Upper Valley legislators work to advance their priorities on health care, education and environment

Woodstock asks users to conserve water after main well pump failure

Woodstock officials asked approximately 800 users to conserve water after a pump failure on the system's main well caused water levels to drop.

Property taxes, health care top of mind as Upper Valley voters cast primary ballots

Vermont voters cast their ballots on August 11, 2026, in primary elections marked by increased candidate participation and debates over affordability, education funding, and land use.

The American Red Cross is limiting distribution of type O blood amid shortage

A national blood shortage escalated into a crisis as the American Red Cross reported that supplies dropped below a one-day level, leading to limited distribution of type O blood to hospitals.

Kinney Drugs pulls back AI tool after customer complaints

Kinney Drugs has scaled back its AI assistant, Burt, following customer complaints regarding inaccurate refill information and privacy concerns, returning instead to a traditional prompt-based phone system.

Opinion: From AI to civil discourse, the crisis facing higher education today

Running colleges like corporations not only made tuition skyrocket, it also made it possible for the same forces that corrupt our politics to impose their Orwellian newspeak and doublespeak on institutions responsible for championing truth. The end result of AI sycophancy and the idolatry of “viewpoint diversity” is the redefinition of public good as moral […]