The state's Climate Change Team says data predicts that Vermont will get more extreme rain events in the future, so flood resiliency may be a critical need for adapting to climate changes.

Many of the local funds credited with stepping up to help Vermonters in the days right after Tropical Storm Irene are closing up shop.

A group dedicated to protecting snakes is working with the state to learn more about Vermont's endangered poisonous rattlesnakes.

Sheriff's deputies say they've arrested a suspect in an armed robbery at a West Rutland pharmacy.

Vermont lawmakers will decide this winter how their state will design a health insurance exchange.

A 42-year-old Vermont man is due in court to answer charges he stole original papers and cards written by the poet Robert Frost and received more than $20,000 for them.

Officials say a 29-year-old Massachusetts man has died after hitting a tree while snowboarding at Jay Peak.

A Vermont renewable energy industry group is calling for the state to expand the amount of power Vermont gets from generators paid above-market prices set by the state.

Turmoil at the Waterbury Police Department this month has left one officer dismissed, and the police chief under investigation.

A couple-dozen people gathered at Ben and Jerry's corporate headquarters in South Burlington last night to learn more about Occupy Wall Street. The socially-conscious company is officially endorsing the movement.

Attorney General Bill Sorrell is consulting with a Washington, DC law firm as he weighs whether to appeal the state's loss in the recent Vermont Yankee case.

Police say they've made a dozen arrests in a drug sweep in Milton. The final arrest was made on Thursday.

Retired Sen. Jim Jeffords is being honored for his work helping to preserve a Civil War battlefield site in Virginia where the Green Mountain Boys fought in the 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek.

Vermont lawmakers are taking testimony on a bill that would elevate the office of the state's chief education official from a commissioner to a cabinet-level secretary.

Two Vermont state prison inmates are back in custody after they fled while working outside the Northeast Regional Correctional Facility in St. Johnsbury.

Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell made the announcement this morning, and says the settlement stems from foreclosure abuses and unacceptable mortgage servicing practices.

A Lyndonville inn accused of refusing to host a lesbian couple's wedding reception has been ordered to turn over more information about its operations.

A Vermonter is behind songs by chart-topping artists like Madonna, Beyonce and the Black Eyed Peas. Julie Frost's biggest achievement to date is winning a Golden Globe for her song Masterpiece.  

Police say vandals apparently armed with BB guns have caused a rash of damage around Chittenden County.

Vermont's health commissioner is offering a compromise on his push to eliminate the exemption from school immunization for the children of parents who have philosophical objections.

Governor Peter Shumlin has appointed Jill Krowinski to fill the Burlington House seat of Representative Rachel Weston, who stepped down at the beginning of the legislative session.

Governor Peter Shumlin is urging local voters to reject school budgets that include any additional spending for next year. But the Vermont School Boards Association says the Governor's comments don't reflect the unique circumstances facing many school boards across the state.

A Senate plan would place Charlotte with Addison instead of Chittenden County. That potential change concerns some voters in Charlotte, who believe that the town doesn't align well with rural Addison County.

One of seven suspects in a five-state burglary ring has been arrested in New Hampshire.

Three Vermont groups are going to share up to $34 million as part of a five-year grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to promote energy efficiency.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for likely consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Vermont State Police say a celebrated Vergennes principal who was on medical leave is now facing charges of driving under the influence.

Voters in Montpelier on Town Meeting Day next month are going to decide on a change to the city's charter.

Members of the Wilmington Congregational Church met for the last time Sunday. After two and a half centuries in one location, the congregation decided, with great difficulty, to merge with a larger Congregational church in nearby West Dover.

Officials with Vermont health, education and social services agencies are joining together to prevent youth suicides.

A lawyer representing the estate of an elderly woman who died of hypothermia in 2007 says the state of Vermont and Vermont state police will pay $190,000 to settle allegations that two state police troopers were liable for the woman's death.

The White House has confirmed that President Barack Obama will stop in Burlington at the end of March to attend campaign events.

An Essex Junction athlete is headed to Washington to represent the state's Special Olympics athletes at the National Special Olympics Annual Capitol Hill Day.

This year marks the 150^th anniversary of the Land Grant Colleges Act, which fundamentally changed access to higher education for millions of Americans, and Vermont Congressman Justin Morrill was the champion behind the legislation.

Dartmouth College scored the overall win in the UVM Winter Carnival, held in Stowe over the weekend. Vermont edged out Middlebury for a second place finish.

Congressman Peter Welch travels to Waterbury to describe what sorts of tax relief might be available to people who suffered losses in Tropical Storm Irene.

Vermont officials helping the state recover from Tropical Storm Irene say the long-term changes in the state produced by the storm could rival those prompted by the great flood of 1927.

The Roman Catholic diocese of Vermont says it could be put out of business, and constitutional protections of religious freedom could be violated by a priest-abuse lawsuit.