Latest Vermont Headlines
All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Vermont Communities Hit by Summer Flooding Seek $3.5M to Elevate 20 Homes
Mar 22 2024 // Two of the Vermont communities hardest hit by last summer’s catastrophic flooding have requested $3.5 million in state funding to elevate 20 homes in Barre and the capital city of Montpelier for flood victims who...
Biden Approves Federal Disaster Aid for Vermont for December Flooding, Severe Storm
Mar 6 2024 // President Joe Biden has approved a federal disaster declaration sought by Gov. Phil Scott to help communities in seven Vermont counties that saw severe rainfall and flooding in December. Federal funding is available on a...
Vermont Seeks Federal Disaster Declaration for December Flooding
Feb 22 2024 // Vermont Gov. Phil Scott has requested a federal major disaster declaration to help communities hit by severe rainfall and flooding in December. Such a declaration would allow municipalities to be reimbursed for 75% of...
Northeast Warned to Expect More Floods Like This Winter’s
Feb 20 2024 // After back-to-back storms lashed the Northeast in January, rental properties Haim Levy owns in coastal Hampton, New Hampshire, were hammered by nearly two feet of water, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in...
Vermont’s Consumer Protection Suit Against Energy Firms Returned to State Court
Feb 15 2024 // The federal district court in Burlington, Vermont recently granted the state attorney general’s motion to return the state’s consumer protection case against Exxon and other fossil fuel producers to state...
Small Farmers Hit by Extreme Weather Would be Helped by New Crop Insurance Program
Jan 30 2024 // Since catastrophic flooding hit Vermont in July and waterlogged crops, some farmers are trying to figure out how to get through the next season. Water washed away seeds planted in the summer at Bear Roots Farm, which grows...
The Hartford to Start Offering Vermont’s Family Leave Insurance Program for Employers
Jan 23 2024 // The Hartford will begin offering the Vermont Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FMLI) program for employers on February 15. Employers with two or more employees will have the opportunity to work withe the insurer’s...
Vermont Continued to See Steady Growth in Captives in 2023
Jan 17 2024 // The Vermont Department of Economic Development reported the state licensed a total of 38 new captive insurance companies in 2023, making it now home to 659 captives. That growth made 2023 one of the best years since...
Vermont Lawmakers See Flood Recovery, Public Safety, Opioid Crisis as Priorities
Jan 5 2024 // Recovery from the catastrophic flooding that hit Vermont this summer, climate resiliency, improving public safety, tackling opioid addiction, and creating more affordable housing are among the top priorities of the...
Storm in Northeast Take 5 Lives; Causes Power Outages, Floods, Road Damage
Dec 21 2023 // Just days before the Christmas holiday, people across the northeastern U.S. were mopping up Tuesday after a major storm dumped torrential rains and brought damaging winds from Pennsylvania to Maine, as some rivers in the...
Northeastern Storm Causes Power Outages, Flooded Roads, Fallen Trees, Travel Delays
Dec 20 2023 // A storm barreled up the East Coast on Monday, flooding roads and downing trees in the Northeast, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, and forcing flight cancelations and school closures. More than 5 inches (13...
Employee Receives $44K for Vermont Employer’s Retaliatory Firing
Oct 27 2023 // Kingsbury Companies LLC has paid a worker $40,000 in punitive damages and $3,901 in back pay after the company terminated the employee in retaliation for speaking with the employer and other employees about whether they...
Businesses in Vermont`s Flood-Damaged Capital Rebuilding Slowly
Oct 12 2023 // Nearly three months after severe flooding inundated Vermont’s capital city, Montpelier businesses launched an event Friday to celebrate how much they`ve rebuilt — and remind the public not to forget them as they...
Amtrak Train Crash into Car in Vermont Kills Driver, Injures Passenger
Oct 10 2023 // An Amtrak passenger train crashed into an SUV in southeastern Vermont, killing the SUV`s driver and injuring his passenger, authorities said. The state police said 53-year-old Craig Hudson, of Brattleboro, died in the...
Driver Pleads Not Guilty in Vermont Crash That Killed Actor Treat Williams
Sep 27 2023 // A Vermont driver pleaded not guilty to a charge in the June crash that killed actor Treat Williams. Ryan Koss, 35, could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison if he`s convicted of gross negligent operation with death...
Vermont Tightens Rules for Out-of-State Car Registrations
Sep 6 2023 // Vermont is implementing new requirements for vehicle registrations using out-of-state addresses. In years past Vermont was happy to register non-residents’ vehicles if they paid the registration fee, which some in...
Vermonters Race to Find Housing As Flood Recovery Continues and Winter Approaches
Sep 5 2023 // Seven weeks after catastrophic flooding in Vermont destroyed their mobile home, Sara Morris and her family don`t yet know what they will do for housing long-term. She and her husband, their three kids and his mother have...
OSHA Orders Vermont Firm to Rehire Environmental Whistleblower, Pay Damages
Aug 29 2023 // In early June 2022, an employee of a Vermont agricultural equipment company observed the company pumping wastewater from the facility’s service bays onto the ground bordering the Winooski River in Berlin and was...
‘Singin’ in the Rain’ Show Went On Despite Flooding of Theater
Aug 25 2023 // Members of a beloved Vermont acting company were sleeping in theater housing when torrential rains and flooding forced them to flee, with water inundating the playhouse’s vast basement of dressing rooms, costumes and...
Rare New England Tornado Damages Homes, Floods Roads, Topples Trees
Aug 21 2023 // A rare Rhode Island tornado lifted a car off an interstate highway Friday as severe weather swept already storm-weary New England, damaging homes, flooding roads and toppling trees. Tornadoes were reported in several spots...
