Local News Podcast
Local news, reporting and newscasts from Vermont Public.
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Last week the students of Calais Elementary held their first town meeting, during which they made a momentous decision about an end-of-year field trip.
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It is unusual for pro tems who aren’t seeking higher office to announce their retirement mid-session. Senate President Pro Tem Phil Baruth said he wanted to give his colleagues time to choose his replacement.
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A bill sponsored by Rep. Marc Mihaly, D-Calais, would allow faster evictions but also limit the size of security deposits and rent increases for tenants.
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State regulators have struck a deal with environmental groups and the utility that owns the Green River Reservoir Dam that they say allows the facility to be relicensed.
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Forced school district consolidation isn't the only obstacle to reform this year, because Vermont lawmakers will also have to poke the hornet’s nest that is school choice.
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For many married couples, when one partner is diagnosed with dementia, there’s often no question that the other will become the caregiver. It’s the hard part of the "for better or for worse" marriage vow.
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In 2016, Liz Harris' teenage daughter, Mary, was killed in a car accident alongside four of her friends. Liz says that the ripple effect of her daughter's empathetic love has come out in all the people around her ever since.
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In the latest installment of a four-part series on love, Dan and Laura Sudhoff reflect on their 58-year relationship.
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A special docket aimed at reducing a backlog of low-level offenses in Chittenden County has cleared just over 700 cases. The governor is pushing to expand the initiative to other counties.
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In the first of a four-part series on love, 7-year-old Winooski resident Theo describes what love means to him.
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Dee Christie is an artist and former art teacher in Milton. She specializes in making colorful collages out of old books.
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Listener audio recorded almost exactly a year ago has interesting resonance now. Here's episode 3 of What Now Sounds Like.