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Vermont State Police investigate death in Guilford

Vermont State Police investigate death in Guilford

Vermont State Police in Guilford are investigating after a man was found dead.According to VSP, shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday, 59-year-old Matthew Rice from Easthampton, Massachusetts, was found unresponsive in a wooded area behind the I-91 North...

A dairy farm was raided. Mixed messages from Washington have only increased fears

A dairy farm was raided. Mixed messages from Washington have only increased fears

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- After six 12-hour shifts milking cows, José Molina-Aguilar's lone day off was hardly relaxing. On April 21, he and seven co-workers were arrested on a Vermont dairy farm in what advocates say was one of the state’s largest-ever...

Commentary | Kate Casa: Vermont group aims for silence through intimidation

Commentary | Kate Casa: Vermont group aims for silence through intimidation

Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lured the United States to the brink of yet another costly, dangerous and illogical war. By manipulating Donald Trump into bombing Iranian nuclear sites, Netanyahu managed to achieve his own...

Seven Can't-Miss Vermont Events This Week: July 9-16, 2025

Seven Can't-Miss Vermont Events This Week: July 9-16, 2025

Drive It Home Sunday 13 We're not fangirling — you are! Spruce Peak Unplugged presents Jakob Dylan-led rock band the Wallflowers at the Spruce Peak Village Green in Stowe. For more than three decades, the group's timeless tunes have dominated...

A fantasy of flavors comes together in this tasty and healthy summer salad

A fantasy of flavors comes together in this tasty and healthy summer salad

By James Kent Many moons ago, I lived in Scottsdale, Arizona, with my wife and then firstborn. One of our favorite restaurants to frequent was a place called Pita Jungle. Besides serving the most incredible hummus I’ve ever tasted, they had this...

Mr. Big is alive and well and married in Vermont

Mr. Big is alive and well and married in Vermont

Local News The real-life inspiration for the famous toxic bachelor on “Sex and the City” left the Big Apple for the Green Mountain state. By Jacob Bernstein, New York Times News Service July 7, 2025 | 1:30 PM 10 minutes to read Share Close Send...

A Vermont dairy farm was raided. The mixed messages from Washington since then have...

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

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...

Vermont golf pro and wife host 3rd challenge, to raise money for cancer programs

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

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.

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

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)...

CMS notifies states of ‘commonsense guardrails’ to Medicaid & CHIP 

CMS notifies states of ‘commonsense guardrails’ to Medicaid & CHIP 

WASHINGTON – CMS has sent letters to states calling out policies that extend beyond statutory limits in the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) program, specifically policies on continuous eligibility and workforce initiatives....

New study ranks U.S. states with highest STI rates

New study ranks U.S. states with highest STI rates

Summertime means more sunshine, more socializing, and, according to medical researchers, more sexually transmitted infections (STIs). A new study by telehealth company Invigor Medical analyzed data from the Centers for Disease Control and...

Connecticut Attorney General claims in lawsuit President Trump shared personal health data with ICE

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...

The surprising shifts climate change is bringing to Vermont farms: rice paddies, peaches, saffron

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 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

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

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

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...

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