Last year, the Vermont Legislature approved the use of medication called Narcan that can prevent drug users from dying from an overdose. The Health Department set up two pilot sites in Burlington and White River junction. Now Narcan is becoming more widely available. Congressman Peter Welch is going to be hearing from some of the state's transportation leaders today. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says security officials at the Vermont Yankee plant violated Entergy Nuclear's safety procedures last November in how they dealt with a suspected pipe bomb.
Melody is the Contributing Editor for But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids and the co-author of two But Why books with Jane Lindholm.
Peter was a Producer/Announcer at VPR until 2015. He began his public radio career in 2007 at WHQR-FM in Wilmington, North Carolina where he served as Morning Edition host and reporter, covering county government and Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base. His work has won several Associated Press awards and has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and PRI's This American Life. A graduate of the creative writing program at the University of Maine at Farmington, Peter enjoys writing, cooking and traveling.
