Vermont News

With Vermont still working to recover from Tropical Storm Irene's torrential rains and flooding, environmental activist and writer Bill McKibben went before a panel of state lawmakers on Tuesday to say the storm was at least partly the product of climate change and a likely harbinger of a troubled future.

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Vermont Technical College, in conjunction with Vermont Flight Academy, on Tuesday announces a new four-year aviation degree in South Burlington.

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DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- Just in time to influence the Vermont gubernatorial election, Forbes Magazine has released its annual report on the best business states in the Union.

One week after the Washington State Senate approved a bill, the Washington State House of Representatives are expected to debate and vote on the Marriage Equality Act starting at 1 p.m. on Feb.

The Vermont Department of Health will award $1.2M in grants beginning in July to prevent chronic disease and promote wellness in communities around the state, according to a news release from the department.

Mr. Brown, in his campaign for re-election, is going all out on the proposition that Elizabeth Warren is a big hypocrite.

A joint investigation involving nearly 30 police agencies has identified seven men in connection to roughly 100 burglaries spanning five states in the past year.

It was a great day on Tuesday when Vermont became the fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage and the first state in the country to enact it without a court order.

Commuter bus service is slated to start in late April for towns along the Vermont 116 corridor, said Meredith Birkett, Chittenden County Transportation Authority acting general manager.

Vermont Rail Systems, the railroad responsible for maintaining the tracks traveled by the Ethan Allen Express passenger train, has moved from poorest-performing Amtrak host in the country to a top performer in just 12 months.

Fish taken from a lake in northern Vermont had similar levels of strontium-90 and cesium-137 as fish taken from the Connecticut River near Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon.

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin and legislative leaders said Monday they wanted to make it possible for more of the state's small businesses to offer lower premium health insurance plans sometimes known as "bronze plans" until the state can implement its single payer health care system.

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You have fans. Do you know who they are? They're the people who root for you to do your best and... The president will be in Burlington on March 30 "to participate in campaign events," the White House confirmed to the Burlington Free Press on Monday afternoon.

W. Pawlet student takes the plunge Henry Ahlfeld, a fifth-grader at the Mettawee Community School, took part in the Penguin Plunge at Lake Paran in Bennington on Jan.

February is Black History Month, a time to revisit the stories of those long gone black pioneers who crossed the "colour line" and helped shape the province.

Last week, I was at the Statehouse in Montpelier to cover the inauguration of Peter Shumlin as Vermont's 81st governor.