Housing project aims to ensure future care for those with special needs
MONKTON, Vt. (WCAX) – An innovative housing project in the works will allow people with and without developmental disabilities to live with independence and interdependence. Riverflow Community is parent-led, owned and operated. It was developed with an
Looming deadline has advocates concerned about hotel housing program
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Advocates for the homeless are raising red flags about an upcoming deadline when people may lose their hotel housing. Vermont lawmakers are working on a midyear budget bill that includes funding for the
James Beard semifinalists: Paradiso HiFi focuses on quality, hospitality, local fare
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – They’re the Oscars of the food industry, and people and places in our region are now one step closer to winning one. The semifinalists in the 2024 James Beard Awards were announced last
North Country leaders ‘kiss the cow’ for charity
CHAZY, N.Y. (WCAX) – North Country leaders kissed the cow Friday in an effort to raise awareness about the growing homelessness issue in the area. The fundraiser was held at the Miner Institute in Chazy. John Bernardi,
Eclipse preparations take off at Burlington airport
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Preparations for the eclipse are taking off at the Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport. The moon will pass in between the sun and the earth plunging our region into darkness on April 8.
Free culinary program trains future chefs while feeding the community
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Burlington’s Feeding Chittenden provides hot meals to people in need every weekday. The food is made by up-and-coming cooks who join their free culinary program. Feeding Chittenden’s Community Kitchen Academy not only gives
Vermont bobcat tests positive for bird flu
WATERBURY, Vt. (WCAX) – A bobcat found in Vermont has tested positive for the bird flu. According to officials at Vermont Fish and Wildlife, a lab test confirmed the preliminary positive result for avian influenza in the
NH lawmakers approve sending 15 National Guard members to Texas
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire lawmakers approved Republican Gov. Chris Sununu’s request Friday to send 15 National Guard volunteers to the Texas border with Mexico after he called fentanyl the state’s most serious health crisis. Along
SUV crashes into Upper Valley shopping plaza
WEST LEBANON, N.H. (WCAX) – Repairs are being made to the front entrance of a popular shopping plaza in the Upper Valley after an SUV crashed into the building on Thursday. According to an eyewitness in the
Man arrested for allegedly selling fatal drugs to Vt. man
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – A Vermont man will be in court after police say he sold drugs that killed a man. 19-year-old Tyler Matthews of Montpelier died by overdose last year. After his death, the Montpelier Police