Pride Center of Vermont to close due to funding gap

Sign up for the Valley News' morning newsletter and get essential news each day. One of the state’s largest organizations supporting the LGBTQ+ community is closing its doors due to lack of state and federal funding. After 26 years, the Pride...

Farming Fun: Ruth Goodrich, Jackie Folsom, and Greg Burtt Share Hilarious Stories from the Heart of Vermont Agriculture

When your farming roots go back to 1793, you have plenty of entertaining stories like the one sugarmaker Ruth Goodrich narrates, straight-faced, about Gramp Reed and the naked turkeys. Hearing apple orchard co-owner Greg Burtt laugh over...

Raise Up’s tax hike would stall progress on Massachusetts’ business climate

Still, the housing crisis persists. Unemployment insurance is a mess. Workers are being stretched thin by costs for child care and health care. Those are reasons enough for lawmakers to reject a bill that would increase by 10-fold the amount of...

23 recent hospital, health system CEO moves

Becker’s has recently reported on the following hospital and health system CEO moves, including appointments and exits. Note: This page was created March 19 and updated Oct. 10. Sept. 25-Oct. 10 1. Kelley Kaiser was appointed president and CEO of...

Celeb-backed wellness craze can be harmful to health: ‘There’s a real danger to consumers’

One celeb-loved wellness treatment may not B healthy after all. Vitamin infusions — which deliver mixtures of vitamins, minerals and other supplements into the bloodstream through an IV — are growing in popularity thanks to claims that they...

Southern Vermont Flannel Festival returns

The Southern Vermont Flannel Festival will be held Oct. 18 and 19. Photo provided ROCKINGHAM, Vt. – Slip into your favorite flannel and step into the heart of autumn at the Southern Vermont Flannel Festival, happening Saturday, Oct. 18, 11 a.m. –...

C-section rates vary widely by hospital, but women often can't see the data

Roughly one in 10 pregnant women in the US undergoes a cesarean section that experts say could have been avoided. One of the strongest predictors of her risk of a medically unnecessary C-section isn't her age, health, or pregnancy complications —...

Where Americans Can't Afford Healthcare

If there are two issues that dominate America’s online discourse, they’re the soaring cost of housing and the even steeper price of staying healthy. The U.S. pours almost $13,000 per person into healthcare, yet average life expectancy is below...

Dr. Michael Fine: Three things that are smart, not crazy, about health care

Three logical, smart, and hopeful things happened in health care in the past few weeks. I’m glad to be able to tell you about them. The first good thing is that the Rhode Island Department of Health joined Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont,...

Some immigrants who assisted U.S. military are denied food stamps under Vermont’s contested interpretation of GOP spending bill

Afghan families from around the state gather in Burlington on March 19, 2023, to celebrate Nowruz, a holiday that marks the start of spring and new year in Afghanistan. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Last month, Roshani, an Afghan case...

Southcoast Health Welcomes Twelve New Providers to the Health System

Southcoast Health is pleased to announce that the not-for-profit community health system welcomed twelve new providers this month. They are joining family medicine, the hospitalist program, internal medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedic,...

Preparing for seasonal depression on World Mental Health Day

JACK. LAUREN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TODAY IS WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY. AND AS WE TAKE A TURN INTO THE COLDER MONTHS. SEASONAL DEPRESSION IS A TOPIC MANY PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO IN OUR REGION. WE SPOKE WITH DOCTOR MARC BRACKETT, THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR...

Vt. man dead after suspected medical event that led to car crash into house

A 75-year-old man died Thursday afternoon after suffering a suspected medical event that led to him crashing into a home in Richford, Vermont. State police say troopers were called to a house on Troy Street, near the intersection of Farrar Street,...

Dr. Pablo Bose and Dr. Thomas Huddleston: Vermont’s unique rural welcome of refugees

Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a...

'It's astounding:' Rep. Becca Balint on the House's extended shutdown recess

Since the federal government shut down on Oct. 1, the Senate has held dozens of votes . It's a very different story over in the House, which has not been in session since September 19th — before the shutdown started. On Vermont Edition Monday,...

Caring for the community by welcoming three infectious disease physicians

BANGOR — Northern Light Infectious Disease Care in Bangor is pleased to welcome three new physicians to care for patients. York Chen, MD; Ahmar Jafary, DO; and Eleanor Stedman, MD, diagnose and treat a variety of infectious disease conditions and...

Porter Medical Center invites public to centennial ribbon-cutting Oct. 17

The hospital will unveil an exhibit commemorating its 100-year history and install a time capsule that will be opened in 2075, during an event from 1 to 3 pm. Vermont Business Magazine As University of Vermont Health – Porter Medical Center...

Pride Center of Vermont to close Friday due to funding gap

Participants in the Pride Vermont parade march up Church Street in Burlington on Sept. 8, 2019. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated at 6:26 p.m. One of the state’s largest organizations supporting the LGBTQ+ community is closing its doors...

Fewer Vermonters report religious affiliation in nationwide survey

Doc Bradley grew up in rural Oklahoma and finished his doctorate in Las Vegas before joining the University of Vermont as a professor of politics and religion. When he began teaching here, he was surprised to see that his students were unfamiliar...

The Pride Center of Vermont to cease operations as board asks for emergency funding from locals

The Pride Center of Vermont is closing its doors this week, according to the organization's website.A message from The Pride Center's Board of Directors said critical funding shortfalls have caused them to pause their operations as of Friday, Oct....