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ENR East 2025 Top Contractors: After Revenue Jump, Region’s Firms Grow Cautious Over Outlook
Robust tech, health care and infrastructure sectors boosted revenue for firms participating in ENR East’s Top Contractors list. The inaugural ranking of the largest regional firms reflects ENR’s consolidation of its multiple U.S. regions into five...

A Vermont dairy farm was raided. The mixed messages from Washington since then have...
“I saw through the window of the house that immigration were already there, inside the farm, and that’s when they detained us,” he said in a recent interview. “I was in the process of asylum, and even with that, they didn’t respect the document...

A Vermont dairy farm was raided. The mixed messages from Washington since then have increased fears
Four of the workers were swiftly deported to Mexico. Molina-Aguilar, released after a month in a Texas detention center with his asylum case still pending, is now working at a different farm and speaking out. “We must fight as a community so that...

36 injured after car rams into crowd outside LA nightclub
36 people have been injured, seven critically, after a car rammed into pedestrians outside a nightclub in Los Angeles at the weekend. The incident occurred at around 2:AM on Saturday morning (July 19), as clubbers left The Vermont Hollywood in...

Vermont golf pro and wife host 3rd challenge, to raise money for cancer programs
Erin King had a family history of breast cancer. Yet, her diagnosis in the fall of 2022 still came as a shock."My mom is a breast cancer survivor. My grandmother was diagnosed. But they were both diagnosed in their 70s. So, this was not...

The Medical Minute: Outcomes of Very Preterm Infants May Vary Across Health Systems
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Nearly one in every 10 infants in the United States is born preterm, or before 37 weeks of gestational age, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Author: Aaron Wagner Infants born with very low...

Then Again: Vermont suffered the first polio epidemic in the U.S.
Doctors knew when the outbreak had started — June 17, 1894 — but they didn’t know what had broken out. The symptoms of the many cases erupting in Rutland County that summer varied so much that they made doctors unsure of the diagnosis. A...

The terrifying mental health issue that has haunted Mikaela Shiffrin since accident
Mikaela Shiffrin may have returned to winning ways in 2025, but the psychological aftermath of her frightening crash last November is still very real. The 30-year-old American ski icon has opened up about the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...
Oregon Joins Federal Lawsuit Over Program Changes
Attorney General Rayfield and a coalition of 20 other attorneys general today sued the federal administration to stop its unlawful attempt to restrict access to critical health, education, and social service programs. Earlier this month, in a...

Board sanctions VA therapist fired for incompetence and ‘hostile’ conduct
Iowa regulators have suspended the license of a Veterans Affairs respiratory therapist fired for incompetence and “hostile and aggressive behavior.” Last November, the Iowa Board of Respiratory Care charged George Iannetta with professional...

Canadian father arrested for murder of 9-year-old daughter found dead near Lake George after reporting her missing
A Canadian man has been arrested for the murder of his 9-year-old daughter, just days after he reported her missing while the two were vacationing in New York's Adirondack region. Luciano Frattolin, 45, is now in custody following the discovery of...

Connecticut Attorney General claims in lawsuit President Trump shared personal health data with ICE
This week, CT AG William Tong joined a multistate lawsuit challenging a federal decision to potentially give ICE access to individual personal health data. HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined multiple coalitions of...

Top-paying employers for registered nurses in 2025 and who’s hiring
Top-paying employers for registered nurses in 2025 and who’s hiring The nursing shortage isn't letting up — and pay is soaring in response. Across the U.S., hospitals are throwing big money at hiring and keeping nurses, while staffing agencies...

The surprising shifts climate change is bringing to Vermont farms: rice paddies, peaches, saffron
Vermont’s farmers are growing crops that better suit the state’s warmer and wetter climate — and branching into products that provide income even when traditional crops fail. Since 1900, annual temperatures in Vermont have increased by about 2...

becca balint voices concern over legislative issues affecting healthcare and budgets
Becca Balint Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's at-large district | Official U.S. House HeadshotBecca Balint Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's at-large district | Official U.S. House Headshot Becca...

Vermont All-Stars seek bragging rights vs. New Hampshire
BURLINGTON — The Make-A-Wish All Star Hockey Classic will be celebrating its 33rd year for the men’s game and 28th year for the women’s contest when the teams meet on Saturday at the University of Vermont’s Gutterson Field House. The event...

Vermont Turkey Brood Survey Starts July 1
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is asking the public for help in monitoring the condition of Vermont’s wild turkey population. Since 2007, the department has run an annual online survey in August for reporting turkey broods, but beginning...

Three taken to hospital after Brownington crash
BROWNINGTON, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) – Vermont State Police from the Derby Barracks said that several people suffered injuries after a two-car crash in Brownington in Orleans County Friday morning. Police reportedly learned about the crash at about...

Column: Why Vermont needs a safer correctional facility now
Marybeth Redmond is a former Vermont state representative (Essex, 2019—2022), longtime journalist and co-founder of writinginsideVT, a 10-year writing program for incarcerated women at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility. Calls to...

Vermont Conversation: ‘This is about white supremacy’ – Rep. Becca Balint on fighting the Trump administration
U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, speaks about small donation campaign finance reform legislation she is sponsoring at a press conference at the Statehouse in Montpelier on June 18, 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Vermont...