Chittenden County

The center, which will open Oct. 28, is meant as an alternative to the emergency room for people who are having a mental health crisis, but don’t need acute medical or inpatient psychiatric care.

More than four years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the state judiciary is still struggling with an enormous backlog of criminal cases and competing public pressures around how justice should be pursued. To better understand how the system is working, Seven Days and Vermont Public embedded two reporters at the Burlington criminal courthouse for one week.

Local housing leaders had set a goal to build 1,000 new units of housing — a quarter at affordable rates — annually for five years.

The city of South Burlington will use about half of a $2 million budget surplus to fund nearly a dozen special projects. The other half will be saved.

Charlotte News editor Scooter MacMillan chats with host Mikaela Lefrak about the news in the region.

A Shelburne cop used excessive force during an incident last year with a teenager, according to a county prosecutor and an internal affairs investigation. But it’s unlikely the officer will face criminal charges, and it’s unclear if he faced any discipline for his conduct.

The Chittenden Solid Waste District is seeking voter support to borrow $22 million to build an updated and more automated sorting center in Williston.

The top prosecutor in Vermont's largest county won the Democratic primary last night, beating back a challenger who promised to take a tougher approach to crime.

Sarah George, the top prosecutor in Vermont’s largest county, is facing a primary challenge for the first time. George has made a name for herself as a champion of criminal justice reform, but her actions have drawn criticism from politicians, business owners and law enforcement officials. Now, she faces an opponent in the Democratic primary who wants to take a tougher stance on crime.

How does Vermont deal with people accused of violent crimes, but who are also severely mentally ill? It’s a question swirling at the center of three…