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nhpr.org > 2026-02-23 > released-detention-asylum-seeker-steven-tendo

Released from detention, Vermont asylum-seeker says he hopes 'justice will prevail"

12+ hour, 35+ min ago  (511+ words) Steven Tendo, an asylum-seeker who lives in Colchester, is out of prison and back in Vermont after a federal judge ordered his release Friday. Federal immigration authorities arrested Tendo, a health care worker and pastor from Uganda, on Feb. 4 in…...

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nhpr.org > 2026-01-30 > vermont-businesses-shut-down-in-protest-of-ice

Vermont businesses shut down in protest of ICE

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (491+ words) A number of Vermont businesses have announced they are fully or partially closed today as part of a national protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Brattleboro Books, a used bookstore, closed in participation with the national strike. "We know this…...

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nhpr.org > 2026-01-23 > towns-salt-shortage-winter-storm

Vermont towns face salt shortage ahead of winter storm

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (324+ words) Some Vermont towns are facing road salt shortages ahead of a weekend of winter weather and historic cold. Rutland City, Middlebury, Monkton and Vergennes are among the towns scaling back their ice removal as a result. Rutland City Police Department…...

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nhpr.org > 2025-10-17 > vermont-sen-samuel-douglass-will-resign-after-participating-in-racist-young-republicans-group-chat

Vermont Sen. Samuel Douglass will resign after participating in racist group chat

4+ mon, 6+ day ago  (438+ words) The Vermont state senator who's been under pressure to resign since revelations surfaced this week of his participation in a racist group chat announced Friday evening that he's leaving public office. Orleans County Sen. Samuel Douglass, a Republican, said in…...

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nhpr.org > 2025-10-16 > vermont-sues-trump-administration-over-shuttered-solar-program

Vermont sues Trump administration over shuttered solar program

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (279+ words) Vermont is suing the Trump administration and Environmental Protection Agency over its clawback of $57 million in funds for low-income solar programs in August. Passed under the Biden administration and introduced by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Solar for All Program…...

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nhpr.org > 2025-10-15 > vermont-senator-resign-young-republicans-racist-chat

Vermont state senator says he hasn’t decided if he’ll resign over racist Young Republicans chat

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (588+ words) Orleans County Sen. Samuel Douglass, whose participation in a racist Young Republican group chat has spurred calls from across the political spectrum for his resignation, says he hasn't yet decided whether he'll leave public office. In his first public comments…...

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nhpr.org > 2025-10-06 > drought-fire-risk-reporter-saw-firsthand-green-mountain-national-forest

Vermont's drought is intensifying the fire risk. This reporter saw it firsthand

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (675+ words) A relaxing hike in Chittenden Saturday afternoon took a crazy turn, but thanks to more than three dozen people who stepped up, a potential wildfire was averted. Here's how it started: My husband Seth and I were slowly making our…...

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nhpr.org > 2025-09-09 > pilot-program-aims-to-give-vermont-african-diaspora-food-businesses-staying-power

Pilot program aims to give Vermont African diaspora food businesses ‘staying power’

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (870+ words) These cooking classes, led by local chefs and held at Clemmons Family Farm in Charlotte, are part of a larger, new effort: the African Diaspora Foodways Institute of Vermont." It's a partnership between the African American-owned historic farm and the…...

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nhpr.org > 2025-08-19 > phil-scotts-tells-pam-bondi-vermont-is-not-a-sanctuary-state

Phil Scott tells Pam Bondi Vermont is not a 'sanctuary state"

6+ mon, 4+ day ago  (786+ words) Republican Gov. Phil Scott Tuesday disputed allegations from the Trump administration that Vermont is illegally providing safe haven to undocumented immigrants. As first reported by VTDigger, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Scott last week saying Vermont had…...

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nhpr.org > 2025-07-23 > superintendent-detained-border-agents-devices-searched

Border agents detained a Vermont superintendent and searched his devices. That’s not so rare

7+ mon, 12+ hour ago  (689+ words) Winooski School District Superintendent Wilmer Chavarria has made the long trip from Nicaragua to Vermont countless times without incident. And so he was immediately concerned when, upon presenting his passport at the port of entry at the George Bush Intercontinental…...