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Vermont’s Burlington International Airport says it’s the first airport of its size in the country to offer coronavirus testing on-site. Other airports that offer tests for coronavirus infections are much larger, the facility said Wednesday. The testing, conducted by Garnet Health, is done outdoors and is aimed at providing information that both enables travel and supports public health, the...

An airport in Vermont says it’s the first of its size in the United States to offer coronavirus testing.

Vermont’s largest airport is going to be getting more than $6.3 million in federal funding for safety and infrastructure updates. The money for the Burlington International Airport in South Burlington will be used to expand aircraft parking, install an outdoor noise monitoring system, and noise mitigation measures for nearby buildings. In addition, the Northeast Kingdom International Airport in Newport will…

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City leaders in Burlington, Vermont, outlined a roadmap Monday they believe could make the community a stand-out nationally when it comes to community-based attempts to address climate change. Mayor Miro Weinberger, D-Burlington, described the city’s Net Zero Energy Roadmap as “a new chapter in Burlington’s environmental and economic history.”

A loaded handgun discovered in a carry-on bag brought a security screening line to a halt at Boston Logan International Airport on Labor Day, officials said. The 9mm gun was found in the bag of a man from Dublin, New Hampshire, according to a news release from the Transportation Security Administration.

Federal officials say a loaded handgun has been confiscated from a passenger at the Burlington International Airport. The Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday that TSA officers spotted the gun when the Tennessee man’s carry-on bag went through the X-ray machine on Saturday.

Federal officials say a loaded handgun has been confiscated from a passenger at the Burlington International Airport. The Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday that TSA officers spotted the gun when the Tennessee man’s carry-on bag went through the X-ray machine on Saturday.

Four U.S. military fighter jets made an unexpected pit stop Wednesday in the Champlain Valley. The military will soon house some of its F-35s in Vermont—with their next-generation sophisticated electronics and stealth capabilities—to replace a fleet of F-16s. The four F-35s that landed in South Burlington Wednesday were not assigned to the Vermont Air National Guard. Rather, the unscheduled arrivals...

The federal Transportation Security Administration expects a busy, possible record month for air travel, driven in large part by April school vacations. The TSA gave Vermont news organizations, including necn, an up-close and behind-the-scenes look at training materials Tuesday, including glimpses at unusual objects aimed at keeping passengers safe.

Burlington, Vermont, is going head-to-head with Rochester, New York, to compete for direct flights to Boston. Mynbc5.com reports it’s been 15 years since Burlington International Airport offered direct flights to the city.

President Donald Trump told federal workers Friday that their paychecks would be coming soon, under a temporary deal to reopen government after the partial shutdown that reached 35 days. While 800,000 federal employees will certainly welcome the president’s announcement of a temporary deal to reopen government and get paychecks printing again, the measure was just for three weeks, while border...

Bitter cold is setting in after a major winter storm blanketed a wide swath of the country in snow, sleet and rain this weekend, creating dangerously icy conditions that promise to complicate cleanup efforts and make travel challenging on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Some of the coldest temperatures felt so far this season started to set in across the...

Friday was supposed to be payday for many federal employers across the country, but their deposits didn’t come, because of the ongoing partial government shutdown. The union covering National Weather Service employees in the office housed inside Vermont’s Burlington International Airport are still on the job, because their forecasting work, aimed at protecting lives and property, is considered essential. Despite...

Burlington International Airport has added a display of 7-foot tall maple syrup jugs to remind travelers they can purchase the Vermont staple online instead of losing it at airport security.

Police in Vermont are trying to find two women shown on airport video surveillance removing a life-size cardboard cutout advertisement of a restaurant owner.

On Vermont’s Town Meeting Day, voters in Burlington will be asked whether the city should request a cancellation of the basing of a fleet of military jets, which is scheduled to arrive in the Champlain Valley.

The co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream knew he was disturbing the peace with a noisy demonstration against fighter jets. Cohen was one of three activists arrested for disorderly conduct Saturday after blasting jet noise from a mobile public address system in Burlington, Vermont. Cohen said the goal was to simulate what it might be like for residents living...

Vermonters have elected town officers, voted on school budgets and voiced their opinions on other topics during their annual town meetings.

With Christmas falling on a Monday this year, next Friday is expected to be one of the busiest days of the year for long-distance trips.