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3 Children Found 'Safe and Uninjured' After Going Missing During 30-Minute Hike in Vermont: Police
NEED TO KNOW Two boys, aged 14 and 11, and a 12-year-old girl didn’t return from a 30-minute hike in Vermont on Thursday, July 10, according to reports The three children, who were reportedly part of an organized camp, began their journey at...

How a single overdose in Vermont unraveled an empire of heroin
Local News A man’s death after using “Flow” in a small Vermont city exposed a drug operation that spanned continents and sent a New York prosecutor on a heartbreaking journey. U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York via The...

3 children found ‘safe and uninjured’ after going missing while hiking in Vermont
Local News Camel's Hump mountain in Vermont. Wikimedia Commons By Abby Patkin July 11, 2025 | 9:26 AM 1 minute to read Share Close Send this article to your social connections. Share Send this article to your social connections. Three children...

Summer reading by Vermonters: A guide from fiction to nature guides
This article recommends recently published books by Vermont authors for summer reading. The books span various genres, including fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, children's literature, and poetry. Many of the books are set in Vermont or draw...

Vermont's chief recovery officer says now is the time to prepare for future flooding
On the anniversary of major flooding events in Vermont on July 10 of both 2023 and 2024, the state's chief recovery officer reflected on progress made and what still needs to be accomplished.In an interview with NBC5 News, Douglas Farnham had...

“Vermont’s 100 Covered Bridges” recognized by Okemo Valley TV
Okemo Valley executive director Patrick Cody presenting award to Phill Gatenby, producer of “Vermont’s 100 Covered Bridges.” Photo provided LUDLOW, Vt. – Phill Gatenby is the recipient of the 2025 Okemo Valley TV Outstanding Achievement Award....

Vermont Independent Media buys Deerfield Valley News
BRATTLEBORO — Vermont Independent Media (VIM), publisher of The Commons, has purchased The Deerfield Valley News, a weekly newspaper that has been serving the Deerfield Valley for almost six decades. VIM becomes the fifth entity to steward the...

The Art of Attraction: Sticky Brand Featured on "Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid"
LOS ANGELES, July 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Viewers are invited to discover the profound impact of creative vision and meticulous execution in a forthcoming segment of "Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid." This insightful Public Television program has...

Vermont Arts Council announces 2025 Governor’s Arts Awards recipients
The Vermont Arts Council has announced the recipients of the 2025 Governor’s Arts Awards, honoring Vermonters whose creative work and commitment to the arts have shaped and enriched the state’s cultural landscape. The awards, presented in...
Vermont State Police Log: Man flees, crashes motorcycle
ADDISON COUNTY — In an otherwise quiet first week in July, Vermont State Police dealt with a bad motorcycle crash and a situation in which a local man was alleged to be the perpetrator of one crime and then the victim of another. On July 5 just...

Commentary | Notes from a Vermont Activist by Nancy Braus: It's time to build the politics of the future
In a story in the left online news source Common Dreams, the writer and educator Les Leopold puts into clear language what may have in past times been considered by a small fragment of the many citizens whose ideas are left of center: “The monied...

Flash flood damage comes into focus in Northeast Kingdom, Addison County
Updated at 3:24 p.m. Communities in the Northeast Kingdom and Addison County are working to recover from storm damage Thursday evening. Several rounds of slow-moving showers and thunderstorms dropped 3 to 5 inches of rain that washed out roads,...

Connecticut man sentenced in Vermont for fentanyl and cocaine possession
Alexander Marcano, 33, of Hartford, got caught in 2023 near the Canadian border with 98 grams of fentanyl, 41 grams of cocaine base and 75 grams of cocaine powder. BURLINGTON, Vt. — A man from Hartford, Conn. was sentenced in Burlington, Vt. to...

Wing watchers: Get to know the basics of Northwest Vermont’s birding scene
FRANKLIN COUNTY – This summer, walk slowly, listen closely and look to the trees for the many birds who call Vermont home during the hot season. From the marshes of Arrowhead Lake in Georgia to the waters of Lake Carmi in Franklin, the swamps of...

Border Crossings Decline at Vermont Port of Entry
DERBY LINE- Crossings from Canada into the United States have fallen to their lowest level since 2023, according to recent data from US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). The Boston Field Office for the US CBP tracks inbound travelers crossing the...
The art of the local jingle
A good jingle is short, catchy and teaches you a business name or phone number that you can't get out of your head — maybe even for years. This hour we celebrate the art of the local jingle with jingle writers who have composed some legendary...

Cambridge: Artful scenes abound in the village this summer
I’ll keep it brief this week. First and foremost, work continues on the townwide reappraisal. By the time you read this, Jordan Matte of Vermont Appraisal Company will have made good progress in assessing residential properties on Pratt Road,...

Senators seek to protect rural stations amid push to claw back public media funds
Washington — The Senate is expected to vote next week on a request from the White House to claw back funding for international aid and public broadcasting. But the funding for rural radio and television stations — sometimes an area's sole source...

Vermont Conversation: Sociologist Arlie Hochschild on the rise of the right in rural America
Arlie Hochschild’s new book is “Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right” (The New Press, 2024). Photo by Paige Parsons The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and...