Vermont News

Citizens of Morristown are still reeling from allegations that a local schoolteacher sexually abused two of his male students over a period of five years.

A panel considering the governor's proposal to consolidate the University of Vermont with the five state colleges has recommended against merging the institutions.

COLCHESTER - Joanne Wechsler and her son Jacob, 10, left the Middlebury public H1N1 flu clinic Tuesday vaccinated against the virus.

Former State Sen. Matt Dunne announced Tuesday morning that he would run for Vermont governor next year, joining an already crowd mix of Democrats seeking to replace the retiring Gov.

Supporters of same-sex marriage are vowing to continue the fight, after voters in Maine voted to repeal a law allowing such unions.

A key Vermont lawmaker says he thinks there's still a possibility the Legislature will vote this coming session on whether to extend the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant's license.

Vermonters have heard the advertisements. Republican Dede Scozzafava is a "typical Albany politician," one ad claims.

Former State Sen. Matt Dunne is set to announce he'll run for Vermont governor this morning.

When a fire destroyed the beloved, centuries-old Putney General Store 18 months ago, some people here cried.

Don McIntyre said he never thought he'd be one of those telemarketing types who call people at dinner time with a string of questions, but there he was last month, dialing numbers, interrupting dinners.

Lisa Groeneveld left Vermont in 1990 shortly after graduating Spaulding High School in Barre because she doubted there would be any career opportunities for her in her home state.

Federal regulators gave two green lights to Entergy Nuclear Thursday, saying recent changes Entergy made to the proposed spinoff of its five nuclear reactors, including Vermont Yankee, did not warrant additional review.

A contingent of Vermont National Guard soldiers bound for the war in Afghanistan got a solemn send-off Friday, saluted as citizen warriors sacrificing life at home to serve their country.

The injectable version of the swine flu vaccine is shown Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 at Broadmoor Elementary School in Miami.

The first group of Vermont National Guard soldiers is leaving the state for training before heading to Afghanistan for a yearlong deployment.

An 11-year odyssey for U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy ended Thursday when President Obama signed a federal hate crime bill into law.

Two Vermonters facing assault and robbery charges were arrested by Mexican immigration officials and U.S. Marshals in Mexico this week.

SWANTON - Two Chittenden Bank branches in opposite corners of the state were robbed Tuesday morning.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009 Closure of Lake Champlain bridge at Crown Point has state officials and locals scrambling The Governors of New York and Vermont unveiled a new emergency transportation plan yesterday.

Hundreds of Vermont military families are gearing up for the National Guard's big deployment to Afghanistan, with the first of 1400 soldiers due to leave for training next week.