Vermont cannabis retailers seek medical endorsements

With the release of guidance for medical-use endorsements, retailers are planning to take part in the new program.  "The integration of adult-use and medical regulatory systems made possible by the medical-use endorsement ensures that patients have …

Since the historic floods of 2023, few Vermont residents have buyout money in hand

This story, by Report for America corps member Carly Berlin, was produced through a partnership between VTDigger and Vermont Public. PEACHAM – The green clapboard house where Jenny Mackenzie lived for over two decades sits boarded up and ghostly along a …

Seacoast baseball standouts reunited on Vermont Mountaineers of NECBL

Sam Cavossa Pays Tribute to Travis Roy with Vermont Lake Monsters

Sam Cavossa, an outfielder for the Vermont Lake Monsters, is honoring the legacy of Travis Roy, a celebrated hockey player and advocate for spinal cord injury research, by wearing his number 24. Roy's foundation hosts a notable wiffleball tournament in …

Meet Sniper: Vermont K-9 trained to rescue people trapped from flooding

FORMULA BASED ON POPULATION, IMPACTING BOTH STATE AND COUNTY LEVELS there were teams of FIRST RESPONDERS CALLED TO make rescues IN SUTTON THAT DAY. NBC 5'S JACKSON STOEVER JOINS US in THE STUDIO. he spent the day with one of those rescue squads...that …

Governor's Institute of Vermont teaches about health and medicine to state youth

CASTLETON — The next generation of health practitioners are spending this week learning about how they can help themselves and others by pursuing a career in medicine. Hosted at Vermont State University Castleton, the Governor’s Institute of Vermont Health …

Southern Vermont at risk for fire danger, officials say 

"We could use rain, that's for sure," Rutland area farmer, Frank Grabowski said while haying his land Wednesday. Without rain, his fields are at risk of burning up, literally."If somebody threw a cigarette butt out or something and a …

Family of Vermont woman detained at Canadian border living a ‘nightmare’

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A Vermont woman detained by ICE after crossing the Canadian border into the U.S. says she doesn’t know why she is being held. Esther Ngoy Tekele, a Congolese woman, has already been in custody at the Chittenden Regional …

Vermont summer programs for students threatened by federal education cuts

SWANTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Summer is usually the time when students want to take a break, relax, and maybe turn off their brains a bit. But after a while, they’re ready to get back to doing something, and the Missisquoi Valley School District is helping provide …

Are Your Workplace Policies Compliant with Vermont’s New Leave Law? A 4-Step Action Plan for Employers

Vermont employers should ensure compliance with an update to the state’s Parental and Family Leave Act (PFLA). H. 461, which took effect on July 1, expands PFLA and now covers individuals in nontraditional family structures. Here are the top things …