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Vermont Supreme Court rules in state’s favor in Meta lawsuit appeal
The Instagram logo is seen on a cell phone in Boston, Massachusetts, Oct. 14, 2022. File photo by Michael Dwyer/AP The Vermont Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state has jurisdiction to pursue a case against Instagram for targeting teen users...
Vermont H.S. sports scores for Friday, Aug. 29
The 2025 Vermont high school fall season has begun. See below for scores, schedules and game details (statistical leaders, game notes) from soccer, field hockey, volleyball, cross-country running and golf. TO REPORT SCORES Coaches or team...

Labor Day weekend brings visitors to Vermont and New York for outdoor adventures
Labor Day weekend is bringing more than just barbecues and camping trips to our region. Communities are leaning into their identities as outdoor destinations in an effort to capture some late-summer tourism.From Saranac Lake to Saint Albans, Labor...

Giant trolls to descend upon the Adirondacks thanks to Danish artist
ASSISTANCE... NOT INDIVIDUAL. THE WILD CENTER IN TUPPER LAKE IS ABOUT TO BE TAKEN OVER... BY áTROLLS! BUT THESE ARE áGOOD TROLLS. THE GIANT SCULPTURES ARE CREATED BY THOMAS DAMBO... TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO REDISCOVER NATURE AND BE GOOD STEWARDS OF...

Arthur L. Johnson Crusaders stick with what they do best, running triple-option
Arthur L. Johnson High School head coach Gus Kalikas is pictured with four of his top returning players for 2025. Kalikas, Arthur L. Johnson’s athletic director and a 1990 ALJ graduate who played football for the Crusaders in the late 1980s, was...

An end to 'woke' dance at the Kennedy Center: L.A. arts and culture this week
Stability is a thing of the past at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which this past week fired its director of dance programming, Jane Raleigh, as well as two other full-time dance programmers, Mallory Miller and Malik Burnett....

Mixtape: Three psychedelic trips to ease your musical soul: New releases from locals: Gold Dust, Princess Ghoul and Bunnies
By Jennifer Levesque For the Valley Advocate Gold Dust, “In the Shade of the Living Light” Gold Dust originated as a solo project for Stephen Pierce, a local punk musician who wanted to step outside of that genre and into traditional folk and...

HAZLETON AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Lasecki guided Whippets to hoops glory
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the next installment in a series of stories on the Hazleton Area Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025. Over the next few weeks ahead of the induction banquet on Sunday, Sept. 21, a story on each of the inductees from the...

Final Friday Art Walk, Pooch Plunge, cinema, music and more events
photo by: Mike Yoder A puppy experiences the Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center's annual Pooch Plunge for the first time on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. Friday, Aug. 29 De Soto Days Festival, through Saturday, see desotodays.com for full details. Friday...

Vermont promotes free mentored fishing for Labor Day Weekend
MONTPELIER — This Labor Day Weekend, experienced anglers have a chance to share the joy of fishing as the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department launches Vermont’s first ever “Free Mentored Fishing Weekend.” The new annual opportunity was approved...
New artist hub opens in Addison
OWNER LIZ MCGURK sits surrounded by handcrafted works at her artisan marketplace, Three Pines Treasures, 7718 Route 22A in Addison. The shop is open Thursday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m.–4 p.m., inviting visitors to discover a...

What’s New in Digital Equity: Vermont Expands Apprenticeship
This week in “What’s New in Digital Equity” — our weekly look at government digital equity and broadband news — we have a number of interesting items, which you can jump to with the links below: VERMONT EXPANDS APPRENTICESHIP The Vermont Community...

Vermont schools grapple with AI evolution
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Just how much of your child’s school work is really their own? That’s the question teachers across the region are trying to answer as artificial intelligence ramps up in schools. The latest data shows that only three...

Vermont Public Cuts 14% Of Staff Following Federal Funding Rescission.
Vermont Public has announced significant staff reductions as the organization contends with the loss of federal dollars and ongoing financial strain. The nonprofit laid off 15 employees and reduced two full-time roles to part-time, a 14% cut to...

Public media stations in rural America say emergency-alert funding is in jeopardy
When a deadly landslide tore through part of Wrangell, Alaska, in 2023, there was only one place people there could go for information. "We're on an island, and there's one road, and everybody that lived south of that road lost everything — they...

Leftist Vermont Rep Tanya Vyhovsky Toured Ukraine. Here’s What She Learned.
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Wednesday night, Russia staged its largest attack on Ukraine since President Donald Trump started the so-called peace process. Moscow...

Get the scoop on the best creemees: Vermont Edition's 2025 ice cream show
Vermonters are very particular about our ice cream. It makes sense — we live in the land of milk and maple syrup. Chances are that if you stop a person in the street, they'll be able to quickly rattle off their favorite creemee spot and classic...
Associated General Contractors of Vermont celebrates 90 years at Montpelier bash
AGC/VT Executive VP Richard Wobby welcomes guests at the construction organization's 90th anniversary celebration on Wednesday. Photos courtesy AGC/VT. Vermont Business Magazine The Associated General Contractors of Vermont (AGC-VT) on Wednesday,...

Take our survey: We want to hear from Vermont’s young and rural voices
At VTDigger, we know that good journalism begins with listening, especially to people who often feel left out of the conversation. That’s why VTDigger launched Dirt Road News, a new project focused on understanding how younger and rural Vermonters...

Commentary | Jim Douglas: Hurricane Katrina: Vermonters at their best
On August 29, 2005, a devastating hurricane came ashore on the Gulf Coast and caused massive damage. I felt the anguish of Vermonters as they saw their fellow Americans sick, injured, homeless and hungry. The people of our great state are by...