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September 27, 2021 at 12:51 pm

Middlebury College strips chapel name over eugenics role

Middlebury College has removed the name of a former Vermont Gov. John Mead from the campus chapel because of what school officials say was his...

September 6, 2021 at 10:16 am

Do ATVs belong on roads? Towns are abuzz on perks, drawbacks

Rural communities across the country are wrestling with the economic perks and environmental drawbacks of opening up their roads to ATVs

Nation & World

September 5, 2021 at 10:36 am

After Ida’s fury, infrastructure key in preventing misery VIEW

The destruction left by the remnants of Hurricane Ida have officials and experts agreeing that infrastructure including roads, sewers and housing in New York and...

Business

August 27, 2021 at 7:17 am

Nearly 90 Northeast organic dairy farms to lose their market

Vermont’s agriculture secretary says 89 organic dairy farms in the Northeast will lose their contracts with an organic dairy company when it stops buying milk...

Business

August 26, 2021 at 12:46 pm

Nearly 90 Northeast organic dairy farms to lose their market

Vermont's agriculture secretary says 89 organic dairy farms in the Northeast will lose their contracts with an organic dairy company when it stops buying milk...

Business

August 13, 2021 at 1:20 pm

Former ski resort exec pleads guilty to 1 charge, 9 dropped

A former Vermont ski resort president has pleaded guilty to providing false documents during a failed plan to build a biotechnology plant in Newport using...

Business

August 11, 2021 at 12:27 pm

Former ski resort president reaches plea deal in fraud cause

A former Vermont ski resort president has reached a plea deal over a failed plan to build a biotechnology plant using tens of millions of...

Business

Dairy goats stand in a barn at Joneslan Farm, May 13, 2021, in Hyde Park, Vt. The farm sold its dairy cows and switched to goats, delivering its first goat milk in February to Vermont Creamery owned by Land O’ Lakes for cheese making. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke) VTLR201 VTLR201

July 20, 2021 at 4:25 am

Family farm swaps cows for goats amid changed dairy industry WATCH

Fluctuating milk prices paid to dairy cow farmers and rising costs have driven some small family farms to go big or out of business —...

Business

July 16, 2021 at 4:18 am

Hot air balloon designer, pilot dies in balloon accident

BRADFORD, Vt. (AP) — A hot air balloon designer and pilot who died after becoming entangled in gear underneath the basket of his balloon and...

June 27, 2021 at 7:17 am

End to COVID-19 hotel housing for homeless raises worries VIEW

Federal money aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 has taken some homeless residents off the streets. As hotels reopen to tourists and funding wanes,...