Lake Champlain

A brave group of community members has smashed fundraising goals with weeks left in its effort to raise money for a nonprofit serving at-risk youth in Burlington and St. Albans, Vermont. The Red Hot Chilly Dippers are friends who are taking daily dips into icy Lake Champlain throughout March to raise money and awareness for Spectrum Youth and Family Services….

The “Red Hot Chilly Dippers” take daily swims into Lake Champlain to raise funds for Spectrum Youth and Family Services.

Vermont’s cold winter weather is no match for the pluck of one group, which is devoted to enjoying the outdoors in a brave way — no matter the water temperature. “It’s so brain-clearingly refreshing,” said Burlington artist Kath Montstream, who organizes the Red Hot Chilly Dippers. “We’re never alone, we always watch each other’s back, and it feels like...

Cold winter weather is no match for one group in Vermont.

The wreckage of a plane that vanished 50 years ago this winter with five people on board has never been found. The relatives of the missing business travelers hope 2021 brings them a step closer to healing.

Fifty years after a plane crashed into Lake Champlain, the families of the people presumed dead are hoping for a breakthrough in the search for their remains.

A pair of men escaped without serious injuries when their pickup truck fell through the ice of a Vermont bay over the weekend.

With the COVID-19 pandemic creating rises in both staycations and in physically distanced outdoor activities like boating, environmental advocates are renewing a call to protect lakes, ponds and other waterways in Vermont and the rest of New England from potential threats. Boaters, whether launching into Lake Champlain or pulling back to land, have long been mindful of “hitchhikers.” Those include…

Advocates for Lake Champlain hope an eye-catching new message reminds boaters to take steps to block invasive plants or animals from spreading between waterways.

A landmark on the most-visited part of Lake Champlain is finally getting a makeover.

A crumbling landmark on the most-visited part of Lake Champlain is finally getting a makeover—one that took so long to happen, some residents of Burlington, Vermont wondered if they’d ever see it. “As a community, we can get big things done,” Mayor Miro Weinberger, D-Burlington, said Wednesday at the celebration of a project decades in the making. The 1950s...

Boaters on Lake Champlain are urged to be vigilant about their careful use of navigational charts and technology, because of water levels that are now low enough to be problematic at certain points. The lake is not at a record low, but is about a half-foot below normal for this time of year, according to meteorologist Scott Whittier of the…

Boaters on Lake Champlain in northern New England are being told to be extra careful due to low levels in certain parts of the body of water.

Vermont State Police are helping to search Lake Champlain for a missing kayaker from Quebec. Police say 79-year-old Laurent Messier, of St-Armand, Quebec, was reported missing by his wife around 8 p.m. Monday. He had left his lakefront home around 2:30 p.m. that day and planned to kayak to Venise-en-Quebec. His empty kayak was spotted by a crew in a…

Record-breaking heat across much of Vermont Wednesday came on the same day the state announced it had no patients in the hospital because of COVID-19. That was the first time that has been true since early March, according to data published Wednesday by the Vermont Department of Health. With the hot weather sending Vermonters to beaches and other spots to…

With record-breaking heat across much of Vermont on Wednesday, Gov. Phil Scott was urging residents to keep their distance on beaches and in other busy summer spots to reduce the risk of the novel coronavirus.

Vermont State Police say crews have found the body of a missing snowmobiler near where a snowmobile was found abandoned along the border between the towns of Swanton and Highgate. Police say the body of 39-year-old Michael Rich, of Swanton, was recovered Tuesday afternoon. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death. He and another snowmobiler had…

Big changes are coming to a prominent business in Burlington, Vermont, ones that visitors to the city’s waterfront may recognize. The cruise ship Spirit of Ethan Allen III, which cruises Lake Champlain from May to October, is getting upgrades aimed at reducing diesel emissions. “The air quality is going to be so much cleaner down at the waterfront,” predicted...

Big changes are coming to Lake Champlain ship the Spirit of Ethan Allen III, which is getting a new engine to improve air quality and reduce emissions that reduce climate change.

A Winooski man has been charged with poaching salmon from a brook near a fish hatchery in Grand Isle. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department says the 41-year-old was charged with two counts of taking fish illegally