Last week’s hearing was in many ways a replay of a similar hearing held last March. The trustees upheld Duffy’s decision to demote Swanson last April.

Act 181 promises smart growth and environmental protection. But rural Vermonters worry the policies reflect urban assumptions about how the rest of the state should live.

We’re all being called to step up in ways maybe we never expected,” Amanda Janoo, a Democrat and first-time candidate for statewide office, said.

Low wages, rising costs and shrinking pensions have forced many to keep working well past traditional retirement age.

It basically becomes a dam, and water can flood behind it very, very quickly,” said Maureen Hastings, a lead meteorologist at the NWS. “So it's very chaotic and very hard to predict.” ...

A woman whose great nephew serves in the Vermont National Guard and, she said, is currently deployed to the Middle East called the Guard’s operations there in support of President Donald Trump’s war ...

A "bizarre" cost-sharing inequity means rural seniors can end up paying higher bills for the exact same outpatient services. The state is trying to correct the imbalance.