TopFeatured.com

The reverse of the Great Seal of the United States outside the Federal Building in Burlington on Sept. 25, 2019. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A Burlington man accused of paying $4,000 in exchange for a video showing the torturing and apparent killing of a person he wanted dead has pleaded guilty to federal charges…

Nic Longo, acting director of aviation for Burlington International Airport, discusses a terminal expansion project at the facility alongside Mayor Miro Weinberger and U.S. Sen Patrick Leahy. Photo by Jack Lyons/VTDigger SOUTH BURLINGTON — A $14.5 million expansion of Burlington International Airport is on track for completion by next year, officials said. The addition, which…

‘Dear Rider, the Jake Burton Story’ to debut Nov. 9 on HBO and then stream on HBO Max; film is narrated by Burton’s friend, actor Woody Harrelson        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Tom Donahue, executive Director of BROC Community Action in Rutland, speaks at a press conference in Montpelier on Thursday, Oct. 14. The press event, attended by Vermont’s congressional delegation and Gov. Phil Scott, focused on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Photo by Glenn Russell/VT Digger Vermonters are set to see historic levels of…

Vermont Green FC announced it’s entry into the United Soccer League Two Tuesday, a first for the state.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Policy advocate Brenda Siegel speaks in favor of reinstating the general assistance housing program at a press conference in Montpelier on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott plans to extend the “pause” that is keeping hundreds of Vermonters in the state’s emergency housing program from being potentially booted into the…

A five-year quest to build a modern Vermont State Police facility in Williston has resulted in ambitious plans this fall.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Sarino Macri, seen on April 30, in the shelter he built, had lived in the homeless encampment on Sears Lane in Burlington for two years. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Burlington plans to break up an encampment of roughly 20 people without housing in the city’s South End, Mayor Miro Weinberger announced Thursday evening. Weinberger previously…

Ben & Jerry’s was ranked 31st in a national survey of dog-friendly companies. The company plans to welcome dogs again when its offices re-open.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Bellows Falls keeps the No. 1 spot in the Vermont Varsity Insider power rankings for high school field hockey. But who fell and who rose?        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont residents must make a choice every year: turn on the heat before Halloween, or hold out to November to keep the utilities bill lower?        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Burlington High School students prepare for the drag ball scheduled to take place at the school’s homecoming on Friday, Oct. 15. Photo courtesy of Andrew LeValley Homecoming will look a little different on Friday at Burlington High School. Instead of a marching band performance or a cheer routine, the annual homecoming football game will feature…

State Auditor Doug Hoffer has filed a report saying the Agency of Commerce did not have proper controls on the distribution of federal relief funds.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

These Burlington-area eateries are prime locations for celebrating ‘National Cheese Curd Day.’        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Make sure to stop and check the views around the Northeast Kingdom… with COVID in mind, of course.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Bales of plastic bottles await collection outside Chittenden Solid Waste District’s material recovery facility. File photo by Elizabeth Gribkoff/VTDigger Burlington could open a new waste drop-off center in the next few years, as part of a plan scheduled to appear before city councilors this month. The proposal would move Burlington’s waste drop-off center from its…

A mugshot of Krystal Whitcomb from an arrest in 2015. Photo courtesy Vermont State Police Three years after a Waterford man’s body was found on the side of a rural Vermont dirt road, his girlfriend pleaded guilty to federal charges linked to his death. Krystal Whitcomb, 30, looked on from a window as her boyfriend,…

The Alchemist Brewery, maker of Heady Topper, is now recycling its carbon dioxide emissions into its beers, moving it closer to carbon neutrality.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service