Decision Day began at 7 AM this morning across Vermont.

Family emergency shelters open. Vance in NH. Donate elderly pumpkins to pig farm.

Burlington repeat offender talks with WCAX reporter Ike Ben-David.

“They just keep heaping these taxes on us,” Martin told Vermont Public. “But they don’t understand the state’s going to go bankrupt eventually. There’s only so far you can go before you drive every single resident out of the state.”

Feeling secure about Blue Vermont, some Vermont Democrats travel to swing states to help elect Harris.

Bennington County to pick TWO new senators. Churches fund homeless in Montpelier. Burlington studies needle exchange. Political candidates in prison!

Burlington seeks higher electricity rate.

Supreme Court meets at high school. Perennial candidate runs against incumbent Secretary of State.

Colchester wants $115 million to modernize schools. And the How and the Who of fixing state’s broken health care system.

One of Vermont’s most photographed churches undergoes steeple renovation. A big town that has successfully added housing now has 100 new child care slots.

Declared dead and prepped for organ harvesting surgery, he woke up screaming.

Pestilence, fire,legal drug-dealing, and getting stuck on I-89. On the plus side, SoBu and Vermont ranked high for safety.

“Vermont’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (VTRC) practices neither truth nor reconciliation when it works with these pretend Indians,” leaders of recognized tribes say.

Bus service cuts to begin in December. Health care fraud in state prisons, suit claims. New big discount to store open.

Snow arrives on Green Mountains – but warm weather is expected next week! Pro basketball back at the Aud in Barre.

Faster, deadlier, and noisier than its predecessors, Vermont’s F-35’s are being asked to move by three cities near their SoBu air base.

Leaf-peepers, come to Vermont! But stay off these roads….

Fair at Wildlife Refuge in Swanton. Norwich lets Guidon fall to the ground. Lead pipe troubles. Guv candidates point fingers.

Man charged with murdering wife in ’93 gets bail.

Women’s prison in Essex? Stuckage solved!

Glover native named best anchorman by newspaper readers.

With the holiday season around the corner, a major Vermont retailer is cutting staff.

Non-profit wants to sell Norwich farm. Housing in Manchester, election vibe in Rutland.

A few days after some Burlington elementary school kids are sickened by eating gummies from a colorful package, a local pot shop says there are just too many stores to make a buck.

How safe are Vermont schools?

Farrell, who succumbed to a long illness at age 73, owned Earth Prime Comics and Quarterstaff Games, both located on Church Street in Burlington, Seven Days. She’s believed to have at one time owned the entire run of DC, starting with comics published in 1938.

No new cannabis operations need apply.

Are invasive species making our tick problem worse? And more on the seizure of the Townshend horse farm.

Push to treat eating disorders. Doing something about that covered bridge that’s always getting hit by trucks.

Longtime TV news anchor dies. Peaceful protest at Vermont Supreme Court. Early voting starts.

PFAs level down after National Guard spill. Chucking the Atlatl at Chimney Point.

Working in prisons is no picnic, either. Another homeless hotel deadline.

Half a millennium ago, Native Americans living in what is now Milton put their valuables in pots. Now we use crypto.

Pro hoop returns to VT. Teacher acquitted of sex charge. Burlington pays excessive force settlement. Health care workers unionize.

Barre clinic offers transgender treatment. 24K more homes needed. Retraining for green energy. Special Olympics return.

A Colchester lad and VPR reporter returns to his roots as he seeks to become a local legend. Shades of the old Charlie’s Red Hots hot dog eating competition!

Next year’s school taxes will rise even if budgets stay flat – and they won’t.

Authorities provide more info on quad-fatal Ferrisburgh plane crash.

Burlington residents sound off over public safety.

Good weather is good news for Vermont agriculture. Researchers battle EEE mosquito disease. Eastern VT historic meeting house gets grant.

Hospital staff votes to unionize. 80-year-old man works long days AND wins demo derby. State college enrollment up.

Host Rocket visits Vermont’s most prominent gun shop for a taste of the culture.

Homeless children return to school. Connecticut River cleanup. Federal $$ for new charging stations for Burlington EVs.

State releases 5 year housing needs assessment. GOP candidates hold forth at Manchester forum.

Blind musician sterilized by State of Vermont – podcast tells the story from a century ago.

Bus routes cut. Legislators form flood resilience caucus. Making Addison County college town dementia-friendly.

Cop, community worker team up to help homeless. SoBu Council to expand? NH youth detention center abuse. Emergency blood shortage.

Extreme weather is slowing progress towards meeting state and the feds goals for Lake Champlain water quality – not to mention trails and bridges and the viability of where many Vermonters have lived for generations.

Killington/Pico bought. Hospital employees can’t afford health insurance. Catch-and-release investigated.

He spoke about how the Democratic establishment really did make a strong effort to stop him, twice.

World Soccer Festival. Caledonia fair donates receipts to flood relief. Small-town transportation solutions.

Flood relief documentary. VT delegates at DNC. Dreaded bus route cancellations.

What’s up with those exploding gas tanker trucks in Ferrisburgh?

Vermonters and visitors react to Smoky air. Olympian Ilona Maher blows back into town. News about bar, Beansies and Battle of Bennington.

Springfield police seek help finding two teen runaways/ Burlington mayor proposes expanding emergency shelter capacity

Demonstrators to protest Essex women’s prison proposal/ Police investigate shooting at Burlington skatepark/ Large fire burns down Marshfield Grassroots Center

Judge rules Vermont’s lawsuit against Monsanto can move forward/ Essex residents speak out about prison plans at raucous hearing

Morristown teen missing in Lamoille River/ Man injured in officer-involved shooting extradited to Vermont/ Vermonter Elle St. Pierre in 1500M semifinals Thurs.

Barton Village residents ordered to limit water usage/ Rabies vaccine bait drop begins in Vermont/ Shelburne man arrested for alleged aggravated assault

Treatment Associates avoids closure as substance abuse recovery services dwindle in Washington County/ VT Olympian Elle St. Pierre advances to semifinals

Author, legislator, journalist, runner, Burlingtonian.

Welch urges Congress to pass disaster aid package/ New border policy for dogs goes into effect on Thursday/ Route 100 reopens, road work continues

Donations from around the world pour into Peacham for flood repairs/ Pedestrian hit by car in Essex Junction/ Farmers seek out new flood mitigation strategies

Wanted man turns himself in after hiding from police in S. Burlington/ Vermont athletes prepare for Paris Summer Olympics

Mistrial declared in assault case against Vt. sheriff/ Morristown police investigating suspicious death/ Boil-water order issued in Burlington’s South End

Former State House reporter turned hospital spox Neal Goswami returns from the Dark Side as editor at VTDigger.

NEK high school may not open due to PCBs.

Rotarians step up to clean up and organizer volunteers/ 1 woman dead after rollover car crash in Highgate/ Police searching for missing St. Johnsbury woman

Vt. lawsuit accuses pharmacy benefit managers of driving up prescription prices/ Police: wrong-way driver had 5 kids in the car/ Missing Enosburgh woman

Advocates say St. Albans woman was wrongfully deported to Honduras; Man hospitalized after being shot by a pellet gun in Brattleboro

Burlington’s aging sewer pipes and waterlines have caused numerous sinkholes in City Streets in recent months.

Stefanik passed over for VEEP. Making city capital trees greener. Burlington to vote on police oversight.

3-year-old dead after being found unconscious in pool; Officials urge people out of work due to flooding to file for unemployment; Vermont Flooding Resources

Flooded fields, helpful neighbors and a sense of deja vu.

Won Jang, 20, of Middletown, Delaware, had been reported missing late Sunday afternoon after the gathering Saturday night, a Dartmouth official said. State and local emergency responders searched the river and found his body Sunday evening.

The Zenbarn has started a small business fund aimed at helping people of color open their own cannabis businesses.

Vermont Olympian Ilona Maher featured in latest ad for Secret Deodorant; Amidst a housing crisis, Greensboro proposes putting apartments in its town hall

Woman and dog attacked by pitbulls. Vermonters re-enact Revolutionary War battle. Bennington armed carjacking. Hospital gets new CMO.

See the annual Peacham tractor parade.

Scott running virtually unopposed. Queen, capital cities gear up for fireworks of the celebratory kind. VT in health care ‘reform’ pilot.

More affordable housing in Shelburne. Suicide prevention. State recreation plan.

Wrightsville, Waterbury and East Barre flood control dams will face new scrutiny after some ‘close calls’ during the Flood last year.

Police want to know how and why the teen died beneath a car.

A native American who identifies as ‘two spirit’ has been invited to the White House.

Vt. police investigating after person found dead in car; Colchester man accused of murder, assault takes plea deal on minor offenses

Led by a $5 million grant from the Knight journalism foundation, UVM’s squad of student journalists is about to take a big step forward.

Vermont’s running phenom sets record at Olympic trials.

Fire began on the porch and consumed the entire home.

Recalling the police raid on the Kingdom Community Church/ Vermont Declaration of Inclusion initiative reaches new milestone

Cornwall man cited after gunfire incident on Route 30; Newport woman charged with assaulting nurse, harassing patients; Man hospitalized after fiery crash

Man arrested after allegedly waving gun, holding up I-89 traffic; Vermont native Ilona Maher to compete in Paris Olympic Games

More homeless than ever. Burlington moving bus depot to discourage tent camps there.

The parents of Jenna Tatro, who died of a drug overdose, will hand over the reins of Jenna’s House to former Rep. Kitty Toll and county sheriff Roger Marcoux.

Another of the schools that voted against the school budget at Town Meeting votes yes on reconsideration of a revised budget.

UVM seeks to double graduate school enrollment.

Vermont Law and Graduate School Professor Jared Carter said this case is a test, questioning just how far the protections of the First Amendment really go.

State keeping track of wildlife crossings.

In just over four years, all 30 abuse substantiations appeals were overturned or dismissed. The incentive for DCF workers to take children into custody relates back to a case in 2014 when a child was killed.