Hearing scheduled to decide if detained Tufts graduate student is moved to Vermont

A Tufts University grad student held by ICE in Louisiana may learn Tuesday if she'll be transferred to Vermont.Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was detained by masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in plain clothes in Somerville in March.The Turkish …

Turkish student Özturk’s legal team urges transfer to Vermont

The legal team of Rümeysa Öztürk, the Turkish Tufts University student detained by immigration officials in Louisiana, urges the court to realize her transfer to Vermont – a decision approved by the court but appealed by the U.S. government earlier. The …

Missing 17-year-old from Vermont found safe, police say

Police in Vermont say a missing 17-year-old has been located and is safe. The teenager had last been seen on May 3 when she left her Berkshire home. Police said Monday that she had been found in the Lyndonville area, noting that she is safe and thanking …

Efficiency Vermont ending commercial lighting rebate program

One last call for Vermont business owners to save energy and keep more money in the bank.Non-profit Efficiency Vermont is pulling the plug on its commercial lighting rebate program after two decades of helping Vermonters reduce energy use at a lower cost …

West Virginia and 23 other states join lawsuit targeting Vermont’s Climate Superfund Law

Get Vermont news sent to your inbox. Daily Digger is everything you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday-Saturday morning. Supporters of a bill that would make big oil companies pay for the costs of climate change attend a press conference at …

11 people arrested after search of Vermont home

MUG SHOTS: 11 people arrested after search of Vermont home

BETHEL, Vt. (WCAX) - A search of a Bethel home on Monday ended in nearly a dozen arrests. Around 6 a.m., police searched a home on Christian Hill Road as part of an investigation into a stolen car in Windsor County. Troopers say nine people left the home …

Farmworkers detained in Vermont remain in custody

BERKSHIRE, Vt. (WCAX) - All eight of the migrant workers detained by federal authorities at a Vermont farm are still behind bars. ICE agents took the workers into custody two weeks ago at the Pleasant Valley Farm in Berkshire, Vermont’s largest dairy …

Vermont chef cooks up plan to help feed the hungry nationwide

LINCOLN, Vt. (WCAX) - A Vermont chef wants to expand his reach to bring food to those in need. “To me, I just figured that anything that can bring people together to find a commonality is really what we need at this point. Food is my passion,” Wayne …

Can Vermont State University survive on its own?

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont State University is projecting a 15% increase in total enrollment deposits this fall. This is the final year of bridge funding by the Legislature on the system’s journey to be financially sustainable. So can the state …