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• State police seeking ICE raid protester, even as earlier arrests yielded no charges

  18-06-2026 23:55 via vtdigger.org
  
  Vermont State Police cruisers seen in Burlington in January 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerMonths after a chaotic immigration raid at a South Burlington home, state police are asking the public to help identify a man they say smashed a police van window and injured a trooper, even as a Vermont prosecutor declined in April to charge any of the six protesters arrested that day.State police sent out the request this week, alongside body camera footage of the incident and two photos of t
  
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• Vergennes battery project raises red flags

  18-06-2026 23:45 via vtdigger.org
  
  Carrie Hathaway is a senior financial advisor at Howard Center and owns a home in Vergennes.As the nearest, most affected property owner to Lightshift’s proposed battery energy storage system in Vergennes, I would like to point out that the recent article in VTDigger about the project being put on hold left out some important information.The article says that “while the 4.99-megawatt, five-shipping-container-sized facility could reduce electric bills for Vergennes residents and Verm
  
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• Thunderstorms hit Vermont, downing powerlines and causing a flash flood warning in Bennington County

  18-06-2026 23:33 via vtdigger.org
  
  A crew from Green Mountain Power works on a line in Charlotte in Nov. 2019.File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerHeavy thunderstorms hit Vermont on Thursday, triggering a flash flood warning for part of Bennington County and causing power outages across the state. Storms began rolling over the state early Thursday morning, and by the afternoon, the National Weather Service had issued severe thunderstorm warnings for the area around Rutland, Middlebury, Montpelier and much of Windsor County.
  
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• When a state agency loses its way

  18-06-2026 23:24 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,A recent letter to VTDigger regarding the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s failure to represent Vermonters pointed to a culture that is not reflective of the state at large. It suggested a hiring practice that ensures Vermont values are not reflected in the makeup of staff. To add to these issues comes the department’s decision to embark upon a greenwashing campaign on Vermont Public. While there are countless sound reasons that businesses and individuals shou
  
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• UVM Health is downsizing. Here’s what those cuts mean for services.

  18-06-2026 23:01 via vtdigger.org
  
  Union members and their supporters attend a press conference in Burlington in July 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerWhen the University of Vermont Health network laid off more than 140 employees last week, it sent shock waves through the state’s largest healthcare provider.As some staff try to make sense of the sudden news, others weigh just how much the estimated $9.5 million in annual savings can help the hospital meet its goal of cutting expenses by $300 million in three years
  
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• Ralph Wright, ‘revered and feared’ longest-serving Vermont House speaker, dies at 91

  18-06-2026 19:33 via vtdigger.org
  
  Rep. Ralph Wright, D-Bennington, waves after his election as Vermont House speaker in 1985. Photo by Ron MacNeil/UPI, courtesy Vermont Historical SocietyWhen Montpelier journalist Chris Graff wrote his 2006 memoir, “Dateline Vermont,” he recounted the rise of such 20th-century politicians as the state’s first woman governor, Madeleine Kunin; its chief executive who died in office, Richard Snelling; and its physician turned presidential candidate, Howard Dean.Then came a second
  
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• Vermont Conversation: ‘Going to where the silence is.’ Journalist Amy Goodman on 30 years of speaking truth to power

  18-06-2026 00:27 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues. Listen and subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get podcasts.Amy Goodman is the host, executive producer and co-creator of Democracy Now! Photo by Wolfgang SchmidtFor 30 years, journalist Amy Goodman has been “going to where the silence is” to report stories that the powerful would rather you not know
  
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• Protecting public lands means protecting them from us

  18-06-2026 00:14 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,I’d like to respond to the recent letters and commentaries in VTDigger about public land use and remind their authors that the overarching goal of setting aside lands for protection is, well, protecting these natural resources for the future, leaving them as wild as possible. No one can predict all the treasures that nature holds until science advances enough to discover them. 
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  For example, we’re still learning about mycorrhizae — symbiotic fungi tha
  
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