Vermont ski resports saw growth in skiier traffic in 2024-2025 ski season
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – The numbers are in, and Vermont’s ski areas are going strong. The Vermont Ski Areas Association says Vermont can boast continued growth with the 2024-25 season despite challenges. Vermont’s alpine ski areas reported
Judge orders funding to return to AmeriCorps programs in Vermont and New York
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – AmeriCorps programs in Vermont and New York appear to be saved as a judge orders the Trump administration to restore grant funding. The federal Agency for National Service and Volunteerism was set to
Gov. Scott signs bill in an effort to help health insurers
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Governor Phil Scott signs legislation to help health insurers in crisis. The new law gives Vermont’s health care regulators the power to reduce the amount health insurers have to reimburse hospitals if the
Burlignton fire crews respond to fire on Prospect Street
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – An exhaust fan sparks a fire at a building on Prospect Street in Burlington. Firefighters say it happened just after noon on Thursday. When they got to the scene, they saw smoke on
Swanton man in custody amid child sex abuse charges
SWANTON, Vt. (WCAX) – A Swanton man is being held without bail after being accused of child sex abuse. 27-year-old Dylan Franolich was arrested today after a police investigation that began in May. State police say they
Orwell students get their hands on history
ORWELL, Vt. (WCAX) – Students in Orwell are getting their hands on history. Four fifth graders and two fourth graders make up the history club, and they’re putting up an exhibition in Orwell. Students picked items donated
WCAX Special Report: A Decade After Dannemora
DANNEMORA, N.Y. (WCAX) – On June 6th, 2015, two inmates serving life sentences for murder cut their way out of their cell at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, kicking off a three-week manhunt that
Facing a demographic tide, a small town tries to plan for the future
READING, Vt. (WCAX) – Small towns across Vermont are banding together to try to grow their way out of the state’s growing demographic crisis. It comes as state lawmakers will soon resume talks on a massive education
Work underway to transform former Burlington YMCA into housing
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – After years of sitting vacant, Burlington’s former YMCA is a step closer to transforming into needed housing for the Queen City. Developer Bruce Baker says crews this week have been cleaning and recycling
AmeriCorps must restore grant funding and members to states that sued over cuts, federal judge rules
The Trump administration must restore hundreds of millions of dollars in AmeriCorps grant funding and thousands of service workers in about two dozen states, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman granted a temporary block