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The town of Hartford has become a testing ground of sorts for a new state law that gives municipalities broad authority to insulate undocumented residents from federal immigration authorities.

There was a time when landlocked Atlantic salmon were abundant in Lake Champlain and its tributaries. But for a century and a half these salmon were not reproducing naturally in the Lake Champlain basin. Now scientists are cautiously optimistic things might be changing.

A new economic forecast has some good news for struggling dairy farmers: wholesale milk prices are expected to increase next year.

Helping neighbors has always been a hallmark of Vermont. But many here have also traveled around the globe to help others in need. We'll hear some of the stories of Vermonters assisting people all over the world.

Cathy Inglese, who coached UVM women's basketball teams to glory from 1986 through 1993, died on Wednesday, July 24 from complications from a traumatic brain injury. She was 60 years old. Most recently, Inglese served as associate head coach at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. It was there on July 17, before a summer workout, she tumbled down a stairwell and suffered the TBI.

We often hear state leaders lamenting the so-called brain drain – meaning young people who move away - and the burden of caring for the Medicare crowd. Our demographics are a problem, they say, while credit agencies insist that in order to keep Vermont’s credit rating high, we need a bigger, younger population to spur economic growth.

Vermont’s cleanest lakes are showing alarming signs of increasing phosphorus pollution — the nutrient that feeds algae blooms — according to a research study published by state scientists .

Josh Collier first came to Vermont to sing with Opera Company of Middlebury in 2014. He and his wife liked the state so much they moved to Brandon two years ago, and since then, the 32-year-old has made it his mission to bring world class opera to the community with his wildly popular Barn Opera series.

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The acres of hemp being grown in Vermont, as well as the number of people registered to grow or process the crop in the state, have all more than doubled in the last year. But a late growing season and potential bottlenecks to harvesting and processing the plant pose looming challenges. We're talking with growers and state regulators about Vermont's booming — if fledgling — hemp industry.

Late last month, Vail Resorts — which owns the Stowe Mountain and Okemo Mountain resorts — announced plans to buy Peak Resorts, another industry giant, which owns Mount Snow.

Six of Vermont’s 14 hospitals will end this year with a deficit, according to reports submitted recently to the Green Mountain Care Board . And as the losses mount, some hospitals are seeking steep rate increases this year.

On Tuesday and Wednesday night this week, especially politically-minded Americans may have tuned into a second round of two-day Democratic presidential primary debates on CNN. But did you learn anything new about the candidates or their campaigns from that six hours of TV?

There are 156 women currently in Vermont's correctional system, all housed at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington. But many believe that it's in need of maintenance and lacks adequate safety features necessary in 2019. We're talking about the push for a new women's prison.

Saturday at Randolph’s Chandler Center for the Arts will be the second — and final — staging of a play that tells the stories of LGBTQ Vermonters growing up in the state.