A new study out of the University of Vermont quantifies just how much migrating female whales do to sustain ocean ecosystems. The answer is: a lot.

"When spring comes, it just feels like a new year, almost like a new chapter, a new beginning," says flower farmer Sarah Demars, who co-owns Four Blooms Farm with her husband. The couple's indoor growing operation has been producing tulips for months — and their outdoor tulips are just on the cusp of blooming.

Westminster recently held a three-day event to recognize the 250th anniversary of the Westminster Massacre, but there are questions around the event's significance in the American Revolution.

The Catamounts are headed to the NCAA Tournament after defeating the top-seeded Albany Great Danes last week. Head coach Alisa Kresge talks to Mitch Wertlieb about the team's run of success and their mindset going into Saturday's game against NC State.

The Vermont Independent talks about the recent funding resolution votes in Congress, his "Fighting Oligarchy" tour and why he wants people to get involved in the political process.

The awards honor outstanding local work in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and children’s literature. The prizes are overseen by Vermont Humanities and the state Department of Libraries.

Royalton is the latest Vermont town to consider beefing up its existing regulations on what people can do with properties that regularly flood. Community response there could yield helpful lessons for the state.

In Vermont, there are only 11 day programs aimed at supporting older adults and providing daytime respite for caregivers. Proposed Medicaid cuts could exacerbate that shortage.