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Zoe McDonald/Vermont PublicMountain bike enthusiasts have been working for years on an ambitious multi-use trail that will span the length of Vermont. Organizers are now working to make the Velomont user-friendly for everyone. -
Sophie Stephens/Vermont PublicIn a motion filed Wednesday, Teresa Youngblut’s defense team wrote that federal agents were attempting to detain her and her companion, Felix Bauckholt, for “alien smuggling,” despite knowing that Bauckholt — a German national — had a valid visa.
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Gov. Phil Scott has signed a bill that allows the Windham County Sheriff’s Department to set up a regional police department overseen by towns that opt into the pilot program. -
Vermont's Republican governor ended months of speculation Thursday when he filed paperwork to run for reelection. -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has a skeleton crew in Vermont but uses U.S. Border Patrol and “collateral” encounters to drive a spike in arrests, Vermont Public found. -
A ravens' nest at the Double E outdoor stage in Essex forced the venue to postpone its summer kickoff concert. -
The governor’s administration had moved to allow housing development in certain unmapped wetlands and to cut in half the buffer zone around wetlands. -
Rutland County’s free healthcare clinic is hitting the road this summer with a new van that will provide medical care to the county’s uninsured and underinsured, town by town. -
About 80 children in foster care in Vermont are Social Security beneficiaries, and officials say their benefits offset DCF's budget to the tune of about $800,000 a year. -
House leaders say a proposed ban on the use of face masks by federal immigration officers would violate the U.S. Constitution. Many Democratic lawmakers want to pass the measure into law anyway. -
Three Afghan refugees opened a restaurant in Brattleboro, but it had to close after the landlord failed to pay his utility bills. Now, with support from the community, they are reopening in a new location. -
The town of Bethel will not open its pool this summer because there isn’t enough money to upgrade the 35-year-old facility. Towns across Vermont are facing similar challenges.
