Latest Vermont Headlines

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Vermont Water System Operators Told to Test for PFAS Contamination

Jul 31 2019 // The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources says it has notified public drinking water system operators to start testing for a class of potentially toxic chemicals.It said that the move is part of an expanded effort to...

The Hilb Group Acquires Vermont’s Jamieson Insurance Agency

Jul 10 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Vermont-based Jamieson Insurance Agency Inc. (JIA). The transaction became effective July 1, 2019. JIA is a property and casualty agency primarily providing business, auto and home...

SOBC DARAG Acquires Vermont’s Innovative Physicians Solutions RRG

Jul 3 2019 // SOBC DARAG has acquired Innovative Physicians Solutions RRG (IPS) in full, effective July 1, 2019, after receiving approval from the Vermont Department of Financial Services for the transaction.Mark Tabler, the current...

Vermont Sues DuPont, 3M, Others Over Chemical Pollutants

Jul 1 2019 // Vermont announced Thursday that it’s filed lawsuits against DuPont, 3M and other chemical companies for damages it says was caused to groundwater, drinking water and other natural resources by the contamination of a...

Vermont Man’s Sunken Boat Case Scheduled for Trial in August

Jun 24 2019 // A lawsuit over whether insurance companies must cover a Vermont man’s claim for his boat he says sank with his mother on board is heading to trial this summer.The Providence Journal reports that a judge on Wednesday...

Enrollment Opens for Dairy Farm Insurance Program

Jun 19 2019 // Vermont dairy farmers can now sign up for an improved insurance program to help them when the gap between milk prices and feed prices reaches a certain level.The new insurance program was created as part of the 2018 farm...

Trump Declares Disaster in Six Vermont Counties

Jun 17 2019 // President Donald Trump has made a disaster declaration for Vermont’s Bennington, Essex, Orange, Rutland, Washington and Windsor counties for flooding in April.Vermont Gov. Phil Scott says a preliminary assessment by...

Pedestrian Killed After Being Hit by Amtrak Train in Vermont

May 28 2019 // Police in Northfield, Vermont, are investigating the death of a man who was hit by the passing Amtrak Vermonter passenger train.WCAX-TV reports a resident in the Vermont town was at a pedestrian crossing in downtown...

Vermont Officials to Verify Flood Damage

Apr 26 2019 // The state of Vermont says it will be working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to verify damage caused by last week’s flooding. Representatives of Vermont Emergency Management and the Vermont Agency of...

Warmth, Snowmelt, Rain Raise Flood Concerns in New England

Apr 22 2019 // A combination of warm weather, rain and melting snow was feeding floodwaters in low-lying areas of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine on Saturday.No injuries were reported, but in Vermont the Stowe swift water rescue team...

Vermont Officials Assess Spring Flood Damage

Apr 18 2019 // Vermont state and local officials are assessing damage from flooding caused by heavy rains and snowmelt that led to road closures, some evacuations and a rescue from a flooded parking lot.Some roads remained closed...

Judge Orders Vermont’s Hermitage Club Owner to Pay Member $2.1M

Apr 8 2019 // A judge has ordered the owner of a foreclosed ski club in Vermont to pay about $2.1 million to a club member who is unable to sell back 20 memberships he bought in 2015.The Brattleboro Reformer reports the judge issued his...

Vermont Sues Two Prescription Opioid Distributors

Mar 29 2019 // Vermont filed a lawsuit against two pharmaceutical distributors, accusing them of selling ever-increasing amounts of prescription opioids in the state while failing to effectively monitor and control the sales and...

Vermont Hospital Email Hack Exposes Info of More Than 72,000

Mar 25 2019 // Officials at a Vermont hospital say the information of more than 72,000 people may have been exposed during an email hack.Rutland Regional Medical Center says the email accounts had information such as patient names,...

Company Denies Responsibility for Vermont Ski Resort Fraud

Mar 19 2019 // The former owner of Vermont’s Jay Peak resort is fighting claims from a court-appointed receiver that it should pay millions in damages as part of a settlement.The Caledonian-Record reports Canadian Saint-Sauveur...

Gas Refineries Pay Vermont Settlement Over Fuel Additive

Mar 18 2019 // The Vermont attorney general’s office says more than two dozen of the country’s biggest gasoline refiners, including ExxonMobil and Shell Oil Company, are paying a $3.8 million settlement over the use of the...

Vermont Gets More Than $2M in Amtrak Rail Safety Grants

Feb 21 2019 // The Vermont Agency of Transportation is getting more than $2 million for safety upgrades along the route of the Amtrak Vermonter, addressing conditions that resulted in a 2015 derailment. The money from the Federal...

Vermont Workers’ Comp Rates to Decrease for Third Year in a Row

Feb 20 2019 // Workers’ compensation insurance will continue to cost less for most Vermont employers when new rates approved by the Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) become effective on April 1, 2019.This is the third rate...

Vermont Lawmakers Seek to Eliminate Insurance Pre-Authorization

Feb 6 2019 // Vermont legislators are seeking to ban insurance companies or Medicaid from requiring pre-authorization before approving medication-assisted treatment.Democratic Rep. Ann Pugh tells The Times Argus she wants to remove any...

Vermont’s Union Mutual Promotes Cook, Ryan and Miles

Jan 4 2019 // Union Mutual has promoted M. Joseph Cook, Schuyler M. Ryan and Matthew Miles.Cook was named vice president of Union Mutual and executive vice president of Community Mutual, a member of the Union Mutual Companies. Ryan was...