New Vt. animal welfare provisions could take months to implement
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont lawmakers last year approved a new animal welfare law that aims to prevent the kind of situation that led a Mount Tabor man to appear in court Monday for allegedly abusing dozens
Vt. leaders say pension reforms paying off
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Sweeping reforms to Vermont’s public retirement funds are starting to pay off. Lawmakers in 2022 passed pension reform legislation to begin dealing with the state’s $3 billion unfunded liability in teacher and state
Vermont police try to identify robbery suspect
LYNDON, Vt. (WCAX) – Police say a man with a knife robbed a Northeast Kingdom quick stop on Sunday. It happened at the Mobil Mart on Broad Street in Lyndon. Vermont state police say no one was
NY man sentenced to 8 years for child sexual abuse
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) – A northern New York man will serve eight years in prison in connection with a child sexual abuse case. Clinton County authorities say Dustin Hooper, 36, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty back
Adirondack Loon Center rescues iced-in loons over the holidays
SARANAC LAKE, New York (WWNY) – Three loons were saved over the holidays. According to the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation (ACLC), calls came in on December 23 to report iced-in loons on Paradox Lake in the
Police investigation underway at home in Northern NY
PERU, N.Y. (WCAX) – Police say an investigation is underway at a home in the North Country. We don’t know many details, but New York state police have confirmed an active investigation is underway at the home
NY rideshare drivers urged to file claims for Uber, Lyft settlement funds
ALBANY, N.Y. (WCAX) – Rideshare drivers in New York who believe they were underpaid by Uber or Lyft could share in a multimillion-dollar settlement. New York Attorney General Letitia James says drivers should file a claim as
HUD funding coming to Vt., NH to assist families
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Tens of thousands of dollars in federal funding is coming to our region to boost housing. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced more than $701,000 to be allocated to the
Residents seeing improvements at notorious Burlington apartment building
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Is positive change on the horizon for one of Burlington’s biggest problem properties? WCAX News reported two years ago that Decker Towers, the state’s largest subsidized housing project, was being overrun by drug
Charges dismissed against Bennington murder suspect
BENNINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Murder charges have been dismissed against a Bennington man accused of murdering his girlfriend in 2019. Deven Moffitt pleaded not guilty in 2022 to the murder of Jessica Hildebrandt, 43, of Ballston Spa,