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• Washington County bus service looks to turn a corner with switch from beleaguered Green Mountain Transit

  14-07-2026 23:17 via vtdigger.org
  
  A bus stop on U.S. Route 2 in Middlesex on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerPublic bus service in Washington County is expected to be on firmer financial ground now that an operator with a rural focus has taken over after years of service cuts under Green Mountain Transit. Tri-Valley Transit, which has operated routes in Addison, Orange and northern Windsor counties since 2017, took over from GMT in Washington County this month.Local riders and officials had decried p
  
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• In a crowded Windsor County Senate primary, similar Democrats vie to distinguish themselves

  14-07-2026 21:50 via vtdigger.org
  
  Evelyn Seidner, outreach and campaigns coordinator for Vermont Conservation Voters, holds up a card to warn Benjamin Brickner, of Pomfret, that his response time is running short during a forum for candidates in the Windsor County Democratic Senate Primary at Hartford Town Hall in White River Junction on June 29, 2026. From left are candidates Chris Dube, Becca White, Heather Chase, Joe Major, Brickner and Elizabeth Burrows. Photo by James M. Patterson / Valley NewsFor voters considering the si
  
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• High temps and high winds: What to know about Vermont’s severe weather threat today

  14-07-2026 19:36 via vtdigger.org
  
  The entire state of Vermont is under a heat advisory, with the heat index expected to reach above 100 degrees in the Champlain Valley and portions of southeastern Vermont.
  Updated 5:23 p.m.Vermont is expecting a triple threat of heat, wildfire smoke and severe storms — including the possibility of tornadoes — from Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday night and possibly beyond, the National Weather Service reported.The weather service has taken the rare step of issuing an “enhanced r
  
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• High temps and high winds: What to know about Vermont’s possible severe weather today

  14-07-2026 19:36 via vtdigger.org
  
  The entire state of Vermont is under a heat advisory, with the heat index expected to reach above 100 degrees in the Champlain Valley and portions of southeastern Vermont.
  Vermont is expecting a triple threat of heat, wildfire smoke and severe storms — including the possibility of tornadoes — from Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday night and possibly beyond, the National Weather Service reported.The weather service has taken the rare step of issuing an “enhanced risk” design
  
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• No one struggling to pay rent can meet a $12,000 deductible

  14-07-2026 19:08 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,I was glad to see that Blue Cross Blue Shield canceled its proposed “Vermont Basic” health plans. The debate over this proposal showed just how completely disconnected the people designing these plans and our healthcare system have become from the lives of ordinary Vermonters.To call a plan with an $11,800 deductible before the insurance would bother to kick in an “affordable option” exists only in a policy fantasy bubble. An individual or a family struggling
  
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• The two Democrats running for Chittenden County sheriff couldn’t be more different

  14-07-2026 01:39 via vtdigger.org
  
  Chittenden County Sheriff Dan Gamelin, left, and Kevin Bloom, a candidate for Chittenden County Sheriff. Photos by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerKevin Bloom has never been a cop and doesn’t own a gun. But now, they want to be sheriff.Bloom runs a music studio and works for an audio software company. They have no law enforcement background, and their campaign platform questions whether the regular duties of Vermont sheriffs are even necessary.“This isn’t a law enforcement job,” B
  
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• Teen killer of Dartmouth professors in 2001 resentenced, eligible for parole in 20 years

  14-07-2026 00:28 via vtdigger.org
  
  Robert Tulloch listens as Judge Lawrence MacLeod reads out his new sentence during a hearing on Monday, July 13, 2026, in Grafton Superior Court in North Haverhill, N.H. At right is Tulloch’s lawyer, Richard Guerriero. Tulloch was pled guilty of murdering two Dartmouth College professors as a teenager more than 25 years ago. Photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley NewsThis story by Alex Ebrahimi was originally published in the Valley News on July 13, 2026.Robert Tulloch, who previously received a
  
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• Alexander Read Cronin

  14-07-2026 00:09 via vtdigger.org
  
  Born: 04/12/1978Littleton, NHDied: 06/25/2026Montecito, CADetails of service:His family will be honoring him in a private ceremony in October in the Adirondack woods.Alexander Read Cronin was born in 1978 in Littleton, New Hampshire, just over the border of Vermont — a place that shaped his lifelong love of woods, water and things with wheels. He grew up surrounded by nature and family, spending his early years hunting in Vermont and the Adirondacks, fishing in Lake Champlain, camping in
  
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