Vermont

35-year-old Shant Soghomonian (also known as Michael Soghomonian), was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with using fire to damage the building at One Church Street in Burlington, Vermont, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont.

Six months after retired college dean and professor Honoree Fleming was shot and killed in Castleton, Vermont, state police say her case remains a top priority. Fleming, 77, of Castleton, died from a gunshot wound to the head on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. She was found on the Delaware & Hudson Rail Trail about a mile south of the Castleton…...

An 18-year-old from Massachusetts is wanted in connection to a fatal stabbing that occurred in Pownal, Vermont, in early February. State police say Elizah Coppedge, of Chicopee, Mass., is facing a charge of second-degree murder in the Feb. 6 killing of Casey Gras, 36, of Bennington, Vt. According to police, a Vermont Superior Court judge in Benning...

Authorities are searching for a man accused of setting fire to the door of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office in Burlington, Vermont, police said Friday.

The body of a man from Vermont who’d been missing for nearly three weeks was found in a river in New Hampshire on Wednesday, authorities said.

With under a week to go until the April 8 total solar eclipse, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott gave an update on what to expect of the spectacle, which will be visible from parts of his state. “Think of this as peak foliage weekend on steroids,” Scott said, warning Vermonters to expect a lot of traffic starting on the weekend through…...

The pressure is on with the total solar eclipse approaching quickly and the big question is whether the weather in New England will cooperate. March has been wet, with rain totals over 8″ for the month, bringing up concerns for potential cloud cover and precipitation on Eclipse Day, April 8. However, there is optimism as early forecasts are h...

“In short, we found a pattern of misplaced trust, unfortunate decision-making, lengthy delays, and missed opportunities to prevent or minimize fraud,” Hoffer wrote.

Two Vermont state troopers have been referred to court diversion following charges of reckless endangerment after they fired bean bag rounds from a shotgun against a man who was acting irrationally, the state attorney general said. The man who was hit June 17, 2022, in Newfane fell from a roof and suffered a head injury. State Police Sgt. Ryan Wood...

A Vermont man was arrested on kidnapping and other charges after he allegedly held five people at gunpoint and made death threats on Wednesday night. Police in Newport, Vermont, said they responded to a call for a disturbance at a home on Third Street around 9 p.m. Wednesday. Their initial investigation revealed that a local man, identified as 41-y...

U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, Vermont’s first woman and first openly gay person to represent the state in Congress, announced Wednesday that she’s running for a second term. Balint, a Democrat, said in Congress she has focused on making affordable housing more accessible, mental health care for all and protecting the country’s democracy...

In two weeks, a celestial celebration will occur across the United States as a total solar eclipse sweeps the land, from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, through the Champlain Valley in Vermont. You may be wondering; didn’t this happen in 2017? It did. But the maximum width of the 2017 eclipse was roughly 65 miles wide, because the Moon…...

 Vermont’s House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill to severely restrict a type of pesticide that’s toxic to bees and other pollinators. The bill will now go to the Senate. Representatives said Vermont was home to more than 300 native bee species and thousands of pollinator species, but many were in decline and some had disappeared alt...