WCAX News

Local beaches will remain closed until 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

The Vermont Democrats running for lieutenant governor took the stage Wednesday night for a live WCAX debate.

On Monday, we first highlighted Wednesday as a First Alert Weather Day due to the potential for excessive rainfall that could cause widespread flash flooding. Heavy rain and downpours have been widespread today with rainfall amounts and flood reports beginning to trickle into the First Alert Weather Center.

Darren Perron spoke with Seven Days’ Ian Curry, who looked into what led to the primary date for this week’s issue.

The Addison County town draws visitors from across the region to the slopes of Hogback Mountain for a berry-specific mission.

Vermont authorities are preparing for possible flooding in southern areas overnight, staging specialized swiftwater rescue teams.

Vermont State Police are back patrolling Church Street, but Burlington's mayor says she never got the memo.

Theresa Tomasi adopted her first child in 1962 and went on to adopt 27 in all.

The ACLU of Vermont is suing the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of two migrants detained during the botched ICE raid back in March.

Nine people got sick at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene after eating Taylor Farms lettuce from the hospital cafeteria.

The Hartford Police Department is looking to hire a handful of emergency dispatchers, and the short-staffed department mirrors a regionwide problem.

A crash on Interstate 89 northbound in South Burlington slowed traffic to a crawl on Wednesday afternoon.

State election officials say voters need to make a voting plan for the August 11 primary.

An 18-year-old accused of stabbing another man multiple times in Rutland City pleaded not guilty to attempted homicide on Wednesday.

“Super Troopers 3,” which Searchlight Pictures will release Aug. 7, reintroduces the nation to the famous group of juvenile Vermont state troopers.

GlobalFoundries is taking a big step to boost the technology behind artificial intelligence (AI)

Police are investigating a break-in at Cherry Street Playcare in St Johnsbury.

Vermont musician Noah Kahan is upset with the White House for using his music on social media

New Hampshire officials are taking public comment on Lebanon’s plan to expand its regional solid waste facility.

The St. Albans Police Department is pushing for more electric bike and scooter safety precautions after two incidents involving vehicles and riders getting seriously injured.

Stephanie Hayes and her horse, Rayo, have been selected as an alternate for the first-ever U.S. working equitation team that will compete at the world championships in Spain.

While most of us are on pace to see beneficial rainfall, some communities could get too much too fast, especially in southern Vermont.

A proposal to increase Brattleboro’s municipal tax in order to keep the hospital’s birthing center open failed to receive a motion at the town selectboard meeting Tuesday night

A plea deal is in the works for a New Jersey man accused of pulling the trigger in a deadly City Hall Park shooting in 2022.

Amanda Janoo and Aly Richards, the Democrats running for Vermont governor, faced off Tuesday night in a WCAX Debate.

A protester accused of smashing the window of a police van and injuring a Vermont trooper pleaded not guilty to simple assault and disorderly conduct.

Mark Johnson spoke with Charlestin about her desire to facilitate what she calls the “hard conversations” Vermonters need to have about issues including education and healthcare reform.

Gov. Phil Scott is running a more involved campaign this time around, including a rare fundraising email to supporters sent this week.

Vermont is abandoning a federal health care reform program started last year because of changes in federal funding.

Vermont’s economy is still humming along, but its continued health is dependent on the outcome of emerging technologies.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James announced the final regulations for the SAFE for Kids Act Tuesday.

Governor Phil Scott on Tuesday formally announced that Proposals 3 and 4 will appear on the ballot.

The Upper Valley's Housing First Coalition is calling on community members to volunteer for Lebanon's upcoming count of people who are unhoused.

The University of Vermont is more than halfway to its fundraising goal to resume construction on a massive multi-purpose events space, reporting financial commitments totaling some $60 million.

The summer is typically a time of need for blood products, but local officials say they are at a four-year low this summer.

A Vermont radio host whose voice was heard on the air for decades has died.

A Massena man is jailed on assault, child endangerment and other charges.

Kennedy Drive in South Burlington is back open after a utility pole brought down wires and a traffic signal on Tuesday afternoon.

Heavy rain is making its way into the region, and South Street in Bennington is underwater.

WCAX will broadcast the USL2 National Final on Saturday between Vermont Green FC and the Flint City Bucks Saturday Aug. 1, at 7:30 p.m.

Northwest Medical Center has named Jonathan Billings as its permanent chief executive officer effective immediately

Price Chopper and Market 32 shoppers who are enrolled in the AdvantEdge Rewards program will no longer receive a discount at Sunoco gas stations

Police say a woman was unable to avoid hitting a bear that ran into the roadway on Interstate 89 in Berlin Monday night.

Two men face charges after Vermont police say one of them pulled a gun on the other in a parking lot on Monday.

Vermonters are paying 10 cents more than the national average for gas with prices rising across the state since last month

A roadwork project at Interstate 89's Exit 16 in Colchester will be the first diverging diamond intersection in Vermont.

A Plymouth, New Hampshire, man was seriously injured after crashing his pickup on Interstate 93 late Monday afternoon.

South Burlington officials held a ceremonial groundbreaking Monday for the $28 million project.

Lance Goodrich, 40, was sentenced in Grafton County Superior Court for the death of Brooke Goodrich, 25, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office.

Stepping into the shop of Stephanie Grace Ceramics, there’s an immediate feel for her signature style, flowy unconventional shapes frozen in time with porcelain