Portion of I-91 in northern Vermont named for border agent killed in line of duty
The Vermont Transportation Board approved the request to designate about 11 miles of roadway as the David Chris Maland Memorial Highway.
PHOTOS: First snowflakes fly around Vermont
The top of Mount Mansfield began to look like winter on Saturday.
Then Again: Hoff overcame opponent and power of incumbency to make history
Vermont had such a long history as a Republican bastion that Democrats knew defeating even an unpopular governor would be a stiff challenge in 1962.
After upsets in 2024, parties focus on key races for balance of power in Vermont Senate
Political leaders are turning their eyes — and their funds — to closely watched contests in the chamber’s Addison, Bennington and Orange County districts.
‘Hollywood, VT’ project spotlights the Green Mountain State’s movie history
A Los Angeles publicist turned Vermont creative producer is focusing attention on such locally filmed classics as Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Trouble with Harry.”
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Newport mayor strives to revitalize city after years of struggle
Newport’s hardships slowly diminished the once bustling city’s vitality. Now Mayor Rick Ufford-Chase says he aims to answer the question: ‘How do you bring a city back to life?’
Vermont Conversation: Stealing Elections, American Style: Voting rights attorney David Walbert on how the 2026 election could be hijacked — and saved
“One of the lessons that the election deniers learned in 2020 was it’s good to control the people that count,” said Walbert, whose new book recounts stories of voter suppression and stolen elections dating back 150 years.
‘Fuck the Flock cameras’: On big tech, Vermont’s candidates for governor differ on style and substance
Amanda Janoo wants to make Vermont a national leader on regulating AI. Phil Scott says that’s better left to the feds, working together with tech companies.
A free press under pressure: New York Times’ Eric Lipton speaks in Vermont
The sold out event hosted by VTDigger and Seven Days centered on the importance of investigative journalism and uncovering profiteering in the Trump administration.
To tax or not to tax: Two towns consider a local option tax this November
Bennington and Hinesburg have local option taxes on the ballot as part of a rising trend in Vermont.
Coffee for the community
Volunteers turned the porch of the closed café into a weekend pop-up, serving coffee and homemade baked goods. “We didn’t want to look like our town was closed,” one organizer said of the effort to create vitality for visitors.
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Fewer Vermont retailers are accepting food assistance benefits. Here’s why.
New federal hurdles are pushing small stores and farmers markets out of SNAP, cutting off food access in rural towns and hurting local businesses.
Rural Vermont needs the young to choose this place
Montpelier keeps piling regulations on the farms and small rural businesses that might give young people a reason to stay.
Vermont colleges should recruit closer to home
Vermont colleges spent too much energy chasing international students instead of recruiting students in their own backyard.
Rural Vermont is losing its say over its own land
Conservation in Vermont is being defined in a way that excludes the people who actually tend the land.
Pro-Phil Scott super PAC launches ad buy, another signal Vermont governor’s race could be close
The PAC is funded by the national Republican Governors Association, which is now spending the most it has on a race in Vermont since 2018.
Addison County lands $3 million grant to fight addiction
“Geographic isolation, provider shortages and pervasive stigma create compounding barriers that prevent individuals from entering and remaining in care,” reads a grant application submitted by the United Way of Addison County.
In his third congressional race, Republican Gerald Malloy is looking for middle ground
Experts highlight a shifting platform in Gerald Malloy’s third campaign– away from Trump and toward Gov. Phil Scott.
Popular Brousseau Mountain trail in Essex County conserved for peregrine falcons and future generations
“We wanted to keep the magical, pristine peacefulness of the whole area intact,” said Ann Sage, who, with her husband, sold the land to the town of Norton.
Obituaries
Death notices and celebrations of life.
Vermonters relieved and conflicted after Trump backs off execution livestream
The plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution brought bipartisan unease to Vermonters. The decision to revoke it brings comfort to some.
