The housing crunch, made worse by the coronavirus pandemic, is affecting renters across the country. And it's hitting college students in Vermont especially hard, heading into the fall semester.

This summer, don't be surprised to see new art on once-vacant walls in Vermont’s biggest city. One artist family is behind many of these recent murals.

Bill Stenger, a prominent developer in the Northeast Kingdom and former president of Jay Peak ski resort, pleaded guilty in federal court Friday for his role in one the largest fraud cases in Vermont.

A pervasive “good old boys” network, mismanagement of reports of sexual assaults, equal opportunity programs not in compliance with federal policies: those are some of the significant issues found in an investigation of the Vermont National Guard, which was released this week.

The pandemic has caused a housing boom in ski towns, but as property values and short-term rentals increase, it's getting harder for middle income Vermonters to find homes.

The coronavirus pandemic accelerated losses to a labor force that's hit its lowest point in nearly 30 years.

Vermont towns that cater to tourists and second homeowners are feeling torn. The taxes and other revenue visitors provide is vital. But in the last several weeks, fears have grown that people from large cities will bring in more COVID-19 cases and strain smaller grocery stores and medical facilities.

As cases of COVID-19 rise once again driven by the highly contagious delta variant, a growing number of employers are instituting mask and vaccination mandates. In Vermont, few employers beyond health care seem to be going that route

VPR Evening Newscast for Monday, August 9

As the climate changes, bioacoustics are giving scientists and wildlife managers greater insight about the impacts to Vermont's songbirds.