Montpelier

Vermont marked a significant milestone Tuesday in its recovery from COVID-19, reopening its most famous building to the public for the first time since March of 2020. The historic Vermont State House in Montpelier is a popular place with travelers interested in history and government, but the pandemic had it closed to visitors for nearly 17 months. “Life is getting…

The historic Vermont State House in Montpelier is a popular place with travelers interested in history and government, but the pandemic had it closed to visitors for nearly 17 months.

Vermont nonprofit organizations and municipalities are hosting Juneteenth observances this weekend—putting Black art, culture, heritage, and history center stage on June 19, the date in 1865 when the final slaves in Texas learned about their overdue freedom. Burlington, Montpelier, Winooski, and Hartford are among the Vermont communities hosting Juneteenth celebrations. Congress and President Biden authorized the date as a new…

Burlington, Montpelier, Winooski, and Hartford are among the Vermont communities hosting Juneteenth celebrations.

Community members in Vermont’s capital city extended a special honor to a young man who made a big impact on Montpelier High School athletics — one the school is promising will not be forgotten. “He just wanted to live a happy life, like all the rest of us,” Keegan Smith said of his older brother, Peyton. Peyton Smith died in…

Montpelier High School is honoring baseball Peyton Smith, who died from cancer after graduating

Legislators in the Vermont House have unanimously supported a resolution apologizing to all Vermonters and their families and descendants who were harmed by state-sanctioned eugenics policies and practices that led to sterilizations. Under the eugenics movement, some Vermonters were placed on a state-sanctioned list of “mental defectives” and degenerates and sent to state institutions. They were largely of mixed French…

The Vermont-based New England Culinary Institute is closing its doors after 40 years partly due to added challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic.  In an undated letter to the school community posted on the NECI website, President Milan Milasinovic said the school is discontinuing all credit bearing programs and will immediately start a teach-out of all those programs so that…

The next police chief for Vermont’s capital city started on the job Monday, and it’s thought his hiring represents a first for the state. “I feel honored,” said Brian Peete, who is believed by Montpelier city officials and by the Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police to be the first Black police chief in Vermont. White people make up...

A new leader has arrived for the police department in Montpelier, Vermont, as the community grapples with issues around race.

A vote Friday cleared the way for Vermont’s capital city to send a highly visible message echoing recent calls to address racial justice. With the approval of the Montpelier City Council, the portion of State Street in downtown Montpelier — right in front of the Vermont State House —will close to traffic Saturday morning so community members can paint 25-foot-tall…

Montpelier voted to approve a 25-foot-tall “Black Lives Matter” sign on State Street.

Montpelier Police and the Vermont Department of Children and Families are investigating the death of a 4-year-old boy who was found on the bottom of a swimming pool.

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department says swimming at fishing access areas on lakes and rivers is unsafe and people who do it face a fine of over $150.

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department says swimming at fishing access areas on lakes and rivers is unsafe and people who do it face a fine of over $150.

The National Weather Service is warning that the warm temperatures could lead to localized ice jams and river flooding in parts of Vermont. A flood watch is in effect through Saturday evening in central and northern areas of the state. Temperatures rose into the 40s and 50s on Thursday and were expected to soar into the upper 50s and lower...

Montpelier High School was placed on lockdown during a police standoff that left a 32-year-old suspect in an armed bank robbery dead.

Dave DeVarney plans to complete his goal this weekend in Winooski.

A Vermont judge ordered a sanity evaluation for a teenager accused of stabbing a woman in the chest, and attempting to attack the woman’s 3-year-old child.

Ed Flanagan was the first openly gay lawmaker in the country elected to statewide office.