Erin Petenko

Donna Robinson, 43, also of Barre, is being held without bail after allegedly shooting Franklin Driscoll to death last week.

Local agencies are concerned about the future of LIHEAP, which provides millions of dollars to help low-income Vermonters heat their homes.

Amid the worst U.S. measles outbreak in years, Vermont health officials have raised concerns about the state’s not-quite-high enough childhood vaccination rate.

The cuts are expected to impact vaccine programs and mental health support connected to the pandemic.

The pandemic left the state with a variety of tools to help conquer public health challenges. However, experts are concerned about the gaps in federal leadership for future crises.

“It was hard to anticipate the scale that this would go to,” said a state official who in 2020 was the director of health surveillance. “So with every new piece of information, we were sort of pivoting and adjusting our approach.”

The disease has killed 1,258 Vermonters over nearly five years, but the latest numbers suggest that Covid levels are dropping statewide.

The Barre-based granite company has been a draw for locals and tourists for more than a century.

VTDigger created a tracker to follow Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark’s legal actions, together with other states and jurisdictions, challenging actions taken by President Donald Trump.

Levine led the Department of Health through the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the state’s most challenging health crises.