Blue-green algae blooms close beaches for the first time this summer
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Blue-green algae have hit popular beaches in Vermont and New York, causing the first closures of the summer. Officials from Burlington Parks and Rec say Oakledge and Texaco beaches are closed on Thursday
Police recover body of drowning victim in Windsor
WINDSOR, Vt. (WCAX) – The body of who first responders believe is a missing 14-year-old girl was recovered from Kennedy Pond in Windsor on Wednesday. Ass reported in the Valley News, police say the girl is from
Multiple North Country counties to receive federal infrastructure funding
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – North Country communities are set to get millions to support their infrastructure projects. Clinton, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties will collectively get $4 million through New York’s county infrastructure grant
Some education grants in limbo were used for ‘leftwing agenda,’ Trump administration says
The Trump administration has accused states and schools of using federal education grants earmarked for immigrants’ children and low-income students to help fund “a radical leftwing agenda.” The administration this week withheld more than $6 billion intended
Naulakha is Dummerston’s hidden gem
DUMMERSTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Just outside Brattleboro, the town of Dummerston has a population of 1,865. It was chartered in 1753 and renamed Fulham, but that name never stuck, and in 1937 the Legislature made Dummerston official.
Welch visits southern Vermont communities recovering from flooding
LUDLOW, Vt. (WCAX) – Senator Peter Welch on Wednesday visited two southern Vermont communities hit hard by flooding the last two summers, highlighting a new bill he hopes will cut FEMA red tape. In July 2023, floodwaters
Pardon seekers in Vermont plead for an answer
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Nearly 120 people have applied for gubernatorial pardons during Gov. Phil Scott’s eight years in office. Scott, one of Vermont’s longest-serving governors, has never granted a pardon, making him an outlier among those
Vt. hospital says new safety measures keeping weapons out of ER
BERLIN, Vt. (WCAX) – A new Vermont law aims to prevent workplace violence against health care workers. Our Cam Smith looks at how one hospital is prioritizing safety. Over the last year, the Central Vermont Medical Center
City aims to keep tight control over temporary Perkins Pier encampment
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Some Burlington waterfront users are speaking out a day after the rollout of a city pilot program that will allow homeless Vermonters to sleep overnight at Perkins Pier starting Thursday. Burlington’s Perkins Pier
Burlington city councilor assaulted at downtown bar, police say
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Police say a Burlington city councilor was seriously beaten in a bar brawl, and they have arrested the alleged attacker. Court paperwork says Councilor Evan Litwin was found in the back of the