Vt. county attorney gets probation and possibility for clean record after DUI 

Attorneys seek spring trial for man facing murder charge in Rutland deadly police chase

Tate Rheaume, who is charged with aggravated murder following a 2023 pursuit that killed a police trainee, is scheduled to stand trial in Rutland County in late April or early May of 2027.

West Central Behavioral Health breaks ground on new Claremont facility

West Central Behavioral Health held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new 32,000-square-foot facility on Broad Street in Claremont, which is scheduled to open next September and consolidate various mental health and primary care services.

Portion of I-91 in northern Vermont named for border agent killed in line of duty

The Vermont Transportation Board approved a measure to name an 11-mile stretch of Interstate 91 the David Chris Maland Memorial Highway to honor a U.S. Border Patrol agent killed during a traffic stop in early 2025.

Opinion: Funding caps will exacerbate teacher shortage, impact students in N.H.

If your community votes “yes” on Question 2 and caps funding for its local public schools on Nov. 3, do you know what the school district could cut?  School sports. Arts and music programming. AP classes. Full-day kindergarten. Bus routes.  In New Hampshire, these programs may not be considered legally necessary to provide an “adequate” […]

A Yankee Notebook: Settling into nature and storytelling

The annual gathering of wilderness paddlers and winter campers and travelers fills the dining hall at Ohana Family Camps on Lake Fairlee, Vermont. It used to be two separate rendezvous, but a general graying of the attendees combined with the hiatus caused by COVID militated for a blending of the two. I’ve been at the […]