New COTS warming shelter set to open in Burlington next month
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – A new warming shelter in Burlington will now open on Jan. 15. The Committee on Temporary Shelter originally hoped to open the shelter in the old Social Security building on Pearl Street last
Gov. Scott makes key appointments to Vermont Criminal Justice Council
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – The Vermont Criminal Justice Council is under new leadership. William Clements, a former Norwich University criminal justice professor, has been appointed to chair the council and Christopher Brickell was named executive director. The
Super Senior: Cathy Day
BETHEL, Vt. (WCAX) – It’s lunchtime in Bethel and Cathy Day is on duty at the Bethel Village Sandwich Shop. Day and owner David Sambor are in sync, serving up comfort food on a rainy day. The
Dartmouth grad student in Antarctica to collect the planet’s oldest ice cores
HANOVER, N.H. (WCAX) – A graduate student at Dartmouth College is on a mission to find the oldest ice on the planet. To do that, he had to pack his bags for the trip of a lifetime
Damaged by 2023 flooding, Montpelier’s Federal Building will not reopen
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – The Federal Building in Montpelier, damaged by flooding in 2023, will not reopen. Officials with the Montpelier Commission for Recovery and Resilience say they were told by the General Service Administration that the
Authorities investigating hazing at Dartmouth frat
HANOVER, N.H. (WCAX) – Authorities are investigating alleged hazing at a Dartmouth College fraternity. Hanover Police on Wednesday said the victim told them they were hazed after pledging to Theta Beta Beta, the local chapter of Omega
Green Mountain Transit begins first wave of service cuts
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Green Mountain Transit on Thursday began its first round of planned service and route reductions. GMT, which is trying to overcome a $3 million budget deficit, announced the cuts back in August. Officials
Search for missing hiker underway in Adirondacks
NEWCOMB, N.Y. (WCAX) – Authorities say they are searching for a missing hiker in the Adirondacks. The New York State Police say Leo DuFour, 22, of Quebec, set off on the Allen Mountain Trailhead in Newcomb last
Philippine police investigate if kidnapped Vermonter was fatally shot
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police officials said Thursday they are checking reports that a kidnapped American died after being shot twice while resisting his Oct. 17 abduction by gunmen in the country’s south. Elliot Onil Eastman,
Welch makes final call for supplemental FEMA funding package before session ends
WASHINGTON (WCAX) – With just two weeks left before the legislative break, leaders in Washington are debating over giving FEMA upwards of $98 billion in emergency funding to help cover the costs of recent natural disasters, including