The Old Callahan Backcountry Zone will feature 900 feet of continuous glade skiing on state lands flanking Camel’s Hump.

The bill under consideration in the Vermont Senate would require all towns to vote on allowing cannabis stores in their communities by the end of year. It would also increase potency caps on some products and allow cannabis to be offered at weddings and festivals, with a license.

Susan Dunklee of Craftsbury has competed in three winter Olympics. She says athletes should focus on performance, not perfection.

The idea is to loosen the rules for building housing in some areas, and tighten up the permit requirements in environmentally sensitive areas. It’s getting complicated.

In a statement Monday, the Coast Guard identified the seven people who were on the boat. They are captain Accursio “Gus” Sanfilippo and fishermen Paul Beal Sr., Paul Beal Jr., John Rousanidis, Freeman Short and Sean Therrien, along with NOAA observer Jada Samitt.

No injuries are reported. A shelter-in-place order has been issued for residents within a half mile of 1090 Stafford Rd., state officials said.

A judge released Hussien Noor Hussien, who came to the United States as a refugee from Somalia, on bail. On the same day, agents detained another well-known Vermonter, Steven Tendo, who has been seeking asylum after fleeing Uganda.

The new president and CEO of Vermont’s largest insurer, Beth Roberts, took the helm of the nonprofit insurer in mid-January of this year.

A state oversight panel voted Wednesday to temporarily suspend Windsor County Sheriff Ryan Palmer’s law enforcement certification while the criminal case against him is pending. Gov. Phil Scott, meanwhile, said Palmer should resign.

Medical aid in dying has been legal in Vermont since 2013, and was expanded to include out-of-state residents in 2023. We look at the numbers.

Mikaela Shiffrin, Ryan Cochran-Siegle, Julia Kern, Jessie Diggins and Ben Ogden are just a few of the athletes who are either from Vermont or have spent significant time here.

Starksboro native Ryan Cochran-Siegle was fastest in the opening downhill training session of the Milan Cortina Games. This is Cochran-Siegle's third Winter Olympics, having won silver in Beijing.