Erin Petenko
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Vermont has $175 million in unclaimed property.
Check a simple online form to see if you’re due.
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Beyond ‘No Mow May’: A national movement is encouraging homeowners to rip up their lawns to cultivate ecological diversity
Here’s a starter kit on how you can introduce native plants to your yard.
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US Forest Service cuts research positions in Vt. and across the nation
The U.S. Forest Service announced Thursday it plans to close its research and development office in Burlington as part of a national reorganization.
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Vermonters with Long Covid say system is failing them
Despite the fact that millions of Americans have reported living with the disease, there are no clear-cut diagnostic tests. Nor are there treatments with a clear-cut record of…
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After COVID-19 boom, Vt. is losing population. What happened?
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 726 more Americans left Vermont than came to it between 2024 and 2025, the lowest domestic migration the state has had in…
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Was the No Kings Day protest the largest in Vt. history?
An estimated 42,000 Vermonters attended last month’s No Kings Day protests, organizers said, making it one of the biggest one-day demonstrations in state history.
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Feds slash LIHEAP staff
Vermont officials are assessing how residents may be affected after the mass firing of federal workers who administer the LIHEAP program, which provides millions of dollars in heating…
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Health officials say EEE risk high in some areas
A blood-sucking creature that comes at dusk is frightening Vermonters this summer.
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Vt. is changing how it tracks COVID-19 in the state’s wastewater
Bob Fischer, water quality superintendent for South Burlington, remembers when researchers first realized that they could track the health of a population through its sewer system decades ago.
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Bivalent vaccine numbers are lagging
About 26,000 Vermonters have gotten the Omicron booster, putting the state on a slower pace than previous booster campaigns, according to data from the state Department of Health.
