Upper Valley business creates app that monitors rivers for flood risk
BETHEL, Vt. (WCAX) – A Bethel-based engineering company has built a smartphone app that tracks water levels across the country, including many rivers in our region. Vermont is known for its rivers. A new app called RiverAware
Getting Answers: When will local swimming holes have conditions that are safe to swim?
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – With the weather heating up this week, we’re getting answers about the safety of local swimming holes. Lizzie wrote to WCAX asking — when will the swimming areas have water temperatures that are
Planned Parenthood of the North Country raises alarm over proposed federal cuts
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) – Officials with Planned Parenthood of the North Country say proposed federal budget cuts would defund their organization. The organization provides women’s health services. CEO Crystal Collette says the cuts would mean less birth
Area bee keepers enter busy season
BROOKFIELD, Vt. (WCAX) – Beekeepers in our region are hard at work, hoping their pollinators are staying on track this season. With flowers in bloom, the bees are buzzing at Dan Child’s apiary in Brookfield. “They have
Mayor appoints new Church St. Marketplace director
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – There’s a new director for Burlington’s Church Street Marketplace. The mayor announced Monday that she’s appointing Samantha McGinnis to the role. McGinnis already works for the city’s Department of Business and Workforce Development.
Made in Vermont: Shweebee
BRIDPORT, Vt. (WCAX) – This summer’s lawn game line-up just got shweeter. Shweebee is the brainchild of local musician and lawn game lover, Clint Bierman. “The name comes from the phrase, ‘should we be,’” he said. “Shweebee
Vt. foster parents appeal loss of DCF license over rejection of gender ideology
NEW YORK (WCAX) – A federal appeals court is hearing a case brought by two Vermont foster families who are arguing that the Department for Children and Families stripped them of their foster license because of their
Labor Department officially shuts down Job Corps program
VERGENNES, Vt. (WCAX) – A federal workforce program with a site in Vermont is officially on pause. The U.S. Department of Labor announced that operations at Job Corps centers nationwide will cease by the end of the
Lyme police chief to step down
LYME, N.H. (WCAX) – A New Hampshire town’s long-time police chief is stepping down. Shaun O’Keefe has been in law enforcement for 25 years, serving as the police chief in Lyme since 2011. He also previously worked
4 arrested for Plattsburgh kidnapping
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) – Four people face charges after what police describe as a violent kidnapping in New York’s North Country. New York State Police say the suspects on Saturday took their victim from Plattsburgh and held