Health Talk: It's Vermont Health Careers Awareness Month

October is designated as Vermont Health Careers Awareness Month, and an opportunity to highlight the importance of health careers in our state. Annually, schools, hospitals, clinics, and an array of organizations and individuals are all encouraged...

U.S. Energy Department cancels $88M for grid and clean energy research in Maryland

The U.S. Department of Energy’s decision to void hundreds clean energy grants would cut funding to a dozen projects in Maryland, ranging from battery storage to fortify the power grid to inputs for hydrogen fuel cells and research into the...

Remember When: Emily Dutton Proctor — Vermont’s most generous donor

With the unveiling of a new marble statue in Rutland this month, Dr. Charles Caverly, the famed doctor who first identified polio as an epidemic and founded the Pittsford sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis, has been receiving a lot of...

Vermont responds to Globe story on Northern education nosedive: ‘Vermont can do a better job’

Vermont schools can, and will, do better, the state Agency of Education said. In a press release late Thursday, the agency responded to a Globe story detailing the dramatic slide in Vermont and New England’s educational achievement over the past...

A Vermont man’s passion becomes a museum-quality collection

Stephen Amos of Wheelock has been collecting political memorabilia since he was a fifth grader. It was on a regular school day when young Steve noticed a student wearing a large “John F. Kennedy for President” pin. It took a little wrangling, but...

Unorthodox public phone ‘co-op’ catching on in Vermont’s dead zones

WORCESTER, Vt. (WCAX) - “What’s old is new again,” goes the saying. That includes public phones, which are making a comeback in some rural areas of the state that continue to have poor cell service. Even in 2025, it can be a struggle to make calls...

Can Vermont Volunteers Win the War with Invasive Milfoil?

Vermont seems to be losing a costly, decades-long war with an invasive aquatic plant. For over a year, volunteers from Joe's Pond Association have been fighting Eurasian watermilfoil. Their experience offers a window into why lake groups across...

Commentary | Chip Carter: Vermont's future requires growth, not decline

John Bossange of Better (not Bigger) Vermont recently advocated for a "steady state economy" that rejects population and housing growth ("Vermont needs an ecologically sound economy," Sept. 30). While his concern for Vermont's character is...

Vermont Agency of Education responds to Boston Globe story on New England schools

VermontBiz On Wednesday, Boston Globe published an article titled “New England schools are failing — and nobody seems to care.” At the Agency of Education, we know that Vermonters do care about the quality of our schools. However, we need to...

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders Rips ‘Megalomaniac’ Trump For Shutdown, Predicts Mass Death

Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders appeared on MSNBC Thursday and accused President Donald Trump of engineering the current government shutdown to consolidate power. Lawmakers triggered a federal government shutdown at midnight Wednesday...

Vermont creamery whips up custom Taylor Swift flavors

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Scarlett Johansson Reveals ‘Favorite’ Role: Hosting With Jenna! 01:11 Now Playing Vermont creamery whips up custom Taylor Swift flavors 01:26 UP NEXT Mckenna...

Vermont Sawmill History: The Legacy of East Burke Logging

Vermonters turned to logging as a commercial industry as far back as 1794, when Stephen Mallet (of Mallet’s Bay fame) sent the first load of oak north to Quebec. The growing industry helped make Burlington the third-largest lumber port in the...

BETA Technologies, an electric aircraft manufacturer, plans to hold an IPO in the United States

AK&M 30 September 2025 15:20 The American manufacturer of electric airplanes BETA Technologies Inc. plans to hold an IPO in the USA. This is reported in the BETA press release. Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are the leading underwriters of the...

Department of Energy cuts funds for Beta Technologies, UVM projects

The U.S. Department of Energy on Wednesday announced it is terminating funding for more than 200 projects nationwide that support the deployment of renewable energy and other climate goals, including in Vermont. Congressional Democrats released a...

Dried up: Vermonters encouraged to speak up about effects of drought

FRANKLIN COUNTY — Lake Champlain is low, the rivers slow and some wells are run to dust. This summer saw Vermont’s driest August since 1895 with only 1.43 inches of rain during the month, according to the National Integrated Drought Information...

Vermont Diocese Struggles With Legal Costs After Bankruptcy, Abuse Settlements

A year after seeking to reorganize its depleting finances in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese is struggling to cover about $1.5 million and counting in related legal bills. Under federal law, an institution requesting...

Rural Vermont's Mail in Mayhem: Orleans County Struggles with USPS Overhaul

NEWPORT - Residents and businesses across Orleans County are facing significant disruptions in mail service as the United States Postal Service (USPS) continues to implement its ambitious Delivering for America (DFA) plan, a comprehensive 10-year...

Vermont Conversation: Cynthia Miller-Idriss on ‘the common thread’ of misogyny and violent extremism

Cynthia Miller-Idriss and her new book, “Man Up.” Photo courtesy of Cynthia Miller-Idriss The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues. Listen below and subscribe...

Pew Research: Alabama leads nation in percentage of Christians

Alabama has the highest percentage of people who identify themselves as Christians, according to one of the most authoritative national surveys. In Alabama, 89 percent of people surveyed identify themselves as Christians, according to the Pew...

Vermont officials react to the government shutdown

Members of Vermont's Congressional delegation have highlighted lack of movement on healthcare costs as the reason for the lack of a deal on a continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded. Congress failed to strike an agreement to...