Montpelier

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...

Fire officials are trying to determine what caused a 3-alarm blaze at a mansion in Southborough, Massachusetts. The blaze was reported shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday near the area of 7 Wyndemere Drive. Fire officials said the flames started in a second-story bedroom and spread.

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.

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.

Ed Flanagan, a former Vermont auditor of accounts and state senator, was 66. He was credited as the first openly gay lawmaker in the country elected to statewide office.  

A man sought in connection with a fatal shooting in Montpelier, Vermont, in what authorities say was the first murder in the state capital in nearly a century has been apprehended in Florida, according to state police.

The federal Drug Enforcement Administration and its local partners around the country are hosting a prescription medication take-back day Saturday, April 29.

Animal lovers are being asked to help as a Vermont shelter nurses nine puppies back to health after they were left abandoned in a box last week.