slurs
The following statement was published by the Burlington School District. On Wednesday October 6, an incident occurred during a girl’s volleyball game between South Burlington (SBHS) and Burlington High Schools (BHS) in […]
Dead body identified
The body of a dead woman found in Weathersfield has been identified. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause and manner of death.
Water Cooler: Some businesses got too much pandemic relief / why are grocery, fuel prices rising? / Burlington may restrict short-term rentals
Vermont’s auditor says some businesses got more pandemic relief $$ than they were entitled to.
Helmetless Harley-riding teen dies
A 19-year-old teen, possibly under the influence and not wearing a helmet, died when his motorcycle struck a utility pole in the NEK.
Fatal in Sheldon
An Enosburg man died in a head-on crash in Sheldon yesterday.
Woman in car died by gunshot to head
Her boyfriend says she was despondent and shot herself. Police are investigating.
Woman dies in car – autopsy planned
State police crime investigators want to know why a woman died in car Wednesday night in Killington.
Harley driver dies on Rte. 7
A Harley rider died on Rte. 7 in New Haven yesterday when his bike crashed into the side of a min-van turning left into his lane.
As heroin dealer prosecutions drop, VT overdoses rise at highest rate in U.S.
State leaders blame Vermont’s highest-in-the-nation increased drug overdose rate on pandemic isolation. However, prosecution for both heroin dealing and possession are on the decline.
Fatal crash in Middlesex
A Moretown man died September 4 in a single car crash.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Wed, Sep 01
Wednesday’s breaking news from Vermont media.
Motor oil dumped in Lake Arrowhead
State police are investigating the dumping of motor oil into a Chittenden County lake renowned for its fishing and other recreational opportunities.
Invasive Lanternfly found in Rutland
An invasive insect that harms maple trees has been discovered in Rutland.
Gordon Chang: U.S. failure in Afghanistan poses threat to Taiwan
Gordon Chang says Chinese propaganda is telling Taiwan to not trust America following U.S. collapse in Afghanistan. It’s also openly threatening the lives of U.S. servicemen stationed on Taiwan.
I-89 fatal, cause unknown
Scott Campbell of Swanton died yesterday evening after his pickup truck left I-89 in Georgia. A passenger thrown from the truck survived.
Former cop sought sex for money
A former Caledonia County Sheriff’s captain has been charged with seeking sex from women in the criminal justice system.
Fatal Harley – UTV crash
A Harley-Davidson driver died after a UTV cut in front of him on Rte. 7 in Pownal Saturday night.
Former lawmaker makes emergency landing of bi-plane along I-89
A bi-plane co-piloted by a former Vermont lawmaker made an emergency landing near I-89 in Richmond Sunday afternoon.
Hit-and-run victim dies of head trauma
A North Troy man died of severe head trauma after a truck ran him over in the early morning hours.
Dashboard shows State Police use of force
The public can now read about all Vermont State Police incidents of use of force.
Fatal crashes
Two men died in crashes on Vermont highways this week.
Wandering pals escape tragedy on I-89
Two wandering dogs escaped tragedy on I-89.
Biden wants Cuomo to resign
Looking across Lake Champlain, Vermonters see NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo in BIG trouble.
Water Cooler: VT demand for vaccines stagnant / paid family, medical leave pushed / hotel room costs climb / Big chair in Bennington damaged
Friday’s hot headlines from Vermont media.
William Shatner brings Star Trek to North Country
William Shatner brought the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise with him to Ticonderoga, NY last week.
Cops seek masked armed robber
Wearing a disguised that included a surgical mask, an armed man robbed a Fair Haven gas station yesterday.
Evslin: U.S. must walk the vaccination walk
by Tom EvslinThe US government talks the talk about Covid vaccination but doesn’t walk the walk. The CDC and the FDA say “get vaccinated” but they don’t act as if they really […]
Opinion: Catholic school OK to not hire lesbian
A Catholic school in Morrisville should not be required to hire a lesbian teacher.
11 deaths, 68 serious Vermont vaccine ‘adverse events’ reported
According to a CDC registry, 11 Vermonters have died as a result of Covid-19 vaccination.
Moose lands on truck – Pebbles the dog OK
After The Camry struck the moose, the moose landed on a Toyota Tundra.
FAIR offers pro-human alternative to divisive CRT
All across the nation, Critical Race Theory is in the news. The NEA is for it, the military is trying to decide what to do with it, some governors have said not […]
Electric car owned by Global Warming Solutions Act architect catches fire while charging
An electric car owned by the architect of the Vermont Global Warming Solutions Act caught fire while charging and parked in his driveway. Police say the fire was caused by electrical failure.
Spray-painted racial slur in Sheldon
The Vermont State Police is investigating an incident in which yellow spray paint was used to write a racial slur on the driveway of a private residence in Sheldon.
Man on bus charged with hate crime, jailed
Police found that James Bryant, age 41, of Rutland had engaged in violent, tumultuous behavior, made unreasonable noise, and used obscene language in a public place.
On eve of veto session, former Winooski lawmaker opposes non-citizen voting
Former Winooski lawmaker George Cross supports Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of non-citizen voting in his city.
Homemade fireworks maker burned in blast
Firefighters located an injured male, Wayne LePage, 40, seated outside. He appeared to have sustained burns to his upper body.
Colchester man dies after ATV overturns
Sean Ploof, 57, of Colchester died Sunday, June 13 after he lost control of his ATV while trail-riding.
Apologetic burglar flees
After hearing a loud crash, the homeowner made contact with a male standing outside. The male was described as 5’8″-5’10” feet tall, skinny with blond hair in his late mid to late 20’s. After being confronted, he apologized for breaking the window, and left abruptly.
Max Misch busted
As a result of an investigation, State Police detectives learned that Max Misch, 38, of Bennington, allegedly violated conditions of release by approaching and speaking with a witness in a pending court case in which he is accused of traveling out of state and purchasing a firearms magazine in excess of Vermont capacity limits and bringing it back to Vermont.
Fatal fire in Corinth
A 21-year-old man died in a residential fire in Corinth Tuesday, May 25.
Bear causes car wreck, injury
A Derby woman was involved in a single-vehicle crash caused by a bear on Monday.
See nova in the northern sky
A nova star should be visible this week in the clear night sky above Vermont and upstate New York’s North Country.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Wed, May 12
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Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Wed, May 05
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Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Tue, May 04
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Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Wed, Apr 28
Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state. Publication Headline Published NBC 5 Still on the fence about getting a COVID-19 vaccine? […]
Taxing electric bikes different than motorcycles
Exempting electric bikes from the vehicular ‘purchase and use’ tax, expanding the sale of unpasteurized milk, creating another state commission, and requiring an economic impact study of closing the Ryegate biomass power plant are among the bills to be taken up Tuesday by the Vermont House of Representatives.
Donovan: Record expungement ‘act of fairness’
by Attorney General TJ Donovan As Vermont and our nation continue to work toward a more fair and equitable criminal justice system, the Vermont Legislature is considering an important bill that can […]
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Mon, Apr 05
Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state. Publication Headline Published WCAX Analysis: The fight over funding public-sector pensions 4/2/2021 9:11 AM […]
Bills approved by Vermont House listed
As of this week, the Vermont House of Representatives has passed the following bills, according to the Campaign for Vermont.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Tue, Mar 30
Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state. Publication Headline Published VT Digger David Flemming: Global Warming Solutions Act may stop Vermont […]
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Tue, Mar 23
Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state. Publication Headline Published WCAX Vt. Senate looks to fast-track comprehensive stimulus bill 3/18/2021 5:26 […]
Readable House Journal: Organic farming, public school spending bills pass
Friday, March 19 the Vermont House approved the expanded sale of raw unpasteurized milk after refusing an amendment to require bacteria testing. It also approved three spending bills aimed at improving public school learning and facilities.
Young people turn out to Turning Point USA meet-and-greet
Dozens of Vermont youth attended a Turning Point USA gathering at Capitol Plaza in Montpelier Thursday night. TPUSA spokesperson and Newsmax news analyst Isabel Brown earlier told the young audience there’s a surefire way to defeat the Cancel Culture: “telling the truth.”
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Fri, Mar 19
Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state. Publication Headline Published True North Reports Bernie Sanders introduces bill raising taxes on companies […]
Vax refusers may need to mask up in public
Asked point-blank today by a reporter whether unvaccinated Vermonters will be denied service at restaurants and stores as the Covid-19 vaccination campaign gathers steam, Scott and senior administration officials refused to answer directly. However, they promised information next month. Later in the press conference, Scott suggested unvaccinated Vermonters would be required to wear masks in public places.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Tue, Mar 16
Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state. Publication Headline Published Ethan Allen Institute Activists Can’t Identify Systemic Problems in Systemically Racist […]
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Mon, Mar 15
Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state. Publication Headline Published True North Reports Letters to legislators: HR 1 will encourage voter […]
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Fri, Mar 12
Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state. Publication Headline Published WCAX EWSD to go to full in-person learning at the end […]
House OKs firearms relinquishment, gender ID victim protection, non-citizen voting
New bill – expanding Racial Equity staff, spending
Approved bills – no feminine hygiene tax, pandemic UI extended, judge retention vote scheduled, gender identity victim protection, non-citizen voting in Montpelier, facial recog tech, animal cruelty investigation, relinquishment of firearms.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Thu, Mar 11
Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state. Publication Headline Published My Champlain Valley Happy campers: More overnight camps to reopen this […]
Calais girl missing
The Vermont State Police is asking for the public’s assistance locating a missing teenager, Leilani Olive of Calais, who was last seen Wednesday, March 10 in Montpelier.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Wed, Mar 10
Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state. Publication Headline Published WCAX As weather warms, Vt. schools eye return to outdoor classrooms […]
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Tue, Mar 09
Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state. Publication Headline Published VPR How Women Are Bearing The Brunt Of The Economic Impact […]
VT prison population down 44% – but activists want it lower
In 2010, Vermont had 2,248 incarcerated individuals under its watch. Today, that figure is just 1,258–a 44 percent decline. For supporters of criminal justice reform and lawmakers looking to lower Vermont’s inmate population, that’s good news – right? Wrong, say activists.
Redic: presence of school cop stopped mass killing – now Senate bill would ban them
The presence of a School Resource Officer deterred Jack Sawyer from carrying out his planned 2018 Valentine’ Day weekend mass shooting at Fair Haven Union High School, the school’s superintendent tells Ericka Redic on the latest episode of the Ericka Redic Show.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Wed, Mar 03
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Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Fri, Feb 26
Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state. Publication Headline Published WCAX Chimney fire destroys Waitsfield home 2/25/2021 8:12 AM VT Digger […]
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Wed, Feb 24
Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state. Publication Headline Published WCAX Jeep and trailer catch fire on I-89 2/23/2021 7:24 AM […]
Spotlight: Upgrading old IT crucial, expensive
Vermont’s state internet technology (IT) resources have long been plagued by glitches, crashes, and difficult-to-navigate interfaces. But a renewed focus on modernizing the state’s IT system may be a step towards a solution for these recurring challenges.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Tue, Feb 23
Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state. Publication Headline Published WCAX Burlington police arrest car larceny suspects 2/22/2021 9:43 AM WCAX […]
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Mon, Feb 22
Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state. Publication Headline Published VT Digger The Deeper Dig: Bringing students back 2/21/2021 7:52 AM […]
Ericka Redic Show #5: can small business catch a break in Vermont?
In Episode #5 of the Ericka Redic Show, Vermont’s newest video news host interviews Shawn Shouldice to learn how the pandemic and government regulation have combined to hurt small business in Vermont – and what can be done to make survival more likely.
Spotlight: Legislature grapples with housing costs, regulations
Legislators are debating how to address the lack of affordable housing in Vermont, coming into conflict with the Scott Administration’s proposals to tackle the problem. While both sides have been keen to invest resources in housing over the past several years, there remains a stark divide over whether or not regulatory burdens need to be reduced in order to lower housing costs.
Ericka Redic Show: Will Retail Marijuana Be Coming to Your Town?
On this week’s episode of the Ericka Redic Show, host/analyst Ericka Redic tells which towns will and won’t have the Retail Marijuana question on their March Town Meeting ballots. (Clarification: Londonderry will vote on the question this year but has not decided when to hold the vote.)
Voices on left, right want Phil Scott to leave the GOP
Would Phil Scott – lifelong Republican – pull a Jim Jeffords and leave the GOP? Ericka Redic discusses why voices from the left, right and media are talking about the Vermont governor leaving his party.
U.S. House, and Welch, focused on Trump removal
All but two votes cast thus far by Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vermont) on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives have addressed the removal of office and/or impeachment of President Donald Trump, according to a review of the Vermont congressman’s voting record on http://www.clerk.house.gov. In each case he has voted against Trump and with the Democratic majority.
Ericka Redic Show #2: gun carrying ban won’t prevent crime
In the second week of the new Vermont Daily video production, “The Ericka Redic Show,” host Ericka Redic reports on S30, a bill to ban carrying firearms in some public places. Its sponsor says it’s more necessary than ever because of more and more gun-toting citizens don’t want to wear masks and are intimidating those who ask them to do so.
VTrans relaxes mask policy for solo snow plow drivers
State snow plow drivers need not wear masks when driving alone, the Vermont Agency of Transportation decided this week. The decision reverses a mandatory masking policy.
Scott blames Trump for attack, calls for president to resign or be removed
The following statement was released this evening by Rebecca Kelley, Office of the Governor OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF GOVERNOR PHIL SCOTT ON RIOTERS IN THE U.S. CAPITOL Montpelier, Vt. – Governor Phil Scott […]
Video report: Krowinski elected speaker
Turkey hunters take 6,136 birds in 2020
Vermont hunters brought home 6,136 wild turkeys during 2020, including 627 turkeys taken during the April youth weekend hunt, a total of 4,791 gobblers taken during the regular spring season, and 718 birds during the fall.
Today’s News: Tuesday, Dec. 29 2020
Burlington Police Chief says coverage shortages a certainty due to June defunding. Carbon-cutting TCI is DOA, thanks to Phil Scott, John McClaughry says. Lynn Edmunds concerned that with courts and Congress dismissing election fraud concerns, prayer is all we have left.
Today’s News: Tuesday, Dec. 22
Today’s News: Stamford a “Constitutional Town,” Roper Vs. Walters on Marx, rapist caught, prison suicide, Meredith Angwin on need for grid stability as electrification grows.
Today’s News: Monday, December 21, 2020
Today’s News: Essex Junction supporters of Constitution kicked off Front Porch Forum. Pro-renewable fuel dealer manager named to Climate Council. Commentary: using the bullhorn of the press.
Rutland man gets eight years for child porn
An individual cleaning out his mother’s basement in Rutland came upon a box belonging to Hughes. Hughes had stored the box in the basement with the mother’s permission. The individual opened Hughes’ box and discovered VHS videotapes which depicted small children known to the individual engaging in sexually explicit activity. The individual also recognized Hughes’ voice on the tapes.
Today’s News: Thursday, December 17, 2020
Covid crisis opportunity to create longterm change, Dems say at caucus BY GUY PAGE ON DECEMBER 17, 2020 • ( LEAVE A COMMENT ) The Covid-19 crisis is an opportunity to accomplish longterm economic development and legislative […]
Today’s News: Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020
Today’s News: UVMMC backs abortionist over pro-life nurse in civil rights case. Parrot smuggler sentenced. Businesses get state $$ for ‘job retention.’ Game warden impersonators arrested.
Today’s News: Tuesday, December 15
State server taken down after cyberattack. No employer-mandated vax for “many months.” Wrongway driver, six injured. Burlington council passes oil, gas heat ban.
Today’s News: Monday, December 13, 2020
Ratted out on police line, Stamford gathers publicly to light Christmas tree. Randolph woman arrested for stabbing, killing man. VT electors cast three votes for Biden, Harris.
Today’s News: Friday, Dec. 11 2020
Employers can mandate vaccination but not until final FDA approval / Burlington’s Carbon Reduction War on the Poor / Former NEA negotiator urges voters reject 9% statewide tax increase / Relax, Vermont’s moon rocks are safe / Prop 5 could prioritize abortion, etc. over other procedures / Original fish hatchery rebuilt
Today’s News: Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Levine unaware of any new cases at Irasburg church / state to text ‘close contacts’ / Legislature on the brink, Dem. Rep. says / VT to reduce rooms & meals tax as proposed in NH?
Today’s News: Monday, December 7, 2020
National experts question Vermont’s social gathering ban. Dems pick former abortion lobbyist, current solar developer for House leadership. Commentary: Slate Ridge, Irasburg church, media bias, Turner on GOP wins, Roper on absentee ballots







