Suicides in Vermont are at a 25-year high, and state health officials have issued a call to action for Vermonters to be partners in bending this curve. To help make this happen, the Vermont Dept. of Health and Dept. of […]
Category: State News
Home and Garden, Lifestyle, State News
Time to button up your home
With heating fuel prices at their highest level in years and winter just around the corner, Button Up Vermont is getting the word out: The best time to weatherize your home is right now. The annual Button Up Vermont campaign, […]
Sports, State News
Youth and novice deer hunting weekend is Oct. 22-23
Hunters encouraged to bring deer to check stations Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 22-23 — STATEWIDE — Hunters who harvest a deer during Vermont’s Oct. 22-23 youth and novice deer weekend are encouraged to bring their deer to one of […]
Featured, State News
Colors delight leaf peepers
By Julia Purdy Well, fall foliage has done it again… in spite of a slow start and drought that has hit some trees hard, Indigenous Peoples’ Weekend (formerly Columbus Day) rewarded visitors and locals like with the progression of color […]
State News
Statewide survey asks Vermonters about health care experience
Survey is coming to Vermonters’ mailboxes this fall Vermonters and their children who have been to a doctor’s office in the last six months may receive a survey about their health care experience in their mailbox this fall. This will be […]
Local News, State News
Transitional housing program has downsides for towns, hotel owners
By Katy Savage Funding for homeless housing assistance and rental assistance is drying up, leaving thousands of people in search of permanent options in a very tight housing market. And while the need is still high, hotel owners, who have […]
State News
Mail-in ballots have been sent out to all registered voters in Vt
If you don’t receive it by Oct. 10, call your town clerk By Juliet Schulman-Hall/VTDigger Roughly 440,000 mail-in ballots are being sent to voters, according to Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos. The mailing began the last week of September and […]
State News
New rebate helps GMP customers save when switching away from fossil fuel cooking
Starting Oct. 1, Green Mountain Power (GMP) customers can save $200 when they switch from fossil fuel for cooking and install a new electric induction cooktop or range. Induction technology heats up and cools down faster than fossil fuel and […]
State News
Major hospitals keeping mask mandates despite new CDC guidance
By Erin Petenko/VTDigger The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revised its Covid-19 guidance to allow health care facilities in certain areas to drop mask mandates for patients, visitors and staff. But for the time being, the state’s […]
Sports, State News
Vermont’s archery deer season starts Oct. 1
Saturday, Oct.1 — STATEWIDE — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Dept. says hunters are looking forward to Vermont’s upcoming Oct. 1- Nov. 11 and Nov. 28 – Dec. 15 archery deer hunting season. A hunter may take up to four […]