Washington County, VT

Washington County Deputy States Attorney Bridget Grace is running for States Attorney. Barre, Vt., Friday May 20, 2022- Bridget Grace a Washington County Deputy State’s. Attorney is formally announcing her candidacy for State’s Attorney. Current Washington. County State’s Attorney Rory Thibault recently announced his run for Attorney General....

Barre, VT- On Wednesday evening, May 18, surrounded by her family and friends, Michelle Donnelly announced her candidacy for State’s Attorney of Washington County. She is running as a Democrat. Donnelly began her career at the Washington County State’s Attorney office as a student intern and then as a...

Montpelier, Vt. - Governor Phil Scott, and Senator Bernie Sanders, in partnership with Vermont Afterschool, have announced the recipients of the Afterschool & Summer Expanding Access Grant program for the summers of 2022 and 2023 and the 2022–2023 school year. A total of $4.23 million was awarded to 39...

Federal, state and local authorities moved in Friday morning with warrants at two residences in the Orange County town of Washington. Read the story on VTDigger here: 2 in custody, 2 on the run after drug and weapons raids in rural Vermont.

Beginning this month, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation will test for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in every school in the state that was built prior to 1980, some 300 schools, including six schools in the Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD), along with GMVS (which is a private school in Fayston).

Friends of the Mad River is now recruiting volunteers for this summer’s Mad River Watch program. Mad River Watch volunteers spread out across the watershed through the summer and make careful observations about the health of the river, streams, and natural communities of the Mad River Valley. The Mad...

On May 5th, Vermont Attorney General Democrat T.J. Donovan announced he would not run for re-election. The next day, Washington County State’s Attorney Rory Thibault announced he would run for Attorney General. Thibault, who like Donovan is a Democrat, previously served as an Army JAG officer and later worked...

COVID is Up — Washington County 2nd Highest in Vermont. Washington County had 578 new COVID-19 cases in the past 14 days, according to healthvermont.gov. This is the second highest case count next to Chittenden County at 1,545 cases. Washington County has a population of 58,409 (2019) compared with Chittenden’s 163,774 (2019).

At least five Democrats are vying for three Vermont Senate seats in the Democratic primary on August 9. Anne Watson, Jared Duval, and Jeremy Hansen recently announced their candidacies and incumbents Ann Cummings and Andrew Perchlik are expected to seek reelection. Incumbent Sen. Anthony Pollina is not running for another term.

The World, a community newspaper serving Washington and Orange counties celebrates 50 years on May 11, 2022. Story and photo available. VTDigger press releases are provided by submitting organizations and may include mention of VTDigger staff, family and trustees. Promoting a business, organization, or event?. Use our self-service Press Release...