A new bill would allow farmers in Vermont to grow hemp despite a federal ban on the plant. A former lawmaker is hoping to convert an abandoned inn that once catered to out-of-state skiers into an alternative prison for some of the state's female offenders. A planning commission in St. Johnsbury has approved a power company's proposal to build a fishing pier. The Vermont Health Department is investigating an infant salmonella case after a child came in contact with a chick.