Bennington County News

It can be difficult to discern major differences between political candidates in two minutes, but Wednesday's live radio debate between the four Bennington County candidates running for the state Senate offered ...

The work groups formed late last August at a meeting of county and state agencies to address an impending home heating crisis reconvened Friday to share their progress.

A man with multiple past convictions for drug offenses was ordered held on $100,000 bail and could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted on charges including possession of cocaine, marijuana and morphine ...

The Bennington County State's Attorney plans to file charges in connection with a fatal accident last month.

Prosecutors have yet to dismiss the case against a local financial planner accused of swindling his clients, and may not, despite the man's death last week.

The driver that law enforcement officials said caused a fatal crash on Route 7 last week will face criminal charges, according to a prosecutor.

Community members affected by and in support of autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities took to the Mount Anthony Union High School track on Sunday morning.

A Pownal man was charged on Wednesday with a felony count of lewd and lascivious conduct after police said he confessed to touching a 7-year-old girl he said "came on" to him.

Bennington was given conditional approval of its growth center designation application Monday, provided the town approves a capital plan.

A sex offender set to be released from prison on Sept. 20 was charged with a violation of probation in Bennington District Court on Tuesday because he does not have a residence.

Flares of color are beginning to emerge in typical fashion across higher elevations and in the low-lying areas across Vermont.

Local officials say they are concerned that a police officer previously posted at Mount Anthony Union High School has been replaced with a private, in-house security officer this year.

Burlington, Vermont - September 18, 2008 A clear call from Vermonters to reform the state's sex offender laws: a new Channel 3 News poll shows strong support for longer jail sentences and more oversight of ...

A Mount Anthony Union High School employee with prior convictions for assault and drug possession was charged Thursday with sexually assaulting a minor, leaving school officials looking into why the employee ...

Testimony given at a public hearing regarding Vermont's sex offender laws, hosted by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, was decidedly against longer mandatory minimum sentences.

A former employee of Applejack Art Partners Inc. in Dorset is suing the company and several of its executives for $10 million, alleging he was fired in violation of his employment contract.

The Bennington County Regional Commission plans to spend $200,000 finding places in Bennington County that might be in need of hazardous waste cleanup.

The state has reached a tentative plea agreement with one of two former members of the Bennington Rural Fire Department, whom police said had been involved sexually with a 15-year-old girl, a member of the ...

As part of a plea agreement, a Willow Road teenager pleaded guilty on Wednesday to vandalizing the Bennington Battle Monument in February.

A Shaftsbury man was arraigned in Bennington District Court on Monday on charges he attacked a state police trooper and an emergency room worker.