Latest Vermont Headlines

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Northeastern Storm Causes Power Outages, Flooded Roads, Fallen Trees, Travel Delays

Dec 20 2023 // A storm barreled up the East Coast on Monday, flooding roads and downing trees in the Northeast, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, and forcing flight cancelations and school closures.More than 5 inches (13...

Employee Receives $44K for Vermont Employer’s Retaliatory Firing

Oct 27 2023 // Kingsbury Companies LLC has paid a worker $40,000 in punitive damages and $3,901 in back pay after the company terminated the employee in retaliation for speaking with the employer and other employees about whether they...

Businesses in Vermont`s Flood-Damaged Capital Rebuilding Slowly

Oct 12 2023 // Nearly three months after severe flooding inundated Vermont’s capital city, Montpelier businesses launched an event Friday to celebrate how much they`ve rebuilt — and remind the public not to forget them as they...

Amtrak Train Crash into Car in Vermont Kills Driver, Injures Passenger

Oct 10 2023 // An Amtrak passenger train crashed into an SUV in southeastern Vermont, killing the SUV`s driver and injuring his passenger, authorities said.The state police said 53-year-old Craig Hudson, of Brattleboro, died in the crash...

Driver Pleads Not Guilty in Vermont Crash That Killed Actor Treat Williams

Sep 27 2023 // A Vermont driver pleaded not guilty to a charge in the June crash that killed actor Treat Williams.Ryan Koss, 35, could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison if he`s convicted of gross negligent operation with death...

Vermont Tightens Rules for Out-of-State Car Registrations

Sep 6 2023 // Vermont is implementing new requirements for vehicle registrations using out-of-state addresses.In years past Vermont was happy to register non-residents’ vehicles if they paid the registration fee, which some in...

Vermonters Race to Find Housing As Flood Recovery Continues and Winter Approaches

Sep 5 2023 // Seven weeks after catastrophic flooding in Vermont destroyed their mobile home, Sara Morris and her family don`t yet know what they will do for housing long-term. She and her husband, their three kids and his mother have...

OSHA Orders Vermont Firm to Rehire Environmental Whistleblower, Pay Damages

Aug 29 2023 // In early June 2022, an employee of a Vermont agricultural equipment company observed the company pumping wastewater from the facility’s service bays onto the ground bordering the Winooski River in Berlin and was...

‘Singin’ in the Rain’ Show Went On Despite Flooding of Theater

Aug 25 2023 // Members of a beloved Vermont acting company were sleeping in theater housing when torrential rains and flooding forced them to flee, with water inundating the playhouse’s vast basement of dressing rooms, costumes and...

Rare New England Tornado Damages Homes, Floods Roads, Topples Trees

Aug 21 2023 // A rare Rhode Island tornado lifted a car off an interstate highway Friday as severe weather swept already storm-weary New England, damaging homes, flooding roads and toppling trees.Tornadoes were reported in several spots...

Business Moves

Aug 21 2023 // Marsh McLennan Agency, Graham Co.Marsh McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of Marsh, acquired Graham Company, a risk management consultancy and independent insurance and employee benefits broker. Founded in 1960, Graham Company...

42,000 Vermonters Affected by MOVEit Data Breach

Aug 15 2023 // The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation reports that the large-scale data security breach of the MOVEit software has compromised the personally identifiable information of roughly 42,000 Vermonters and more than 38...

Rising Flood Risks Threaten Many Water and Sewage Treatment Plants

Aug 14 2023 // The crack of a summer thunderstorm once comforted people in Ludlow, Vermont. But that was before a storm dropped eight inches of rain on the village of 2,200 in two days last month. And it was before the devastation of...

Vermont’s Flooded Capital Ponders Rebuild With an Eye on Climate Change

Aug 7 2023 // A beloved bookstore in Vermont`s small capital city moved across the street to a new spot farther from the Winooski River after an ice jam sent river water into the store in 1992. A nearby office supply and gift store did...

Vermont Workers’ Comp Changes Now in Effect

Aug 7 2023 // Vermont’s workers’ compensation benefits for temporary total disability and for dependent children, as well as the work search requirement for injured workers returning to the job market, changed starting July...

Vermont Farmers Urged to Document Crop Losses From Flooding

Jul 27 2023 // Vermont state and federal officials are urging farmers to document and report damage from the catastrophic flooding that hit the state two weeks ago and inundated crops in the rural mountainous state known for its scenic...

Brown & Brown to Acquire Wholesale Broker New England Excess Exchange

Jul 25 2023 // Florida-based global insurance broker Brown & Brown, Inc. has agreed to acquire Vermont-based wholesale broker New England Excess Exchange (NEEE). The acquisition will be through Bridge Specialty Group, the wholesale...

Heavy Rains Swamp Northeast Again; Floods Claims 5 Lives; Others, Including 2 Children, Missing

Jul 17 2023 // Heavy rains pounded an already saturated Northeast on Sunday for the second time in a week, spurring another round of flash flooding, cancelled airline flights and power outages. In Pennsylvania, a sudden flash flood late...

Vermont Prepared for Epic Flooding. It Wasn’t Enough.

Jul 17 2023 // In Windham, Vermont, a wooden A-frame house that normally evokes blustery winters sits on a roadway transformed by record rainfall into a river. Twenty miles away in Bridgewater, a man wades through waist-high waters...

Bill to Make Big Companies in California Disclose Emissions Worth Watching in All States

Jul 13 2023 // A bill to make large companies in California disclose their emissions is worth a watch in all states.The moving through California Legislature – it passed the Assembly Natural Resources Committee this week – could set...