
Sen Bernie Sanders Proposes Medicare Expansion Act for Seniors
3/14/2025
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is trying to expand health care coverage for seniors. In a speech on the Senate floor, Sanders touted his Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Expansion Act. Sanders says the bill requires Medicare to pay the same amount or less for prescription drugs than the VA. He says that change would cut the cost of prescription drugs for seniors by half and save more than $800 billion over the next 10 years.
More Stories.

Kate Segal Resigns Early from SAU 35; Replacement Tentatively Selected
3/13/2025
Kate Segal, superintendent of SAU 35, will resign before the end of her contract. The Executive Board approved Segal’s request to terminate her contract with pay, effective Friday, March 28. Segal’s departure comes earlier than her previously announced retirement date of June 30. The board’s approval is contingent upon her signing a satisfactory separation agreement and non-disclosure […]

Police say a wrong-way driver on Interstate 89 had to be stopped with spike strips early Tuesday morning
3/8/2025
Police say a wrong-way driver on Interstate 89 had to be stopped with spike strips early Tuesday morning. Vermont troopers say they got multiple reports of a driver going south in the northbound lane on I-89 in Montpelier just after 1 a.m. Tuesday. They say the car passed multiple cruisers with their lights on and […]

Officer Distracted in Fatal Cycling Crash
3/11/2025
Investigators believe a police officer was distracted when he allegedly hit and killed a bicyclist in South Burlington. This comes just days before Shelburne Police Sgt. Kyle Kapitanski is set to be arraigned on the charges. In documents, investigators say moments before the crash, Kapitanski was traveling over the speed limit with a YouTube video […]

Newport Center Woman Pleads Guilty to DUI and False Information Charges
3/7/2025
A Newport Center woman pled guilty to a charge of DUI and providing false information to officers. Taylor Bernier, 32, appeared in Court and pled guilty to the charges from a traffic violation stop in Lyndon. On February 14, State Trooper Riley Fenoff stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation while traveling North on US […]

Investors interested in buying the Burke Mountain Resort pitched their plan to members of the public on Friday evening
3/10/2025
Investors interested in buying the Burke Mountain Resort pitched their plan to members of the public on Friday evening, hoping to build local excitement for their vision and exert pressure on the sales process. Todd Firestone and Mark Greenberg, part of Green Mountain Ski Partners, LLC, met with a large gathering of community members in […]

Federal Probe Targets Middlebury for Alleged Antisemitism; Trump Warns of Campus Crackdown
3/12/2025
The federal government is investigating Middlebury College over alleged antisemitism. Middlebury is one of 60 colleges and universities that got a letter from the Department of Education’s civil rights office. The letter says the colleges could face consequences if they don’t protect Jewish students on campus. It says students at those colleges faced antisemitic harassment […]