Single-vehicle crash in Colchester
COLCHESTER, Vt. (WCAX) – Colchester police responded to a car crash this afternoon. Officers say they arrived on scene to a report of a single car crash at 3:20 PM. Upon arrival officers discovered the operator had
UVM basketball player returns home for March Madness game
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (WCAX) – Catamount fans traveled from near and far to support the green and gold, but for one UVM basketball player this game here at the Barclay’s Center is a homecoming of sorts. He’s from
Vermont House passes pollinator protection bill
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – The Vermont House of Representatives passed legislation to protect bees and other pollinators from toxic pesticides known as neonics. The bill has four main components, all of which work to help regulate the
Sleepout for Burlington homeless youth
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – More Vermont young people are ending up on the streets. Tonight hundreds will join them to sleep outside at the First Universalist Unitarian Church in Burlington to raise awareness about the problem. The
Vermonters to brave chilly ‘Sleep Out’ to spotlight plight of unhoused youth
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – With temperatures set to sink into the teens Thursday night in Burlington, dozens are expected to sleep out in a show of solidarity for local unhoused youth. Hailey Morgan reports on Spectrum Youth
Hoopcats poised for Friday’s NCAA showdown against Duke
NEW YORK (WCAX) – The University of Vermont Men’s Basketball Team is poised for their moment in the spotlight on Friday as they take on Duke in the NCAA Tournament. The Cats earned a #13 seed in
AAA to alert drivers to stranded motorists, tow operators
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – New technology will soon allow some motorists to receive alerts about crash scenes or active tow truck operations, according to AAA. Now in select areas, including Northern New England, when a AAA member
Facing Friday deadline, Vt. lawmakers confront budget crunch
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – It’s crunch time at the Statehouse in Montpelier as lawmakers face a key deadline Friday to advance bills that include hundreds of millions of spending earmarks. But the cost of new and continuing
‘America’s favorite doctor’ reprimanded by Vermont regulators
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – She bills herself online as “America’s favorite doctor” but Vermont regulators this month reprimanded the celebrity MD for practicing shoddy telemedicine that violates state regulations. It comes as a new age of virtual
Plattsburgh Common Council to consider waterfront revitalization plan
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.. (WCAX) – Plattsburgh’s Common Council Thursday night is set to consider a waterfront revitalization plan. Mayor Chris Rosenquest says the plan is a set of state and local rules and regulations for what can be