Editorial: Vermont undertakes an education revolution

Gov. Phil Scott addressed the Vermont Legislature after it passed a historic education reform bill on June 16, 2025. (Vermont Public - Brian Stevenson) What began as a taxpayer revolt against education spending is well on its way to becoming a full-scale …

Covid-19 hospitalizations hit new low in Vermont, with future of vaccines uncertain

Health care workers wheel a Covid-19 patient through a hallway at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington o, Dec. 13, 2021. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The number of emergency room visits for Covid-19 in Vermont hit zero multiple …

Green Mountain Care Board issues decision on BlueCross BlueShield Vermont large group formula

MONTPELIER — State health care regulators have trimmed a rate increase request from a large health insurance provider, but the average person won’t be able to tell given how many other factors go into what they end up paying. The Green Mountain Care Board …

A Solitary Walker: Coming to Vermont — remembering Missouri

Not a day goes by that I don’t recall our years in southern Missouri, where icy blue waters bubble out of dolomite cliffs formed half a billion years ago under warm seas swimming with corals, crinoids and trilobites. Jogging through our oak-hickory forests …

Man on 'side by side' caught on camera trespassing at Vermont Yankee

VERNON — A heavy-set, bearded man on a 'side by side' ATV is wanted for questioning by Vermont State Police for a nighttime trespassing incident at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power plant site. The trespassing did not reach the secured area …

Community rallies in St. Albans to support Vermont farmworker facing deportation

A crowd of more than 200 supporters gathered outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office Friday morning to back Wuendy Bernardo, a Vermont dairy farm worker who has faced deportation threats since a 2019 Border Patrol stop.Bernardo, who …

Vermont State Police probe suspicious death of woman in Woodbury 

A Vermont State Police cruiser seen in Burlington on Thursday, January 23, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont State Police say they are investigating the suspicious death of a woman whose body was found along the side of a road in Woodbury. …

Vermont video production students to compete in national competition

Vermont video production students to compete in national competition

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (WCAX) - It’s showtime for aspiring producers, directors, and actors at the River Valley Tech Center in Springfield. Video production students at the center get hands-on access to top-of-the-line video and audio tools to craft a final cut, …

Vermont business owner creates financial literacy course for kids

BARNARD, Vt. (WCAX) - Household chores can be a chore for kids, but a new “Allowance Academy” is making the work fun while teaching them basic financial literacy skills. The Kendall kids are hard workers. While eight-year-old Knox vacuums, his younger …