Vermont News Archives

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.

The battle over how to deal with the state's dwindling unemployment insurance fund continues.

Across Vermont on Saturday, church bells rang, bicyclists pedaled in chilly temperatures and rainfall, "green" homeowners opened their doors to the curious, and Vermonters partied as part of the International Day of Climate Change.

In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., second from left, talks about health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington with, from left, Sen.

Major Mike Papariello of South Burlington speaks to the congregation at St. Michael's College Chapel during Monday's mass to pray for members of the Vermont National Guard and their families as they prepare for their deployment to Afghanistan.

Gov. James Douglas is putting two officials in state government into roles that will be central to the effort to try and get broadband Internet and cell phone service spread across the state.

The first 300 soldiers of the nearly 1,500 Vermont National Guard troops slated for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan will leave Sunday for pre-combat training at Fort Polk in Leesville, La., guard officials said Wednesday.

The Basin Harbor Club is planning to start a pedestrian ferry that will shuttle passengers between Vermont and New York while the Lake Champlain Bridge is out of service.

Nationwide delays in delivery of flu vaccine will force postponement of some clinics in Vermont, Health Commissioner Wendy Davis said Wednesday.

Gov. James Douglas, two other state officials and executives from Vermont businesses leave today for Asia to try and attract foreign business investors to the state.

State transportation officials say they've closed Vermont Route 108, which runs through Smugglers Notch, because of unsafe weather conditions.

A man from New Jersey was released on $50,000 bail Monday after he pleaded not guilty to charges he tried to smuggle 371 pounds of marijuana into the United States at the Highgate border crossing.

It's a boon time for funny folks in northern Vermont. Comedy is thriving from the large venue to the small .

In a rousing speech Saturday before about 350 women gathered for Vermont's 13th annual Women's Economic Opportunity Conference, advocate Lilly Ledbetter won a standing ovation after urging women to fight back in the face of injustice like the two decades of pay discrimination she experienced.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the final of two stories detailing a new report on the economics of closing Vermont Yankee in 2012.

The health care reform effort in Vermont is getting a boost from a $1 million federal grant that will enable more of the state's physicians to write prescriptions electronically.

The 2010 legislative session is coming fast, and one of the biggest items on the Legislature's plate is whether Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon should receive permission to continue operation past its original license expiration date of 2012.

DATE OF RELEASE: October 15, 2009 CASE NUMBER: 09D303699 INCIDENT: Bank Robbery STATION: Royalton Barracks DATE OF INCIDENT: October 15, 2009 ACCUSED: Unknown at this time SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: At approximately 0936 hours the Vermont State Police received a report of a bank robbery that had just occurred at the Randolph National Bank on North Main ...

State education officials are generally thrilled by national test results released Tuesday that put Vermont among the top three states in the nation on standardized math tests.

A special panel of Vermont lawmakers, educators and others studying the state's education system is holding a public forum.

Vermont should keep unemployment taxes high when the economy is doing well so that it will have the money to pay out benefits when the next recession hits, an unemployment attorney told lawmakers Tuesday.

A Vermont man is being held on $50,000 bail after police said he committed burglary while facing other charges and had been arrested in Texas.

Universal health care advocates are warming up to the idea. And last week, former Vermont Gov.

A group tied to President Barack Obama's campaign last year is planning a "listening tour stop" in Montpelier on Sunday.

What could play a central role reforming the nation's health care system happens in a small conference room of the Aesculapius Medical Center - two patients learning the basics of managing their diabetes.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont says it's voluntarily covering the cost of swine flu vaccinations in hopes of getting the shots for as many people as possible.

The executive director of the Vermont Telecommunications Authority has left his job unexpectedly.

State employees bracing for a new round of layoffs learned Friday only 37 employees will get pink slips next week, far fewer than expected.

The data center for the state of Vermont provides application and storage for the services provided by the state's government, from processing registration information for the Department of Motor Vehicles, to ensuring that enrolled citizens benefit from the state's food subsidy program.

As the debate over health reform rages on, Vermonters can rejoice: Their state has the best-performing health system in the nation.

The Vermont Philharmonic will open its 51st season, as it has for the last three years, showcasing up-and-coming opera stars, winners of the 2009 Bel Canto Institute competition in Florence, Italy.

Twenty years after it was first proposed, Vermont could be close to launching a statewide program to reduce electrical bills for its poorest residents.

Daniel Freilich, a medical doctor and captain in the U.S. Navy, officially begins his campaign to unseat U.S. Sen.

Sending Vermont State Hospital patients to a new facility in Rutland could save the state money, but financing the ambitious project in this economy will be difficult, states an economic analysis of the plan.

The question of whether the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant will be able continue operating after 2012 generated a lively debate Tuesday at a forum about the state's energy future.

Firefighters across our region will soon have a new burn facility for training. The Randolph Center project came about from a partnership at the federal and state level.

With reports of layoffs and rising unemployment, Vermont has seen its share of bad economic news.

"Silent Cal" Coolidge may have apparently liked the Lincoln. While flashier Pierce Arrows dominated the White House fleet of vehicles, Calvin Coolidge was the first president to have a Lincoln a ' an understatedly elegant car fitting for a modest president.

Vermonters welcomed the fall season Sunday with a brand-new contest. Using a special machine called a trebuchet -- an ancient version of the catapult made with wood and weights -- people threw pumpkins.

A trip to Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, is definitely a "must" if you travel to Vermont.

New law in Vermont adopts the Uniform Trust Code. 2009 Vt. Laws No. 20 .Thestate legislature's website provides a detailed summary of the act, including the following excerpt: This act modernizes and codifies the laws governing testamentary and inter vivos trusts.

Vermont Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie announced Thursday that he will run for governor in 2010.