For Immediate Release: June 20, 2025 Media Contact: Kyle Casteel Communication Office │ Department of Health 802-863-7280 │ [email protected] National Weather Service Burlington – 802-658-0150 Vermont Emergency Management – 802-244-8721 Stay Safe...
NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Letitia James today co-led a multistate coalition of 13 other attorneys general in issuing guidance affirming the necessity and legality of environmental justice initiatives. In the guidance, Attorney General...
Press Releases 06/17/2025 Attorney General Tong Issues Guidance Affirming the Legality and Necessity of Environmental Justice Initiatives Guidance Clarifies Recent Federal Actions Seeking to Eliminate and Chill Environmental Justice Efforts...
Today’s guidance provides clarity and affirms the legality and necessity of environmental justice initiatives in the face of the federal government's attacks OAKLAND— California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 12 attorneys...
The deadline to apply for a 2025 Vermont moose hunting permit is June 18. Moose permit applications are available on the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s website for the hunt limited to Vermont’s Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) E in the...
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release - June 7, 2025 Media Contact: Bennet Leon, Planning Section Chief, Air Quality Division Department of Environmental Conservation 802-249-4221, bennet.leon@vermont.gov Vermont DEC Issues Air Quality Alert for...
The deadline to apply for a 2025 Vermont moose hunting permit is June 18. Moose permit applications are available on the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s website for the hunt limited to Vermont’s Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) E in the...
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release - June 7, 2025 Media Contact: Bennet Leon, Planning Section Chief, Air Quality Division Department of Environmental Conservation 802-249-4221, bennet.leon@vermont.gov Vermont DEC Issues Air Quality Alert for...
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release - June 6, 2025 Media Contact: Bennet Leon, Planning Section Chief, Air Quality Division Department of Environmental Conservation 802-249-4221, bennet.leon@vermont.gov Vermont DEC Issues Air Quality Alert for...
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release - June 6, 2025 Media Contact: Bennet Leon, Planning Section Chief, Air Quality Division Department of Environmental Conservation 802-249-4221, bennet.leon@vermont.gov Vermont DEC Issues Air Quality Alert for...
ESSEX JUNCTION — “Joust, joust, joust,” a crowd chanted, gathered round an arena this past weekend at the Champlain Valley Exposition, for two shining-armor-clad knights on horseback. “Out of my way, squire,” one knight addressed their henchman,...
When the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released new guidelines for the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) rural broadband funding program earlier this month, the deadline for applying...
RANDOLPH – Vermont State University (VTSU) graduated 414 nurses into the health care workforce this year. Consistent with its ongoing, multi-year nursing program expansion, the university enrolled 713 nursing students this academic year, 90...
St. Johnsbury has been on the upswing. The largest town in the Northeast Kingdom, it’s now home to a newly reopened arts center, Catamount Arts; Dog Mountain, known for its Dog Chapel, which attracts passionate pooch lovers from around the globe;...
Many will be looking for a place to keep cool this week in our region, with a heat advisory issued for Monday and Tuesday. As heat builds across Vermont, concerns are growing for people who work outside. Health officials say the temperatures could...
MILTON — It wasn’t a dog that changed Jocelyn “Jo” Meilleur’s life, it was a CAT scan. After a long and emotionally-draining shift as a CAT scan technologist, Meilleur made a decision that would reshape not only her own career but the lives of...
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - The scorching heat gave some Central Vermont students a jump-start on their summer vacation. Tuesday was slated to be the last day of school for kids in the Washington Central Unified Union School District. But...
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Today and tomorrow are First Alert Weather Days due to extreme heat and humidity. We’re expecting highs in the 90s with oppressive humidity levels. The humidity is going to make it feel much hotter and heat index values...
High temperatures and humidity are enveloping the entire state, with areas of the Champlain Valley under an Extreme Heat Warning from 11 a.m. Monday until 8 p.m. on Tuesday. “Heat indexes are going to be anywhere between, say, 95 and 105, with...
Trying to stay out of the heat during Vermont’s first heat wave of 2025? The state Department of Health maintains a map of cooling centers open to the public — although there are caveats to keep in mind before you head to one. The National Weather...
