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Report: Vermont struggling to take full advantage of heat pumps

Customer behavior, workforce issues create challenges for cleaner residential heat.

By Zachary Moss

Thomas Renner outlines his goals for Winooski

By Simone Traynor

Vermont bill would repeal retirement mandate for professors

The Latest

Bánh mìs, Buddha bowls and burgers

By Grace Evans Taylor and Alexa Gaskill

Former Killington park crew employee prepares to take on Red Bull Heavy Metal

By Jackson Bartels

Flying Pig Bookstore marks three decades in business

By Sophia Rosen

Trillium Hill Farm grows veggies and community

By Maeve O’Neil

Legislature

Vermont first responders seek confidential peer support

Proponents of bill H.270 say frontline workers need a place to process on-the-job stress.

By Roxy Vanderhoff

Environment

Environmental advocacy in today’s shifting climate

The executive director of VNRC discusses environmental policy and action in the wake of federal changes and extreme weather events

By Siobhán Barber

Arts

News

Winooski seeks EPA grant to clean up hazardous soil

The grant would remove PCEs found in the soil and groundwater underneath the library and garden of the O’Brien Community Center

By Wren Gomes

Features

A shot at the pros

By Hannah Tatro

Corinth Studio offers a window into an artist’s life

By Amelia Cunningham

🎧 This Milton mechanic helps Vermonters learn how to take care of their cars

By Robin Olsen

🎧 Seniors learn to fly at the Silver Circus

By Foster Hunt

Community

From frost to feast: Burlington’s winter farmers market builds community around local food

By Isabel Sykora

Perry’s is Poultney’s spot for home cooking and friends

By Andrew Martell

VNA & Hospice celebrates 80 years of compassionate service

By Madelyn Nonni

🎧 Addison County organizers invite all to celebrate Lunar New Year

By Claire Macdonald

Churches in Poultney serve as community hubs

By Amanda Johnson

Poultney band director passes the baton after 12 years

By Pearl Bellomo

Rutland Garden Club serves the city with winter projects

By Pearl Bellomo

State

Proposed bill makes plug-in solar easier to own

By Kate Kampner

New bill calls for ICE agents and police to unmask

By Mona Abou

Conservation

🎧 Vermonters reimagine solar farms with sheep and pollinators

As solar grows, so does Vermont’s capacity for agrivoltaics — the dual use of land on solar farms for agriculture.

By Maeve Fairfax

Education

VTSU professors engage in cannabis conversation following book release

Two VTSU professors sat down to discuss the changing attitudes toward cannabis and its uses.

By Madelyn Nonni

Economy

A “dairy town” no more

It may be home to Ben & Jerry’s Factory Store, but Waterbury’s last three dairy farms were driven out of business. Their former owners struggle to let go.

By Sarah Andrews