Tracking snow for southern Vermont Wednesday evening
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – A batch of snow is expected to clip southern Vermont Wednesday evening, but this system will be a total miss for most of Vermont, New York and the Upper Valley. Outside of southern
Vermont Senate considers new school redistricting map
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – The Vermont Senate is considering a new school district consolidation map that would significantly reduce the number of districts statewide. The early version of the proposed map comes from Bennington County Sen. Seth
Burke Mountain ski patrol holds torchlight parade for encephalitis awareness
BURKE, Vt. (WCAX) – A feast for the eyes on the slopes at Burke Mountain on Sunday. Staff and ski patrol lit up the trails with a torchlight parade as they made their way down the mountain.
Vermont lawmakers work to curb chronic absenteeism
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont lawmakers are hoping to curb increasing rates of chronic absenteeism that school counselors say have only gotten worse since the pandemic. State lawmakers are working on a bill that would require the
Franklin County Field Days return this summer after 2025 cancellation
SWANTON, Vt. (WCAX) – A beloved Franklin County tradition will return this summer. The Franklin County Field Days was canceled in 2025 after the fair’s five-year contract with the state transportation agency at the airport in Highgate
Dartmouth College building $15M neighborhood to house faculty
WEST LEBANON, N.H. (WCAX) – A $15 million housing project is well underway in the Upper Valley that faculty and staff at Dartmouth College will be able to call home. As Dartmouth College President Sian Beilock on
Police: Corinth man dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound
CORINTH, Vt. (WCAX) – Police now say a Corinth man took his own life over the weekend and that his death is not considered suspicious. Vermont State Police responded Saturday morning after a reported domestic dispute. Troopers
Judge blocks deportation of Upper Valley man detained over Gaza war comments
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – A federal judge has blocked a Palestinian activist from the Upper Valley from being deported. Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University student, was detained in April 2025 during a citizenship interview in Vermont, part of
An Olympic champ’s grandma, a lawn mowing job and Jake Burton are all part of snowboarding’s roots
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — There might not be snowboarding at the Olympics — or snowboards at all — if it weren’t for an entrepreneur named Jake Burton. And, in what feels like more than your garden-variety twist
Vermont skier Mac Forehand wins silver in Olympic big air
LIVIGNO, Italy (WCAX) – Another skier with Vermont ties is bringing home a medal from Milan as 24-year-old Mac Forehand scored silver in big air Tuesday. Forehand is originally from Connecticut, but lists Winhall as his hometown