Vermont’s clean heat standard is dead; what comes next?

By AUSTYN GAFFNEY

Vermont, the state with the lowest overall carbon emissions in the country, has become a national leader in efforts to address climate change. But this year, lawmakers were subdued about further efforts to lower greenhouse gas emissions.

Police: Girl who drowned was at Windsor pond with friends

By MARION UMPLEBY and EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WINDSOR —The body of a 14-year-old girl was recovered at Kennedy Pond on Wednesday evening, following a five-hour search by authorities and community members.

Lebanon taps Laconia, N.H., mayor as finalist for city manager post

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — City officials have tapped the mayor of Laconia, N.H., as the sole finalist to be Lebanon’s next city manager.

Community gathers to watch the historic Windsor Diner move down Main Street

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — Theresa Taylor walked around the lawn outside Old South Church cemetery in downtown Windsor checking in on the dozens of people gathered there Wednesday morning.

Federal government to appeal New Hampshire judge’s ruling on legal status of Dartmouth international student

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The federal government is appealing a New Hampshire judge’s April ruling ordering the Department of Homeland Security to maintain the legal status of an international Ph.D. student at Dartmouth College.

Visiting nurse organization makes interim leader permanent

By LUKAS DUNFORD

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The board of Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire has appointed a new chief executive officer. 

Defense seeks more time to convince prosecutors not to seek death penalty against client in Vermont Border Patrol killing

By ALAN J. KEAYS

Attorneys for Teresa Youngblut want more time to present information as they try to convince federal prosecutors not to file charges that carry the death penalty against their client in connection with the fatal shooting of a U.S. border patrol agent earlier this year in Vermont.

After stalled development, VTSU scraps dental therapy program that never materialized

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Despite years of work and more than $2 million spent, the Vermont State Colleges system announced it would stop working to create a dental therapy program.

North Star Health announces plans to construct three new pharmacies

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — North Star Health plans to open three new pharmacies in 2026.

Complaints allege Vermont senators with private school ties violated ethics rules during education bill negotiations

By COREY McDONALD

Ethics complaints filed with the Vermont Senate against Sens. Seth Bongartz, D-Bennington, and Scott Beck, R-Caledonia, allege they used their positions on a critical committee negotiating the final form of a wide-ranging education bill to advance provisions that benefited the private schools they are associated with.

Two Grafton County elected officials leave Democratic Party citing concerns about class

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — Two elected Grafton County officials announced that they have left the Democratic Party to join Republicans.

Jury acquits former NH prison guard in death of Hanover native

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The announcement came quietly. When the first “not guilty” rang out in the muffled courtroom, the audience sitting behind the defense table couldn’t help but gasp. They waited with bated breath as the jury read out the second acquittal, then the third.

Search team recovers body from Kennedy Pond in Windsor

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WINDSOR — First responders recovered what is believed to be the body of a missing 14-year-old girl from Kennedy Pond on Wednesday evening.

Former White River Valley principal took a flexible pathway to a career in education

By ALEX HANSON

Growing up in Springfield, Vt., in a family in which nearly all the men were machinists, Jeff Thomas had no plans to go into education. He was more attuned to the hardwood of the basketball court than to the classroom blackboard, and graduated 170th in his class of 210 students.

Record number of travelers expected this Fourth of July holiday

Staff Report

Roads could be more crowded than ever this week, with three and a half million New Englanders expected to drive, fly or cruise for the Fourth of July holiday.

Former Concord city councilor named New Hampshire Lottery Commission chair

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Former Concord city councilor Erle Pierce has been appointed to lead the New Hampshire Lottery Commission for the next three years.

Federal judge’s order means Vermont Job Corps center stays open, for now

By HENRY FERNANDEZ

A New York federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction last week that allows Job Corps centers, like the Northlands Job Corps Center in Vergennes, to remain open while the legal battle to determine their fate continues.

Retired Dartmouth professor describes dynamics involved in Israel-Iran war

By LUKAS DUNFORD

HANOVER — Following their 12-day war, Iran and Israel began a cease-fire a week ago. Dr. Misagh Parsa, 79, a dissident of the Islamic Republic of Iran and a retired Dartmouth sociology professor of 33 years, answered questions about Iran’s history of social movements and its complicated relationship with the U.S. and Israel.

Fireworks plans vary by community as tariffs add to prices

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — Upper Valley residents will have one less option for viewing fireworks on the Fourth of July this year.

Windsor celebrates opening of 25 units of mixed-income housing

WINDSOR — Town officials and residents celebrated on Tuesday the opening of 25 units of new mixed-income housing.