Mayor Mulvaney-Stanak hires Community Safety Advisor to address growing downtown safety concerns
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Former Vermont State Police Major Ingrid Jonas has been hired to fill the position of Community Safety Advisor for Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak. She will help the mayor’s administration address growing public safety issues
Police ask for help locating runaway juvenile
BERKSHIRE, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont State Police are asking the public for help finding a runaway juvenile and they say there are concerns for her welfare. Troopers in the St. Albans barracks were called Sunday morning to
New Hampshire to get millions from PFAS settlements
CONCORD, N.H. (WCAX) – New Hampshire will receive tens of millions of dollars from two PFAS settlements. The Granite State is expected to get more than $65 million from the nationwide 3M and DuPont water settlements over
How the New Vermonter Education Program helps refugees
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (WCAX) – The School for International Training is celebrating its 60th year of educating students. In a partnership with World Learning, the school launched the New Vermonter Education Program, resettling refugees on its Brattleboro campus.
Federal funding headed to New York fire departments
WASHINGTON (WCAX) – Federal funding is on its way to fire departments in upstate New York. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Monday announced $2,476,058.74 in funding for fire departments across the region.
Police searching for missing Vermont teen
JERICHO, Vt. (WCAX) – Police are asking the public for help finding a missing Vermont teen. State police say Kaitlyn Walton, 15, of Jericho, ran away from home at about 2 a.m. Monday. Walton is about 5′5″
Community members, 1st responders help save woman on Vt. golf course
WATERBURY, Vt. (WCAX) – Authorities say quick action and teamwork from the community and emergency first responders saved the life of a woman who collapsed on a Vermont golf course. State police say it happened on July
5 diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease after visiting Lincoln, NH
LINCOLN, N.H. (WCAX) – Five people who visited Lincoln, New Hampshire, this summer have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease. That’s according to the New Hampshire Department of Health. Legionnaires’ disease is bacterial pneumonia caused by inhaling water
Northern lights brighten skies over Vermont
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – If you were up very early Monday, like the Channel 3 Morning News Team, you may have caught a glimpse of the northern lights. Northern lights Northern lights The morning news team
Repeat offender back on Burlington streets
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – A man with nearly 230 law enforcement encounters in the past year is back on Burlington streets again. Burlington police say they arrested Patrick Ibbotson, 37, of Burlington, once on Thursday and Friday,