Until now, forest ‘carbon credit’ schemes have all required forests to remain pristine and unworked - and therefore not profitable for the owners. But a new plan would allow Vermont forest landowners to both work the land and profit from its carbon-consuming value. Because a piece of wooden furniture made from Vermont trees is more than just a dresser, a table, or a chair - it’s a “carbon sequestration device.”

The United States Dept. of Agriculture (?) has loaned $57 million for school building improvements to one-mile-square Winooski - probably the most heavily populated urban community in Vermont.

It’s a scandal, it’s an outrage that not every American owns and wears a mask, Sen. Bernie Sanders says. A new bill would fix that.

In Middlebury, a telephone pole suffering from “internal damage” at its base snapped with a couple of Green Mountain Power linemen aloft.

The $600 federal payment to unemployed Vermonters will end this week. Will Washington extend it? And if so, to whom, and by how much?

Some hope and help for a sector of the economy previously ignored.

Senator Leahy pays tribute to an American icon.

According to a recent survey 53 percent of working age Vermonters have a degree or certification for post-secondary education. There are more than twice as many in Chittenden County than in Essex County. Whites outrank blanks, who lead American Indians, but Asian-Americans lead all ethnic groups.

$750,000 sounds like a lot of money, but not when you divide it 122 ways.

Landlords who haven’t received expected rent payments from tenants will get a cool $30 million