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May 24, 2020 at 8:37 am

Seniors get diplomas on racetracks, chairlifts amid virus VIEW

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Immediately after giving his valedictorian speech, high school senior Philip Root, still clad in his cap and gown, climbed into a...

May 14, 2020 at 5:25 am

Craft brewers upended by COVID-19 closure of tap rooms, bars

MARSHFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Sales of wine, spirits and other alcoholic beverages have risen during the coronavirus pandemic like foam in a freshly poured glass...

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April 18, 2020 at 7:02 am

Foreign ski workers stranded by virus get helping hand

MARSHFIELD, Vt. (AP) — They were far away from home -- young adults from Latin America, working seasonally at U.S. ski resorts. Then the coronavirus...

April 14, 2020 at 6:05 am

Virus sours business for already-reeling dairy industry VIEW

MARSHFIELD, Vt. (AP) — This was supposed to be rebound year for dairy farmers embattled by at least four years of depressed milk prices —...

Business

March 28, 2020 at 2:30 pm

Rhode Island door knocks in search of fleeing New Yorkers VIEW

WESTERLY, RI (AP) — The Rhode Island National Guard started going door to door on Saturday in coastal areas to inform any New Yorkers who...

March 16, 2020 at 9:43 pm

Distilleries using high-proof alcohol to make hand sanitizer VIEW

NEW TRIPOLI, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania distillery owner who grew increasingly angry as he saw the skyrocketing price of hand sanitizer has decided to...

Business

March 16, 2020 at 2:48 pm

Distilleries using high-proof alcohol to make hand sanitizer VIEW

NEW TRIPOLI, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania distillery owner who grew increasingly angry as he saw the skyrocketing price of hand sanitizer has decided to...

Business

February 28, 2020 at 2:50 am

Ski racing community starts to back away from toxic wax

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — At ski races across the United States, competitors are starting to abandon a type of wax many count on for speed...

Sports

February 6, 2020 at 4:00 am

Bill in Vermont would decriminalize prostitution

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Some Vermont lawmakers hope to make prostitution safer and remove the stigma that often prevents sex workers from seeking police protection...

In this Jan. 24, 2020, photo, Lincoln, a Nubian goat, stands in her pen in Fair Haven, Vt. She is running for a second term as honorary mayor of the town against Sammy, a German Sheperd police dog, as a fund-raiser for a community playground. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke) RPLR101 RPLR101

January 28, 2020 at 11:11 am

Dog and goat vie for honorary mayor of Vermont town

FAIR HAVEN, Vt, (AP) — It's Lincoln the goat versus Sammy the dog in the race for honorary mayor of one Vermont town. The Nubian...

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