Vermont has long treated air conditioning as optional. A warming climate could be changing that.
An extreme heat warning hits Vermont Wednesday through Friday, with the heat index reaching 105 and warm nights offering little relief.
Vermont Conversation: ‘Strive for that more perfect union.’ Rep. Becca Balint on resurgent white nationalism, war in Iran and her mixed feelings about America’s 250th
“This country is going to break your heart, and also the freedoms that are guaranteed in the First Amendment are an incredible, beautiful thing to behold,” Balint said on the eve of the nation’s semiquincentennial.
Vermont is heating up, potentially forcing the state’s 7 petroleum-based plants to start picking up the slack
Between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., the regional electrical grid runs additional generators, nicknamed “peaker plants,” that are otherwise on standby throughout the rest of the year.
Vermonters paid too much for eggs, officials say. Now they’re getting nearly 1 million of them.
“While consumers struggled to afford rising costs of basic groceries, the largest egg producers in the country were colluding to artificially inflate prices,” Vermont’s attorney general said Tuesday.
Family of Putney man killed by police sues the state
The family of Scott Garvey alleges that the state and its police officers violated Garvey’s rights the day they shot and killed him.
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Vermont utilizes food shelves to provide children with free meals during summer break
Families can receive summer meals for their kids and teenagers across the state through child nutrition programs that deliver and serve food at meal sites.
‘A ray of hope’: A Franklin County dairy facility to reopen this fall amid a spate of shutdowns
The reopening is a promising sign for the local community and dairy industry after the loss of at least three dairy production plants in recent months.
A federal judge orders an ICE detainee with mental illness released, finding her six-month detention unconstitutional
The ruling followed a hearing that exposed a sharp divide over how a Vermont prison’s mental health providers, a corrections officer and outside clinicians assessed the woman’s mental illness, a dispute the judge did not resolve.
Vermont Conversation: Cartoonist Tillie Walden celebrates early American queer love in Vermont in new book
The graphic novel reconstructs the lives of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake, a lesbian couple living in 1810s Weybridge, and the parallels with small town life in modern Vermont.
Vermont set to celebrate nation’s 250th birthday with fireworks and festivities
At least 50 cities, towns and villages are offering free public Independence Day events that extend through the weekend.
In latest attempt to charge March 11 ICE protesters, state police identify man accused of smashing police van window
Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George previously declined to prosecute six other protesters arrested that day, also on misdemeanor charges.
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Stop telling Gen Z to save the world
Growing up in rural Vermont means experiencing both day-to-day survival and pressure to fix a broken world — and that tension is pushing young people out of the movement for…
The river Vermont traded for a country
A Vermont border quirk traces back to a 1782 deal with George Washington — and a river the state gave up to join the Union.
The problem with e-bikes is e-motos
Cracking down on electric bikes won’t fix the e-moto problem. It’ll just punish the Vermonters who rely on e-bikes responsibly.
Vermont is in trouble
Vermont is shrinking, aging and pricing out its own people. The data is clear on what needs to change — now it’s a question of whether the state has the…
After 2 days on the run, woman accused of stabbing 2 relatives turns herself in
Tamara Stone appeared in court Monday by video from jail and pleaded not guilty to two counts of attempted second-degree murder and other charges.
BlueCross BlueShield of VT pulls its proposed lower-cost, higher-deductible health plans
The insurer said the Green Mountain Care Board’s delayed approval of the plans left them with little time to prepare.
Burlington’s Champlain Parkway, a project 60 years in the making, opens to the public
The new roadway, which spent decades marred by legal battles and other delays, links Interstate 189 and Lakeside Avenue in an effort to reduce congestion in nearby neighborhoods.
Imminent closure of Fair Haven manufactured home park leaves residents with few options
Deferred maintenance is piling up at parks across the state, contributing to more parks going up for sale. Outright closures, like the evictions of residents at the Green Mountain Mobile Manor, are fairly rare.
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Research at Middlebury College reveals nuanced story about artificial intelligence use
A survey of Middlebury students broke AI usage into two categories: augmentation, for tasks that enhance learning, and automation, for tasks that required minimal effort.
