The battle over the Rutland High School mascot has taken another turn. Now, there's a call for other schools to boycott games against Rutland teams if the school returns to the Raiders mascot. Our Olivia Lyons reports.
Experts say the current rift in the GOP exemplified by Congresswoman Liz Cheney’s ouster from a top House leadership post, has far-reaching implications for party politics, including in Vermont.
A decade-long legal battle over one of the worst cases of embezzlement in Vermont history is over. The Hardwick Electric Department has finally recovered all of the more than $1.5 million a former employee stole in the early 2000s.
The “10 best days of summer” will be back this year. Champlain Valley Fair officials say the August tradition in Essex Junction “is a go” after being sidelined by the pandemic last year. Other fairs around the region are also gearing up for a return.
A community group of members of Vermont’s minority population is working to make sure as many minority members as possible are vaccinated against COVID-19.
The Farmers to Families Food Box program is ending later this month after delivering 167 million boxes of fresh food to families in need during the pandemic.
House Republicans ousted Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as the chamber’s No. 3 GOP leader on Wednesday, punishing her after she repeatedly rebuked former President Donald Trump for his false claims of election fraud and his role in fomenting the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy Wednesday said Americans of all parties must confront the threats posed by white supremacists and other violent extremists in the country.
The colliding lines of questioning, and a failure to settle on a universally agreed-upon set of facts, underscored the challenges Congress faces as it investigates what law enforcement officials have described as a deadly act of domestic terrorism carried out by Trump loyalists.
A Vermont bill making its way through the Senate is designed to protect you from scams or fake contractors coming to do work on your home. But not all contractors are on board with it.
Some experts say that the district’s approach to PCB contamination has been overly aggressive and could complicate a future statewide PCB testing initiative in other schools. Dom Amato spoke with Seven Days’ Alison Novak, who reported on the story in this week’s issue.
The Prouty, an annual event to raise money for cancer research, is allowing some in-person participation this year, its 40th, after going virtual last summer because of the coronavirus pandemic.
