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COLCHESTER, Vt. — Colchester police are investigating after they say a boy was hit by a car Saturday at 3:23 p.m. at the intersection of Blakely Road and West Lakeshore Drive. The boy was transported to the UVM Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. Police say the car was traveling...

MILTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Milton Police are investigating a fishing accident in the Lamoille River Friday. Milton police say just before 4:30 p.m. they responded to the area of Peterson Dam on the Lamoille River. Police say a fisherman slipped into the water and was found dead. Authorities are not...

ENOSBURG, Vt. — Sunday was the fourth and final day of the Vermont Dairy festival, where people from all across our region came together to celebrate the yearly tradition. The festival celebrated its 67th year. Main Street was shut down since Thursday, as people of all ages celebrated all things Vermont -- and dairy.

ESSEX, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s Fish and Wildlife Dept. says they expect bear encounters to increase this month because of things like unsecured garbage. Take a look at this video captured by Kyle Pecor in Essex. The video was taken on Saturday and Pecor says this black bear has been sniffing around the dumpsters.

The 67th annual Vermont Dairy Festival kicked off this week in Enosburg Falls at the beginning of National Dairy Month. Per tradition, it usually starts with the Scholarship Pageant Parade, featuring young women from around Franklin County competing for a collegiate scholarship. But this year looks a little different. No...

Plattsburgh, NY - The Lake City has marked the start of pride month with a Pride in the Park event on Friday.

Thursday marked the first of several waves of evictions planned for this spring and summer, as the state winds down pandemic-era programs that have sheltered an estimated 80% of Vermont’s unhoused population in motels. Read the story on VTDigger here: After last-ditch legal effort fails, hundreds of unhoused Vermonters are evicted from motel program.

The Clinton County Historical Association has announced their scheduled events for the month of June, including programs on the history of Plattsburgh, women’s suffrage, and Black Brook History Day. Scheduled events include:. Downtown Plattsburgh with Bill Laundry on Tuesday, June 6th at 2:30 pm, at The Orchards, Meadowbrook Healthcare,...

On Thursday afternoon, a huge cloud of black smoke and two loud explosions were noticed by Milton residents downtown. A house fire had erupted in a condo unit located at 4-104 Atrium Way. At 2 p.m., June 1, the Milton Fire Department responded to a call of a reported structure...

Joe LoTemplio, The Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y. Jun. 3—PLATTSBURGH — Several Clinton County fire departments were called out to a structure fire at 216 Bradford Rd. in the Town of Plattsburgh Saturday around 1 p.m. Firefighters were seen on top of the roof appearing to saw through it at...

An Essex man pleaded not guilty to 3 counts of Aggravated Assault with a deadly Weapon for the gunfire incident that happened in downtown Burlington on Wednesday.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - The special committee investigating the possible impeachment of Franklin County’s top two law enforcement officials was back at work Thursday. The committee looking into allegations against Sheriff John Grismore and State’s Attorney John Lavoie, has hired a special council, reviewed employment discrimination law, and begun reviewing the complaint against Lavoie,

ESSEX, Vt. — On Saturday, communities all across Vermont celebrated the first weekend of Pride Month and the LGBTQIA+ community. In Essex Junction, Essex Pride hosted its first-ever Essex Pride Festival. "We're just so stoked that people turned out, we didn’t quite know how many people were going to...

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Hundreds of Vermonters will be living outside this summer, and dozens more may now join them after they've been phased out of the state's pandemic "hotel-motel" program. On Thursday, hundreds became ineligible for the general assistance housing program, which expanded its requirements during the pandemic. Many...

Backhoes, excavators, cranes, and more will all on display at DozerFest at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh. The event is a community staple and has been around for nearly two decades, but it’s back for the first time since the pandemic. “We have a bunch of equipment for kids to...

For Ron Howard, removing waste from the streets of Plattsburgh has been his life’s work, as he’s been a truck driver for nearly 40 years, including 19 with Casella Waste Systems. Now he’s being recognized, by winning an honorable mention for the 2023 Driver of the Year by...

The temperature cooled off in Burlington on Saturday morning for the Division I track and field championships. The Hilltoppers boys and Essex girls teams each dominated the competition to take home the team state titles. For the full event highlights, see above.

This week the Town of Plattsburgh and veterans’ groups break ground on a multi-million-dollar veterans memorial on the shore of Lake Champlain. After 6 years and delays due to the pandemic, the official groundbreaking for the Battlefield Memorial Gateway was held Memorial Day weekend in Plattsburgh. The first phase of construction is underway, there will be 6 in all, and the plans include overlooks of Lake Champlain, an outdoor amphitheater, a Purple Heart hiking trail dedicated to veterans, and the centerpiece of the project will be a memorial honoring veterans. At the docks, near-by on Lake Champlain, there will be easier access to the monuments and burial grounds on Crab Island. The Battlefield Memorial Gateway will cost about 6-million-dollars to build, and plans are to have all 6 phases completed in time for the nation’s 250th commemoration in 2026.

June 1, the state's General Assistance Hotel Voucher Program, which gave thousands of people shelter in Vermont hotel rooms the last few years, is coming to an end

True to its commitment to a warm expression of Jamaican culture, Island Vybz, located at 26 Clinton Street in downtown Plattsburgh, provides a stop-you-in-your-tracks food experience bursting with both love and flavor. Since opening his small business in 2020, owner, Showayne Telfer, has shared the heart of Jamaica’s social culture with residents of the North Country through the foods of his childhood. His passion has led him to grow an impressive, multicultural community who appreciate traditional Jamaican dishes as well as the opportunity to purchase foods and cooking ingredients commonly found throughout the Jamaican island in local “Korner Shops.”