Vermont

A yoga teacher suspected of killing an elite Vermont cyclist in Texas was captured in Costa Rica, according to authorities. Kaitlin Marie Armstrong was found at a hostel on Santa Teresa Beach in Provincia de Puntarenas Wednesday, the U.S. Marshals Office said Thursday. The 34-year-old will be deported and brought back to the U.S.   Authorities in Texas had been searching...

A Vermont man was arrested on charges including murder on the high seas in the 2016 death of his mother on a boat that had sparked a civil legal saga, federal prosecutors announced. Nathan Carman was arrested Tuesday on an eight-count indictment, according to officials at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont. The document also charges...

Governors and state lawmakers throughout the U.S. are floating proposals to send checks to help residents cope with soaring inflation at a time when state budgets are bursting with cash

Maryam Counter of St. George, Vermont, has gathered thousands of dollars to support UNICEF and help children in Ukraine harmed by Russia’s attacks.

The alpine skier’s mother, Barbara Ann Cochran, won gold in the 1972 Sapporo Olympics.

Being born in Vermont doesn’t automatically make someone a maple syrup expert, but helping build a family syrup business certainly does. Olympian Ryan Cochran-Siegle is an expert at three things: syrup, skiing and the pain that often comes with crashing.

A man from Vermont is crediting his loyal dog with lending a hand — or make that, a paw — in helping save her owner’s life following a nasty crash.

A television producer has pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges in connection with paying a Nevada woman to bring her 9-year-old daughter to Vermont to engage in illegal sexual activity at a Ludlow ski house.

Almost a year and a half later, no one, it seems, is happy. Not even the councilor who proposed the resolution.

The Baird family has been making maple syrup in Vermont for 103 years — and business has never been better. “Sugarmaker” Jenna Baird is just the latest in her family to learn that keeping their product simple and natural is key to its success. NBCLX contributor Greg Bledsoe brings his Family Geography Project to Baird Farm in Vermont to learn...

Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the longest-serving member of the Senate, said Monday he will not seek reelection in 2022 to the seat he has held for eight terms.

It should come as no surprise that the new law is stirring a debate on social media.

After the nation on Wednesday crossed the grim milestone of 750,000 COVID-19 deaths in Johns Hopkins University’s count, some are wondering how communities nationwide may honor those victims. In the landmark Hope Cemetery, which showcases the skill and artistry that made Barre, Vermont, famous for its granite carving industry, you will find a tribute to lives lost to the Spanish…

A cemetery in Middlebury is the final resting place of someone unlike anyone else in any other Vermont cemetery. “It’s a great Vermont story,” observed Tom Giffin of the Vermont Old Cemetery Association. In the West Cemetery, located across Route 30 from the Middlebury College Center for the Arts, the ashes of an actual mummy from ancient Egypt are buried….

One of Vermont’s best-known breweries made a change to its manufacturing process it hopes could inspire fresh approaches to reducing environmental impacts across the industry.

Federal prosecutors and the FBI were notified about three former Vermont State Police troopers suspected of involvement in fake coronavirus vaccination cards.

Three Vermont state troopers who are accused of being involved in a scheme to create fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards have resigned, state police said Tuesday.

As the Tokyo Olympics feature dramatic and impressive finishes in swimming competitions, a Vermont man is reflecting on his time as a member of Team USA. “Talent is really spread far and wide,” Jed Graef of Shelburne, Vermont, observed of the Olympic swimmers now vying for gold in Japan. Graef was 22 in 1964, when the Games were also held…

With American vacationers congregating in many of the same destinations, some travel spots — even well-known ones — have fewer people than usual.

Ben & Jerry’s said Monday it was going to stop selling its ice cream in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and contested east Jerusalem, saying the sales in the territories sought by the Palestinians are “inconsistent with our values.” The announcement was one of the strongest and highest-profile rebukes by a well-known company of Israel’s policy of settling its citizens on...