Federal grants invigorate efforts to address veteran homelessness in Vermont
The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded over $18 million to Vermont and New Hampshire community organizations.
‘The family is an entire town’ in Hinesburg
Event celebrates Hinesburg winning Vermont Tree Farmer of the Year
UVM and USDA researchers hope to improve local agriculture
The Food Systems Research Station is a long-term collaboration between the University of Vermont and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service.
‘We have more deer than our forests can support’: Norwich walk highlights browse damage
Saplings with torn leaves and chewed stems are telltale signs of deer browse.
Towns move forward on regulating short-term rentals
Attempts to regulate short-term rentals in Shaftsbury and North Bennington are on the way.
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VTDigger launches 2026 Vermont general election guide
Explore the candidates and races on Vermont’s Nov. 3 ballot, examine campaign finance data and find everything you need to cast your vote.
Scott administration: Expect tighter state budget to make room for tax cuts
If he’s reelected, the Republican governor plans to pitch just a 1% increase in state spending across the board — lower than the 3% limit he’s called for previously.
Vermont Conversation: Filmmaker Bess O’Brien on connection, resilience and joy after tragedy
The inspiration for O’Brien’s new film was seeing what happened after the floods in 2023 and 2024 that ravaged some Vermont communities.
New York Times investigative reporter Eric Lipton to speak in South Burlington
The four-time Pulitzer Prize winner will discuss covering the Trump administration, threats to press freedom and the role of journalism in a democracy.
The state panel handling labor disputes in Vermont is short on members at a critical moment
Members of the Vermont Labor Relations Board are appointed by Gov. Phil Scott. “I don’t understand why the governor is taking so long,” one labor leader said.
As financial hardship drives owners to give up pets, Vermont can’t rehome them fast enough
“It got really, really rough,” one former owner said of her efforts to keep hold of her dogs. “That’s not a fair life.”
Opinion
Commentaries and letters to the editor written by community members and regular contributors.
Drug injection sites are a good thing for Vermont
Fear, not evidence, is driving opposition to overdose prevention centers — Denmark’s results show why Vermont shouldn’t back down.
Fund recovery, not active addiction
Building a system with treatment on demand, not a safe injection site, is the real path to compassion.
How many crashes will it take to build a roundabout?
Two dangerous Chittenden County intersections have known fatal crash histories, yet proposed roundabouts to fix them face years of delay.
Proposal 4 would enshrine unequal rights, not equal ones
Higher taxes, more bureaucracy, endless lawsuits — Proposal 4 promises all three.
This Vermont documentarian has filmed three decades of hard things. So why is she now focusing on hope?
“We can hear all the horrible, hateful rhetoric, but most human beings want to help each other out,” Bess O’Brien says of her new slice-of-life movie “Every Day: Big and Small,” set to tour the state this fall.
The Upper Valley’s widening tick-borne disease problem
Researchers at Dartmouth have identified a critical link between alpha-gal syndrome — a tick-borne allergy — and potentially fatal anaphylactic reactions during blood transfusions for type O patients.
Jurors to begin deliberations after closing arguments Monday in attempted murder trial
Both the prosecution and defense closed out the presentation of evidence Friday in the case against Jason Eaton, accused of shooting and wounding three Palestinian college students in Burlington.
School districts assigned to new merger discussion groups
Districts across the state were reorganized into 18 merger study committees after districts requested changes. Committees are still expected to hold first meetings within the next month as school board leaders say they lack clear guidance on the process.
Obituaries
Death notices and celebrations of life.
Pre-dawn calf washes and tail fluffing: Scenes from opening day at Tunbridge World’s Fair
More than 2,100 students visited the fairgrounds Thursday, where young exhibitors and veteran judges showed them what goes into raising, showing and judging animals.
