Mark Davis

Vermont Public continues its week of coverage commemorating the one-year anniversary of last summer’s flooding, with a wary eye on potential new flooding related to the remnants of Hurricane Beryl. Plus, Montpelier business owners say they’re better prepared for a potential flood event even as painful memories of last year’s floods remain fresh, farmers across the region reflect on the community support they got to stay in business after last year’s storms, and a Northeast Kingdom ski resort tangled up in the EB-5 scandal might be sold by year’s end.

Peter Welch has become the first Democratic U.S. senator to call for President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race.

The struggle to preserve farmland in New England as housing developers open their pocketbooks to purchase more and more of it. Plus, an opportunity for municipalities short on cash to get federal infrastructure protection funding without needing local matching dollars, the parent company of the largest solar firm in Vermont declares bankruptcy, a new COVID vaccine is being prepared for release in the fall, a Topsham student sues her high school alleging calculating errors kept her from receiving a full scholarship to UVM, a new law prohibits selling body parts from bears hunted in the wild, and Rep. Becca Balint introduces a bill limiting the use of algorithms that can inflate rents.

Police officially close a more than 40-year old investigation involving the death of an infant in Northfield. Plus, Vermont is sued for a second time by the same law firm that spearheaded efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade, as expected, Gov. Scott vetoes a property tax hike bill, Lake Champlain gets good news regarding recovery from waste and nutrient deposits that came with last year’s floods, and more than a hundred thousand pairs of glasses used to view the solar eclipse in April have been diverted from trash collections.

Woodstock runs a high heel race to jump start Pride Month. Plus, why the opening of a state cannabis lab has been pushed back, challenges facing new net metering projects, Gov. Scott vetoes expanded access to restorative justice programs, wildlife officials announce a deadline for this year’s moose hunting permits with an aim of reducing winter ticks that feed off the animals, and voters in Strafford reject money for repairing the town’s historic building.

Vermonters and the throngs of visitors who traveled to see the event recount how it felt to witness Monday’s total eclipse of the sun. Plus, Vermont’s longest serving member of the state Senate announces his retirement, I share a few thoughts on my own eclipse watching experience, and we’ll have an update on traffic as the visiting post-eclipse crowds head out of the state.

Thousands of visitors came to northern Vermont to see the eclipse under mostly clear skies, many having changed their plans at the last minute.

The owner of a controversial military-style training facility was arrested on Wednesday afternoon after a physical struggle with a constable.

Towns that received federal rescue funding for housing and development projects debate how to spend the money. Plus, voters reject a large number of school budgets, how Nikki Haley managed to win Vermont’s Republican presidential primary before suspending her campaign, several towns voted on a ceasefire resolution for the war between Israel and Hamas, Barre Opera House’s executive director is stepping down, and cases of Norovirus are on the rise in the northeast.

Attorney General Charity Clark said today that detective Shaun Hewitt used "necessary and appropriate force" when he opened fire on Kenneth Barber Jr. as Barber tried to speed away from him