Grenade found at Prospect Mountain Ski Area
WOODFORD, Vt. (WCAX) – A grenade was found at a ski mountain. Vermont State Police say staff at Prospect Mountain Ski Area in Woodford called them saying they found what they thought was a hand grenade in
Gunfire incident over car repo in Cabot
CABOT, Vt. (WCAX) – A car repo turns violent. Vermont State Police say earlier Friday at around noon, 40-year-old Stephen Strait of Cabot shot off multiple rounds while his car was being repossessed. Police say no one
Judge orders ICE to return Tufts student to Vermont
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Immigration, Customs and Enforcement detainee, Rümeysa Öztürk, must be returned to Vermont. That’s the ruling from a U.S. District Court judge. They ordered that the Turkish Tufts University student, detained by immigration authorities
Burke Mountain officially has a buyer
EAST BURKE, Vt. (WCAX) – Friday night, Burke Mountain announced they officially have a buyer. It potentially ends nine years of uncertainty for the Northeast Kingdom ski resort. About an hour ago, Bear Den Partners announced it
Middletown Springs Library turns a page with move to new historic home
MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS, Vt. (WCAX) – The Middletown Springs Library is turning a new page. Thanks to federal funding, the town’s public library will move two doors down from inside one old refurbished church to another old church.
Stuck in Vermont: Perusing Daria Bishop’s PEZ Collection
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Seven Days freelance photographer Daria Bishop started buying PEZ candy dispensers 20 years ago as holiday gifts for her young children. She loved the bunny rabbits at Easter and the Santa figures at
‘High-tech’ bins hit Rutland streets
RUTLAND, Vt. (WCAX) – New technology is dotting the streets of the Marble City to help reduce littering. Casella donated 10 new “high-tech” trash and recycling bins to the city of Rutland. They feature built-in solar-powered compactors
Major South End housing project ‘dead-on-arrival’ without key bill
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – A major redevelopment project that seeks to bring upwards of 1,000 housing units to Burlington’s South End is facing some financial hurdles, and the developers say they are struggling to make the math
Medical debt buyback bill headed to governor’s desk
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – The Vermont House on Friday approved a measure aimed at slashing medical debt for thousands of low-income Vermonters, and the bill now heads to Governor Phil Scott’s desk. The bill aims to use
Town of Plattsburgh’s veterans memorial could face delays
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – A North Country memorial for veterans is getting a big boost in state funding. New York Assemblyman Billy Jones, D-Chateaugay Lake, says $300,000 will go towards the Battlefield Memorial Gateway Project in the