Gov. Peter Shumlin said on Wednesday the state shouldn't collect $6 million that the auditor's office says several towns owe to the state education fund.

The  Korean company planning to build a bio-tech facility in Newport is now likely to create 450 permanent and 50 seasonal jobs, double the number proposed in September.

Defense attorney David Sleigh wants charges against 20 of his Orleans County clients dropped because he claims the state's attorney was improperly appointed. Sleigh has sparked a legal battle that may seem arcane, but he insists his clients' rights to due process are at stake.

A West Charleston woman wants to bring many local food products together in one place.  Leger's idea took a significant step forward recently when the limited liability corporation in which she and her husband are investors, purchased a downtown Newport building that will become the future site of the Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center.

Vermont's Northeast Kingdom has the highest unemployment rates in the state. Much of the reason has to do with the loss of manufacturing jobs over the years.

Newport has long suffered from having the highest unemployment rate in the state, but new businesses are cropping up to fill some empty downtown storefronts.

Support is building in the Newport area for a cancer doctor who has been told to leave North Country Hospital, as administrators plan to replace him with two part-time doctors who will travel from Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Lebanon.

Patricia Sears of the Newport City Renaissance Corporation discusses the economic developments underway in the Northeast Kingdom city.

We hear about the new positive developments in the battle against white nose syndrome in bats and get an update on the economic advancements underway in Newport.

Vermont's unemployment rate has climbed again. The state Department of Labor says the rate for July was 5.7 percent. That's up two-tenths of a percentage point from July.

An environmental panel has given the go-ahead to a Vermont developer planning to build 21 new multi-family residences in Newport.

The city of Newport wants to create a historic preservation commission, in hopes of identifying features in the city that could be used to obtain grant money for promotions.