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After setting US indoor mile record last February, Vermont native Elle Purrier established a new national mark in the two-mile on Saturday.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Stef Smith (22 points) and Ryan Davis (21 points, 12 rebounds) ignite final surge as UVM basketball pulls away from Stony Brook 86-78 on Saturday.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Terriers prove too much for Catamounts, toppling UVM men 5-1 and UVM women 4-1.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Though few Republicans in the U.S. Senate may end up voting to convict former President Donald Trump of violating his oath of office, at least one prominent member of the GOP thinks they should. “It’s quite clear that they have to do the right thing: They have to impeach the president — the former president —…

Rep. Arthur Peterson, R-Clarendon, shown in the highlighted box at upper right, addresses House Health Care Committee witness Xusana Davis, bottom row right, on Thursday. A Vermont legislator told the state’s racial equity chief Wednesday that systemic racism in the health care industry doesn’t exist.   Rep. Arthur Peterson, R-Clarendon, grilled Xusana Davis, the state’s executive…

Paige Winter’s 20 points powers Essex to a 63-57 win over Burlington in a high school girls basketball season opener on Friday night.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Rookie goaltender Jessie McPherson stymies Terriers for third shutout in four starts; Carriere’s strong night not enough for UVM men.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Recovered COVID patients could have the key to saving someone’s life who has the virus now. Here’s how they can help.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The Vermont Lake Monsters are shown in action at UVM’s Centennial Field in August 2018. Photo by Jim Welch/VTDigger Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., ripped into Major League Baseball late Friday over its decision to eliminate the Vermont Lake Monsters as part of a reorganization of the minor leagues. The new structure, built on a 120-team…

Vermont Democratic Party members protest former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in Burlington in May 2019. VDP photo A Vermont Democratic Party staff member ripped the organization on his way out the door this week, citing a “toxic environment” in the party and a “lack of willingness to take the necessary steps to address systemic issues.” …

Wastewater testing in the city of Burlington has detected two possible mutations of the COVID-19 variant originally discovered in the United Kingdom.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The National Weather Service could not confirm if the boom people in Burlington reportedly felt Thursday was a frost quake.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Mayor Weinberger has reached a settlement with CityPlace developers to drop a lawsuit for breach of contract, but City Council must agree first         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George, shown in court pre-pandemic, dropped an attempted murder charge against Veronica Lewis when psychiatrists found she was insane at the time of the shooting. But Attorney General TJ Donovan revived the case, and Lewis pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted second-degree murder. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Veronica Lewis, accused of…

House impeachment managers on Thursday played a video of Gov. Phil Scott condemning former President Donald Trump. Screenshot/C-SPAN Gov. Phil Scott made a cameo appearance Thursday during the U.S. Senate’s impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. As he made the case that Trump had incited the Capitol riots of Jan. 6, Rep. Ted Lieu,…

Red Barn Market & Deli is owned by the Miller brothers, South Burlington natives who worked for years at Ken’s Pizza in Burlington.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The CDC guidelines said this week that double masking or wearing a more tightly-fitting mask better protects against more contagious COVID-19 variants.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is presiding over Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate. Here’s what it means to be a presiding officer.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Woman talking with a doctor online using smartphone. File photo. When Diane Dooley needs to consult with her doctor in Bristol, she picks up her landline phone.  The 53-year-old lives on a hillside in rural Lincoln where the cellphone service is spotty and internet connection is unreliable. Video calls? “I don’t even try,” she said. …