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Vermont weather and foliage outlook
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (116+ words) Find Vermont’s latest fall foliage and weekend weather forecast, with weekly statewide updates from VTDigger and Henry’s Weather Channel. Member-supported journalism. Informing and engaging Vermont. Vermont weather and foliage outlook Follow Vermont’s fall foliage and weekend weather with weekly statewide…...
Vermont firms slash energy costs with new projects
23+ hour, 15+ min ago (518+ words) More than 190 people gathered at Vermont's Killington Grand Resort Hotel on Sept. 23-24 for Efficiency Vermont's 15th annual Best Practices Exchange, where business leaders, facility managers and contractors explored ways to cut energy use and control operating costs. The event highlighted projects…...
Vermont's Combined Sewers Are Built to Overflow, and the State Makes Towns Prove It
22+ hour, 45+ min ago (271+ words) In a lot of Vermont towns, the pipe under the street does two jobs at once. It carries what leaves your sink and your toilet, and it carries the rain that runs off your road into the storm grate. One…...
Vermont downtowns are trading the one big festival for a year-round calendar
22+ hour, 34+ min ago (346+ words) One annual festival does exactly one thing well. It produces a spike. Thousands of people arrive, parking fills, vendors sell out, and then the street empties and the calendar goes quiet until the following year. Retailers can't staff against a…...
Vermont Healthcare Workers vote to stike
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (771+ words) BURLINGTON, VERMONT — Over 3,000 healthcare workers at UVM Medical Center voted to authorize a strike Friday, Oct 2. Last week UVMMC management presented its latest proposal, according to a press release from Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals. The union rejected…...
Study finds Vermont youth justice reform is lowering repeat crime
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (395+ words) MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s landmark youth criminal justice law called “raise the age” is paying off by keeping young people from committing more crimes, according to a new report delivered to state leaders. In 2020, Vermont raised the age at which…...
Despite some overall progress, Vermont test scores show a widening achievement gap
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1157+ words) Despite some improvements in standardized test scores, state data reveals a widening achievement gap in Vermont’s schools. The state’s initial evaluation of its annual standardized test scores for the 2025-26 school year, released last month, shows “marginalized students,” including those with…...
Vermont’s open studio weekend returns for fall edition
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (146+ words) RUTLAND, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s Open Studio Weekend has returned for its fall edition. The event is designed to showcase local artists across the state during the tourist season. While many artists around the state are opening their home-based studios, others,…...
Scott: let more refugees settle in Vermont
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (205+ words) VERMONT (ABC22/FOX44) - The office of Vermont Governor Phil Scott wrote Friday that he had sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking for an increase in the number of refugees coming to the state. Officials say that around 125 refugees are expected…...
Vermont ranks #7 per capita in grocery-store shoplifting incidents
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (281+ words) Vermont recorded the seventh-highest grocery shoplifting rate in the country at 80.1 incidents per 100,000 residents, about 1.4 times the national average of 58. The state averaged 518 incidents a year from 2021 to 2025, between one and two every day, peaking at 793 in 2024 before easing to…...