Bennington County News

The problem of prescription drug abuse has been on the increase throughout the country, causing law enforcement officials and doctors to re-examine the tactics used to combat it.

Bennington County's two Democratic state senators will face Republican challengers in November, but incumbent representatives from both parties will run mostly unopposed.

BENNINGTON - A member of the state Fish and Wildlife Board plans to resign in protest over a proposal to increase the number of hunting permits issued for antlerless deer.

Red Cross volunteers from the Northern Vermont Chapter worked through the weekend responding to requests for help in the wake of Friday's storm.

The new fiscal year is only in its early days but several Bennington County towns are already looking ahead with caution after finishing the last fiscal year with greater-than-expected spending for gas, heating ...

Overnight, it seems, the issue of hail cannon use has leapt from the nonexistent file to the front burner.

Bennington County's two Democratic senators are teaming up as they seek re-election to the Vermont Legislature.

Property owners along the Hoosic River in town may begin to see people carrying scientific instruments up and down the riverbanks.

A recently announced expansion of digital subscriber line service by Fairpoint Communications will affect a large swath of Bennington County.

The time, in the not too distant future, specifically October 2011. The place , specifically Windham ElementarySchool, Brookline Elementary School, Sunderland Elementary School and Woodford Hollow School.

Local food shelves and soup kitchens, alone, cannot solve the issue of hunger. They are one strand of a much larger safety net, which includes all of the federal nutrition programs, such as food stamps and free ...

A Shaftsbury man was ordered held on $25,000 bail after a weight of evidence hearing in Bennington District Court on Thursday.

Argument in a Bennington District Court weight of evidence hearing for a local man accused of attacking a woman concluded Wednesday, though the judge did not decide if the man should be held.

An official with the state Agency of Transportation said Tuesday that significant progress has been made on the effort to make Route 9 through Woodford and Searsburg safer for motorists.

The state dropped charges of lewd and lascivious conduct with a 9-year-old girl against the host of a local cable channel hunting show on Tuesday.

Summer has provided a welcome break from the heating season. But state officials and consumers alike are worried about what next winter will bring in terms of fuel prices and supply.

Incumbent Republican Rep. Patti Komline is again facing a challenge from Democrat Ed Weissman for a seat in the Vermont House of Representatives.

The Bennington County Choral Society will present "These Green Hills," an exploration of Vermont's folk music traditions, on Saturday, June 21 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, June 22 at 3 p.m. at the First Baptist ...

On Thursday, June 26, the community is invited to visit the Southern Vermont Arts Center for a community reception of The Birdhouse Connection from 6 to 8 p.m. at Yester House gallery.

The state has embarked on the next phase in its plan to relocate the employees displaced by conditions at the state office building off of North Street by publishing an ad requesting about 60,000 square-feet of ...