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In a State of the State address devoted entirely to what he says is Vermont’s “full blown heroin crisis,” Gov. Peter Shumlin on Jan. 8 announced $10...
Dartmouth College Medical School has teamed up with Burlington’s Spectrum Youth and Family Services to offer a new outpatient treatment program for...
File this under the heading “silver linings”: the extreme cold that our region experienced over New Year’s could slow the expansion of invasive insects...
Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, celebrating the life and legacy of the great civil rights leader, who was assassinated in 1968. And all this week...
The town of Vernon is bracing for the loss of its biggest taxpayer – the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. Yankee has allowed Vernon to offer amenities and...
Despite the recent warm wet weather, the state’s ski resorts say a recent drop in temperatures and several days of flurries have helped them regroup...
Public Post reports on a showcase of adaptive winter sports in Stowe, some Olympic team members and hopefuls from around the state and an effort to...
The man in charge of developing the financing mechanism for Gov. Peter Shumlin’s single-payer health care plan made his first appearance of the year...
Vermont National Guard soldiers were honored for their service in Afghanistan in 2010. A vote against a wind energy project proposed for Seneca...
Alejandra Perez has already had a lot of experience behind the wheel, so when new legislation made it possible for undocumented Vermonters to get...
An ongoing disagreement between the Senate and the House has stalled a new federal Farm bill, and the deadlock could cause major upheaval in the dairy...
Four years ago, lawmakers worked to help wrongfully convicted inmates obtain the DNA evidence needed to win their release. This year, the Legislature...
A new play opening at the Hopkins Center in Hanover, N.H. takes a scalpel to health care issues, presenting slices of history, present-day challenges,...
Vermont is well known for the old standbys: cows, maple syrup and ice cream. But an effort is underway to promote Vermont’s creative potential. In 2011,...
As Vermont gears up to tackle the problem of opioid addiction, drug treatment providers are bracing for an influx of clients. But are there enough...
