Mark Davis
News DirectorMark Davis has spent more than a decade working as a reporter in Vermont, focusing on both daily and long-form stories. Prior joining 开云体育 as assistant news director, he worked for five years at Seven Days, the alt-weekly in Burlington, where he won national awards for his criminal justice reporting. Before that, he spent nine years at the Valley News, where he won state and national awards for his coverage of the criminal justice system, Topical Storm Irene, and other topics. He has also served as a producer and editor for the Rumblestrip podcast. He graduated from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
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Vermonters and the throngs of visitors who traveled to see the event recount how it felt to witness Monday鈥檚 total eclipse of the sun. Plus, Vermont鈥檚 longest serving member of the state Senate announces his retirement, I share a few thoughts on my own eclipse watching experience, and we鈥檒l have an update on traffic as the visiting post-eclipse crowds head out of the state. -
Thousands of visitors came to northern Vermont to see the eclipse under mostly clear skies, many having changed their plans at the last minute. -
The owner of a controversial military-style training facility was arrested on Wednesday afternoon after a physical struggle with a constable. -
Towns that received federal rescue funding for housing and development projects debate how to spend the money. Plus, voters reject a large number of school budgets, how Nikki Haley managed to win Vermont鈥檚 Republican presidential primary before suspending her campaign, several towns voted on a ceasefire resolution for the war between Israel and Hamas, Barre Opera House鈥檚 executive director is stepping down, and cases of Norovirus are on the rise in the northeast.
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Attorney General Charity Clark said today that detective Shaun Hewitt used "necessary and appropriate force" when he opened fire on Kenneth Barber Jr. as Barber tried to speed away from him -
As of early Wednesday morning, officials said, the Vermont 211 system had received only 20 damage reports. -
鈥淐limate change is real. I don鈥檛 think anyone should be surprised about this,鈥� Gov. Phil Scott said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think we can use the traditional methods of 100-year-storms. We鈥檝e proven with Irene, and the July flooding, and then just five months later another storm鈥 don鈥檛 know how to qualify them at this point.鈥� -
Scott told flood-weary Vermonters on Monday night that this week鈥檚 storm will not be on the 鈥渟ame scale鈥� as July鈥檚 disaster, but will still deliver a 鈥済ut punch鈥� to many of the communities hardest-hit this summer. -
Turning younger forests into older ones faster to help make them more resilient to climate change. Plus, Gov. Scott is not pleased with a projected property tax hike, BETA Technologies seeks to expand in Plattsburgh, seeing whether wood chips can help remove so-called 鈥渇orever chemicals鈥� from the environment, Stowe Mountain resort faces a wrongful death lawsuit, and seeking public input on ways to fight climate change.
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An investigation by Vermont State Police indicates Katie Hartnett was visiting the river upstream of the Huntington Gorge in Richmond on Friday afternoon when she slipped and fell into the water.
