
Patricia Duff, who resigned in July, told VTDigger that health problems had made coming to work difficult. She faces allegations of financial impropriety.
Patricia Duff, who resigned in July, told VTDigger that health problems had made coming to work difficult. She faces allegations of financial impropriety.
The unofficial top Republican vote-getter in last week’s primary, disavowed by Vermont GOP leaders for displaying fascist and alt-right symbols, will run as an independent.
Mark Coester, disavowed by Vermont GOP leaders for displaying fascist and alt-right symbols, may drop his bid for one of two open seats and instead run as an independent for U.S. Senate.
Three Republicans were locked in their own close primary race for a pair of seats being vacated by incumbents Becca Balint and Jeanette White.
The departures of White, a 10-term incumbent, and Balint, the Senate president pro tempore, are spurring a rising number of newcomers to run for the two southeastern Vermont seats.
Four candidates have already joined the race in the two-member district: Democrats Wichie Artu and Nader Hashim, as well as independent Tim Wessell and Republican Rick Morton.
Scott reportedly said that, if he decides not to seek reelection, Vermont state government could slip into one-party rule. “There needs to be an adult in the room,” he said.
A new study, published in the journal of Ecological Applications, revealed that some federally endangered species along the Connecticut River exist primarily outside of conserved areas, putting their continued existence at risk.
Storms in Bennington and Windham counties brought some of that area’s worst flooding in more than a decade.
The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for the southern and central counties of Addison, Bennington, Orange, Rutland, Windham and Windsor.
The Vermont Emergency Management agency has requested a preliminary damage assessment to see if Bennington and Windham counties can qualify for federal disaster aid.
Paul Belogour, who plans to purchase the Brattleboro Reformer, Bennington Banner and Manchester Journal, is unapologetic to disgruntled clients and court accusers: “I made my money. I’m spending my money. Simple as that.”
The southeastern Vermont branch of the nation’s largest civil rights organization hopes to boost membership with a public online program this week.
“People come out, because they know that the NAACP is going to try their best to do right by them,” said Steffen Gillom, president of the Windham County NAACP.