By Erin Petenko/VTDigger Health Commissioner Mark Levine told Vermonters on Tuesday, July 6, that the best way to create a wall of protection against Covid-19 this fall and winter is to get vaccinated — and to talk to their family members […]
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Southern Vermont College to close
By Lola Duffort/VTDigger Another small liberal arts college in Vermont will close its doors for good this summer. Southern Vermont College president David Evans announced Monday, March 4, that the school would shut down at the end of the year. […]
Local News
Tax deduction on health expenses may be restored
By Anne Wallace Allen/VTDigger Lawmakers in the House Ways and Means Committee are looking at restoring a deduction on health expenses that was removed from the tax code last year. A proposal sponsored by Rep. Kate Webb, D-Shelburne, would restore the […]
Local News
Pawlet man busted along with Kraft in Florida prostitution investigation
By Alan J. Keays/ VTDigger A Vermont man is among the more than 100 people facing solicitation of prostitution charges stemming from an investigation in Florida that made headlines after reports that New England Patriots football team owner Robert Kraft […]
State News
Marijuana panel wants roadside testing before regulated market opens
By Xander Landen/VTDigger The governor’s Marijuana Advisory Commission is recommending that before Vermont moves to legalize a commercial cannabis market, the state needs to find a consistent way to test drivers for cannabis impairment. The panel also urges policymakers in its […]
Local News
Huebner, former Rutland hospital chief, to oversee Springfield recovery
By Colin Meyn/VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott has appointed Tom Huebner, who stepped down in March as the head of Rutland Regional Medical Center, to “evaluate, monitor and assist Springfield Hospital as it confronts serious financial challenges.” The governor’s office released a […]
Local News
Tourism report shows growth, highlights Vermont ski areas
By Anne Wallace Allen/VTDigger It’s the season for superlatives at Vermont ski areas, thanks to early snowfall and below-average temperatures. Killington Resort opened Oct. 19 and will boast 75 days of operation before the year closes on 2018. The ski areas […]
State News
Robocalls on the rise in Vermont and elsewhere
By Anne Wallace Allen, VTDigger Nuisance phone calls to Vermont numbers increased more than one-third between May and October this year. The call-blocking service YouMail said about 5.1 million robocalls rang on 802 area codes in October – a rate of […]
State News
Pownal man injured in officer-involved shooting expected to survive
By Alan J. Keays/VTDigger POWNAL — Vermont State Police say a Bennington County man critically injured in an officer-involved shooting Thursday night has “stabilized” and is expected to survive. Bernard Rougeau, 48, of Pownal, who police said was shot by […]
State News
Veteran public official Con Hogan dies at 77
By Mark Johnson/VTDigger Cornelius “Con” Hogan, a veteran public policy maker who led the Vermont Agency of Human Services, Corrections Department and most recently served on the Green Mountain Care Board, died Sunday at his home in Plainfield of cardiac […]