Burlington's Ward 3 residents weigh in on potential overdose prevention center
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Ambulance sirens, glass shattering, and screaming throughout the day and night. People in the neighborhood of Burlington’s 3rd Ward, the downtown area from the waterfront to south Winooski, say these are the sounds
Vt. Attorney General joins lawsuit against trump administration over EV infrastructure
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont’s attorney general is suing the trump administration over EV infrastructure funding. Charity Clark is joining a coalition of 16 other attorneys general, filing a lawsuit to stop the trump administration from putting
Burlington’s money woes are forcing difficult decisions
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – For the second year in a row, the city of Burlington is grappling with a multimillion-dollar hole in its budget — a gap that threatens to become a perennial problem. While Mayor Emma
Getting Answers: What’s the reason for tree clearing near the interstate?
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – We’re getting answers about something many of you have seen while driving on interstates in Vermont. Tim wrote in and said that during his drives along Interstate 91 in the Northeast Kingdom, he
Rutland school district, teachers remain in stalemate over contract
RUTLAND, Vt. (WCAX) – An 18-month contract dispute between the Rutland School Board and unionized teachers continues after the latest round of bargaining failed to produce an agreement. School teachers flooded Route 4 in Rutland on Wednesday
Imported flower bulbs from Europe take tariff hit
AU SABLE FORKS, N.Y. (WCAX) – The blooming tulips and lilies may smell good right now, but the prices for those and other flowers may soon stink. Flower wholesalers in the Adirondack region are among those in
Vermont lawmakers seek increased oversight of IT management
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Are Vermont taxpayers getting what they pay for when it comes to big-ticket information technology projects? There’s a new push at the Statehouse to increase transparency over the state’s management of those pricey
Montpelier family-run business celebrates 75 years
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – A Montpelier family-owned business is celebrating 75 years in business. “We were like, I don’t know, like 13, 14 years old and pricing, you know. Back then, we had the hand-crank pricing machine
802 News: Sen. Peter Welch says ‘we’ve got to hang in’
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – “Lawless,” “cruel,” and “reckless” — that’s how Vermont Senator Peter Welch describes the first months of President Donald Trump’s second term. In the latest edition 802 News, Mark Johnson spoke with Welch about
Preparing for allergy season
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – As May flowers begin to bloom, so too does the return of allergy season. For those experiencing symptoms like itchy, watery eyes, a runny nose, or a cough, experts recommend taking allergy