Vermont

The Vermont Guard is now allowing women to directly join its 86th Infantry in combat roles— the first brigade anywhere in the Army National Guard approved to accept new female combat recruits.

A Black member of a Vermont town’s selectboard has resigned, citing safety concerns and “blatant bigotry” she’s experienced in the community. Alicia Barrow sent a resignation letter to the Hartford selectboard on Friday evening. “Though I no longer feel safe nor welcome in a place I have called home for 15 years, I still care very much for the...

While vaccine distribution is in full swing nationwide, some states are outperforming others when it comes to doses distributed and administered. A few New England states are near the top of one or both of those lists, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID Data Tracker, last updated Monday evening. But some show disparities, where the...

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, will preside over former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. Leahy is the president pro tempore of the Senate, the position that presides over the chamber when the vice president is not present. The president pro tem, as it’s also called, is also the third in line for presidential succession. “When I preside over...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has provided new information on the plan to vaccinate people across the commonwealth.

More than 13,000 Vermonters who are 75 or older have signed up to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the first few hours the Vermont Health Department’s signup site was open Monday. The vaccinations will begin on Wednesday for the group, who are part of phase 1B of the program in Vermont. The state estimates there are about 49,000 people in…

Two people driving in a pickup truck escaped serious injury this weekend in Colchester, Vermont, after they drove on the frozen surface of Lake Champlain’s Mallets Bay Sunday night and broke through the ice, sinking into the water below. The two people in the truck made it to shore, police said, and were brought to the hospital to be...

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

Jen Ellis, the woman behind the now famous mittens, says she is putting three new pairs of Bernie Sanders mittens up for auction.

A shed fire at a well-known family lodge in Vermont has authorities seeking information. Officials in Stowe, Vermont responded to the Trapp Family Lodge, located at 700 Trapp Rd. in Stowe, around 7:30 p.m. Saturday where they discovered a shed fully engulfed in flames. While firefighters worked to put out the blaze in the shed at the lodge, which authorities…

A Vermont state health inspector has found that some residents of a long-term care and skilled nursing facility in Burlington failed to get doses of required medication and proper wound care and were left to sit in their urine amid a coronavirus outbreak at the facility last month. The Burlington Free Press reports that the Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging…

An omnipresent image showing Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, bundled up at this week’s inauguration of President Joe Biden is now helping raise money to get food to Vermont seniors. “What a fantastic surprise,” said Jane Catton, the CEO of Age Well, referring to news that a fundraising effort will turn a silly meme into an opportunity to do some...

The meme of Sen. Bernie Sanders wearing his mittens at the inauguration is being turned into a sweatshirt, with proceeds going to help Vermont seniors in need.

The senator talked to Seth Meyers about the national delight over his Inauguration Day outfit.

Gov. Phil Scott and other Vermont officials detailed how people over the age of 75 can get vaccinated during a virtual coronavirus update Friday as they remain in quarantine. Starting Monday, Jan. 25, people over the age of 75 can begin making appointments to get their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine online or over the phone. Vaccine clinics will…

The quintuple murder conviction in one of Vermont’s highest-profile criminal cases was before the Vermont Supreme Court Thursday, with the defense claiming errors in the trial mean the guilty verdicts should be tossed out. However, prosecutors insist justice was carried out correctly in the case of Steven Bourgoin of Williston. “Mr. Bourgoin’s conviction should be reversed,” defense attorney Josh...

Stephen Bourgoin was found guilty in 2019 of intentionally driving the wrong way on interstate 89 in Williston, crashing into a car that killed five teenagers. The case went before the Vermont Supreme Court today.

Vermont officials are expected to release more information Friday about how people age 75 can get vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19. On Monday the state will begin taking reservations for that age group. During the state’s twice weekly virus briefing on Friday state officials are expected to announce details of how people can make those appointments. The next…

The governor’s office says Gov. Phil Scott has tested negative for COVID-19, after possible exposure to the coronavirus from a participant at his recent coronavirus briefing who tested positive. Scott’s press secretary says the governor will continue to quarantine and be tested again on Tuesday. Scott and five other Vermont state officials are quarantining after possible exposure at the...

Amid all the formality of Wednesday’s inauguration of President Joe Biden, sightings of a decidedly casual and comfortable accessory choice by Vermont’s junior U.S. Senator turned heads and lit up social media.