Vekos defends charging 14-year-old

The case of the 14-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting his peer in Bristol last week has raised questions around charging juveniles as adults and where they should be held.

Vermont is suing the tech giant Meta, alleging that the company designed its social media platform Instagram to be addictive and otherwise harmful to the mental health of young users.

Miro Weinberger told VTDigger that Vermont faces “major challenges,” including a drug crisis and a “deep, acute housing shortage” — issues that have particularly plagued Burlington during his tenure as mayor.

Though more than a year away, Vermont’s 2024 gubernatorial election already has another prospective candidate.

About four months before she was killed Oct. 5 in Castleton, Honoree Fleming published an article on cell differentiation in the open-access journal “Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology.” It was the culmination of a lifetime of work in research and a … (read more)

In mid-June, a 38-year-old mother of three died in Burlington from bacterial blood poisoning due to pneumonia, which stemmed from chronic substance use.

Greg Akinbiyi had a simple, heartfelt message for Addison Central School Board members at their Sept. 25 meeting. “I am scared to send my son to school,” said Akinbiyi, who is Black and who recently moved to Middlebury with his 19-month-old child. 

In mid-June, a 38-year-old mother of three died in Burlington from bacterial blood poisoning due to pneumonia, which stemmed from chronic substance use.

Addison County saw swollen rivers result in a few road closures, but this part of the state was largely spared the worst of the flooding that covered streets of Montpelier, Barre, Waterbury, Woodstock and Ludlow, and washed out roads in some smaller towns … (read more)

The criminal case against the former Addison County sheriff is heading toward trial a year after he was accused of sexually assaulting and unlawfully restraining a woman.

The U.S. Surgeon General warned earlier this month that “there is an epidemic of loneliness and isolation.”

I reached a point during the latest mental health crisis with my adult son where the weight of absurdity actually robbed me of my vision and I saw stars. 

A biennial survey conducted during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic shows poor mental health among high school and middle school students, especially in groups that previous surveys found have long suffered more than their peers. 

With their approval of an $8.5 billion budget and the fall of the gavel last Friday at 8:23 p.m. and 11:31 p.m., respectively, the Vermont Senate and House adjourned for the final day of the 2023 legislative session.

Vermont is the only state in the country where farmers cannot readily access a program meant to pay them back for restoring habitats around their farms.