Gov. Phil Scott delivered his 10th budget address to the General Assembly on Jan. 20, outlining highlights of a $9.4 spending plan for the coming year.

Harwood school officials have alerted families of students at Fayston Elementary School about a suspicious incident this morning involving a student walking to school and a motorist on German Flats Road in Fayston.

From elected leaders to local residents, Americans are reacting to the killing in Minnesota on Saturday of a Veterans Administration intensive care unit nurse at the hands of federal agents. 

A Waitsfield woman lost her life in a two-car crash on Vermont Route 100 in Waterbury Center on Saturday night, according to Vermont State Police. 

Weather forecasters say a deep-freeze blast of subzero temperatures Friday night into Saturday will be followed by a wallop of a winter storm Sunday into Monday with upwards of a foot of dry, fluffy snow expected across Central Vermont. 

Waterbury town officials share news that Public Works Director Bill Woodruff will take on the interim manager role. A new committee to study Waterbury’s Town Meeting practice gets under way. And the deadline for candidates to file to run for office March 3 is Monday.

A police investigation from Berlin resulted in a large law enforcement presence in Waterbury recently, where two individuals wanted on criminal charges in Vermont state court were arrested. No serious injuries in a 4-vehicle crash on Rt. 100 on Sunday.

Waterbury ambulances will be less disruptive on the roads following a new policy to limit the use of lights and sirens when responding to non-life-threatening calls. 

To prepare for the transition when the municipal manager steps down in February, leaders of EFUD named Waterbury Public Works Director Bill Woodruff as interim manager. 

Duxbury residents and town officials held their fifth annual “Have Your Say Day” on Saturday, giving voters a chance to ask their town leaders and state representatives questions before Town Meeting Day. 

A little more than three years after he became Waterbury’s municipal manager, Thomas Leitz told the town’s elected leaders and community members Monday night that he’s resigning.

A dangerous career criminal has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison with all but 16 years suspended for second-degree murder in the 2024 brutal killing of his longtime friend and intimate partner, court records show.

About a dozen demonstrations were held around Vermont this weekend to protest recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions across the United States, including an early-morning rally in Waitsfield. 

A Duxbury man already facing an aggravated domestic assault charge has picked up another such charge after police say he forced his way into a home.

As the 2026 legislative session opens in Montpelier, Gov. Phil Scott delivered his State of the State address this week to a joint session of the General Assembly, focusing solely on the need for reforms to Vermont’s public education system.

Vermont State Police investigated an incident in Waterbury Center on Sunday that involved an untimely death. Police said the incident was not deemed suspicious and it did not involve any criminal activity. No further details were available.

Multiple state troopers on Monday searched Kneeland Flats Trailer Park for a Duxbury man wanted in connection with a first-degree aggravated assault on Dec. 29. The search was unsuccessful, and troopers now ask the public for help locating the man.

In an effort to engage voters before draft annual budget proposals are finalized, leaders in Duxbury, Moretown and Waterbury invite local voters to special upcoming public meetings.