The state originally constructed the dam in 1933 — six years after the Winooski River saw historic flooding — to hold water upstream in the Waterbury reservoir and protect against downstream flooding.

THE VERMONT STATE HOUSE BUILDING ESCAPED FLOODING, BUT ITS LEADERS, LIKE ALL VERMONTERS, ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH. PEOPLE ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO FIND HOUSING. IT’S GOING TO TAKE US ...

On Friday, while visiting victims of September’s Hurricane Helene in North Carolina, Mr. Trump said he was considering ...

Almost 6 months after the devastating floods across the region, and a year and a half since Montpelier was inundated by the July 2023 floods, the city and its businesses are still rebuilding.

VTDigger's newsletter for Vermont policy nerds ... It’s a challenge that municipal leaders in some flood-damaged communities in the state have faced recently, too. Negotiations blew past ...

The Vermont senators and representative gave a joint statement expressing their concern of this "authoritarian" decision to ...

A preliminary engineering assessment has been completed for the Waterbury Dam Spillway Project, which aims to improve ...

A federal freeze on grants and loans could impact critical resources for flood recovery, food security, child care and ...