Public Safety

The number of search and rescue incidents in Vermont rose 41% from 2015 to 2023, according to public safety department data obtained by Community News Service.

Republican Gov. Phil Scott and Democratic lawmakers agree that improving public safety should be a top priority in Montpelier this year, but they’re at odds over how to accomplish that goal.

'Don't go for a hike on Monday.' Emergency resources will be strained as an expected tens of thousands of people travel to Vermont for the eclipse.

The Vermont Statehouse this week became the front line in an ideological battle over the role of state government after Democrats in the House of Representatives approved $131 million in tax increases that Republicans derided as “off the rails and out of control.”

In Vermont, the number of older drivers is rapidly growing. Experts say it’s important to refresh your skills and be aware of how your age may impact your driving.

Hisham Awartani is receiving treatment in Massachusetts for the serious spinal cord injury resulting from the shooting. His mother says he is determined to return to college next semester.

Principals turned the firearm in to Hinesburg police, who say the gun and a bagged substance police believe to be crack cocaine found later in the day may be related to a separate traffic-stop incident.

Autopsies have confirmed that the two bodies found in a wooded area off a rural road in northern Vermont are those of two missing Massachusetts men who were shot to death, Vermont State Police said Thursday.

Vermont State Police are still investigating the death of 77-year-old Honoree Fleming, a retired dean of education and professor at Castleton University, who was shot and killed Thursday afternoon. Police are asking Castleton residents and businesses to review their surveillance systems and game camera footage from Oct. 5 during the early afternoon to evening hours.

Many communities across Vermont are now recovering from recent catastrophic floods — but some of them remained without basic resources for many days. In the Windsor County town of Woodstock, a swollen Ottauquechee River produced significant problems for the local water system.