Vermont News

From the early days of Congress through the 1920s many presidential candidates had parents from Vermont - some, like Calvin Coolidge, were even born here.

Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 At left, Lee Romano and at right, Bill Muench of Don't Leave, a local musical group, provided the entertainment for the conclusion of a fundraising benefit event at Bromley Mountain last ...

In his bid to become the next governor of Missouri, Rep. Kenny Hulshof survived a bitter primary that at one point saw the candidates bashing each other for supporting public funding for drugs such as Viagra.

Vermont's congressional delegation is taking credit for doubling the federal money available for low-income home heating assistance this winter.

Democrat Gaye Symington accused Gov. James Douglas on Thursday of blocking efforts of an independent panel to oversee Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant's bid to extend its operating license.

Vermont State Police say two men who escaped from a prison work crew have been captured in Waterbury.

MONTPELIER -- A legislative committee Wednesday criticized the Vermont Health Department for reworking the way it measures radiation being emitted by the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant without first bringing the ...

The man Burlington police are calling their chief suspect in the kidnapping and killing of University of Vermont senior Michelle Gardner-Quinn pleaded not guilty Monday in St.

A shipment of lead-lined shielding from the Pilgrim Nuclear plant to its sister reactor, Vermont Yankee, this weekend had higher-than-reported radiation readings and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said ...

After a narrow defeat in his initial House campaign in 2006, Thomas Buchanan feels his second bout with incumbent Rick Hube will end successfully this time around.

ST. JOHNSBURY - Celebrating their common bonds, Vermont's governor and the Province of Quebec's premier called Monday for continued cooperation on hydropower, U.S.-Canadian border access and environmental ...

Something looks out of place in front of the Wells Corner Market in left-leaning Underhill Center, a hamlet in a liberal county in a dark-blue state.

A former slave whose memoir is among the only ones known to describe abduction from Africa is about to get a historical marker in the small Vermont town where he ended up settling.

The political rhetoric of the day seems to divide American voters into two categories, the "Wealthy" and the "Middle Class." We're not reading much about the political views of the "Income Challenged." I'm a ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., has decided to vote to approve a $700 billion bipartisan bailout bill aimed at rescuing the nation's financial markets and stopping a credit freeze he fears would hurt ...

Two of the four men running for lieutenant governor in the state, and a state senator representing another candidate, squared off during a debate at Castleton State College Thursday evening in front of a crowd ...

With its wood counters and old-style metal bars over the teller booths, the First National Bank of Orwell looks like the sort of place that could have been robbed by the James Gang.

This summer, Steve Sanford had to tell 106 dairy farmers in rural northern Vermont he could no longer treat their cows.

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Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that a man charged with drugging, sexually assaulting and killing his 12-year-old niece coerced another girl into aiding his plot by claiming to be part of a child-sex club ...