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Building a system with treatment on demand, not a safe injection site, is the real path to compassion. Read the story on VTDigger here: Fund recovery, not active addiction .

The Food Systems Research Station is a long-term collaboration between the University of Vermont and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service. Read the story on VTDigger here: UVM and USDA researchers hope to improve local agriculture .

Saplings with torn leaves and chewed stems are telltale signs of deer browse. Read the story on VTDigger here: ‘We have more deer than our forests can support’: Norwich walk highlights browse damage .

We’re close to our $100,000 goal, and it’s not too late to help us reach it. Read the story on VTDigger here: An update on VTDigger’s Fall Member Drive .

David loved life so very much. He found joy in all of the people and places surrounding him and was brought to tears more often from smiles than from sadness. Read the story on VTDigger here: David Martin .

A jury in Burlington found Jason Eaton guilty of attempting to kill three Palestinian men in 2023.

Andrew had a passion for fishing—a love that began as a small child when he would sneak out of bed on summer evenings to fish in the brook running through the backyard. Read the story on VTDigger here: Andrew Dexter Morse .

St. Johnsbury gets payback against Middlebury in a rematch of last year's Division I high school football state championship, the UVM men's soccer team suffers its first defeat of the year, and the UVM field hockey team wins its fifth straight.

The U.S. General Services Administration this week said a local organization's offer of $540,000 to purchase the building at 87 State St. was too far below the value of the property.

Maddie Cobb paid off her school debt in 10 years, and spent a lot of nights in the woods.

Attempts to regulate short-term rentals in Shaftsbury and North Bennington are on the way. Read the story on VTDigger here: Towns move forward on regulating short-term rentals .

Members of the Vermont Labor Relations Board are appointed by Gov. Phil Scott. “I don't understand why the governor is taking so long,” one labor leader said. Read the story on VTDigger here: The state panel handling labor disputes in Vermont is short on members at a critical moment .

Two dangerous Chittenden County intersections have known fatal crash histories, yet proposed roundabouts to fix them face years of delay. Read the story on VTDigger here: How many crashes will it take to build a roundabout? .

“It got really, really rough,” one former owner said of her efforts to keep hold of her dogs. “That’s not a fair life.” Read the story on VTDigger here: As financial hardship drives owners to give up pets, Vermont can’t rehome them fast enough .

Start growing these small shrubs now, and in a few years, hazelberts will produce nuts for you and nearby wildlife.

“We can hear all the horrible, hateful rhetoric, but most human beings want to help each other out,” Bess O’Brien says of her new slice-of-life movie “Every Day: Big and Small,” set to tour the state this fall. Read the story on VTDigger here: This Vermont documentarian has filmed three decades of hard things. So why is she now focusing on hope? .