St. Johnsbury /tags/st-johnsbury St. Johnsbury en-US 开云体育 Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:01:37 GMT Man accused of shooting St. Johnsbury police officer pleads not guilty to attempted murder /local-news/2024-12-16/man-accused-of-shooting-st-johnsbury-police-officer-pleads-not-guilty-to-attempted-murder Scott Mason, 38, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder on Monday. Police say Mason shot and seriously injured St. Johnsbury Police Capt. Jason Gray on Friday afternoon. Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:01:37 GMT /local-news/2024-12-16/man-accused-of-shooting-st-johnsbury-police-officer-pleads-not-guilty-to-attempted-murder Liam Elder-Connors St. Johnsbury cop cited for felony assault in incident stemming from jaywalking stop /local-news/2024-08-22/st-johnsbury-cop-cited-for-felony-assault-in-incident-stemming-from-jaywalking-stop St. Johnsbury police Sgt. George Johnson was cited by Vermont State Police for allegedly using excessive force against a 35-year-old man he initially stopped for jaywalking. Thu, 22 Aug 2024 20:04:56 GMT /local-news/2024-08-22/st-johnsbury-cop-cited-for-felony-assault-in-incident-stemming-from-jaywalking-stop Liam Elder-Connors Flash flooding tears through rural communities in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom /local-news/2024-07-30/flash-flooding-tears-through-rural-communities-in-vermonts-northeast-kingdom 鈥淭his is an event that we鈥檝e never had before to this degree, so we鈥檙e venturing down a road that we haven鈥檛 been on, and it鈥檚 not a good road to be on,鈥� said Lyndonville Fire Chief Jeff Corrow. Tue, 30 Jul 2024 21:16:10 GMT /local-news/2024-07-30/flash-flooding-tears-through-rural-communities-in-vermonts-northeast-kingdom Peter Hirschfeld Parts of Northeast Kingdom hit by flash flooding /local-news/2024-07-30/nws-issues-flash-flood-emergency-for-northeast-kingdom Up to 8 inches of rain fell in the Northeast Kingdom Tuesday, causing flash flooding in the early morning hours. Tue, 30 Jul 2024 15:45:23 GMT /local-news/2024-07-30/nws-issues-flash-flood-emergency-for-northeast-kingdom 开云体育 Staff A new law clears the way for a homeless shelter in the Northeast Kingdom /local-news/2023-10-27/a-new-law-clears-the-way-for-a-homeless-shelter-in-the-northeast-kingdom-st-johnsbury Through its zoning, St. Johnsbury has long restricted where shelters can be set up. But a provision of this year鈥檚 HOME Act makes it harder for municipalities to block new shelters. Fri, 27 Oct 2023 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2023-10-27/a-new-law-clears-the-way-for-a-homeless-shelter-in-the-northeast-kingdom-st-johnsbury Carly Berlin US, Canada end loophole that let asylum-seekers cross border /2023-03-27/us-canada-end-loophole-that-let-asylum-seekers-cross-border The new policy says that asylum seekers without U.S. or Canadian citizenship who are caught within 14 days of crossing anywhere along the border will be sent back. Mon, 27 Mar 2023 19:21:12 GMT /2023-03-27/us-canada-end-loophole-that-let-asylum-seekers-cross-border Wilson Ring, Associated Press Free lunch, and a community gathering place, reopens in St. Johnsbury after a 2-year hiatus /local-news/2023-01-10/free-lunch-and-a-community-gathering-place-reopens-in-st-johnsbury-after-a-2-year-hiatus Across Vermont, lunch is served at dozens of senior centers and church basements nearly every day. People show up to get a free meal and warm up or just to socialize. In St. Johnsbury, several of these community lunches stopped during the pandemic. Some have only just started up again. Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:01:05 GMT /local-news/2023-01-10/free-lunch-and-a-community-gathering-place-reopens-in-st-johnsbury-after-a-2-year-hiatus Lexi Krupp A Vt. company plans to process industrial hemp. Their first challenge? Convincing farmers to grow it /local-news/2023-01-09/a-vt-company-plans-to-process-industrial-hemp-their-first-challenge-convincing-farmers-to-grow-it Over the past year, a pair of cousins bought two vacant industrial properties in Vermont. And they believe they have the right business to bring new life to the spaces: Processing industrial hemp. But to be successful, the cousins will need more farmers to grow the crop. Mon, 09 Jan 2023 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2023-01-09/a-vt-company-plans-to-process-industrial-hemp-their-first-challenge-convincing-farmers-to-grow-it Henry Epp 'Tough pill to swallow': Vermont food groups dial back on assistance as federal funds expire /vpr-news/2022-04-25/tough-pill-to-swallow-vermont-food-groups-dial-back-on-assistance-as-federal-funds-expire As the federal relief that propped up nutrition-assistance organizations during the pandemic begins to disappear, food security advocates say Vermont will need to increase public support for food shelves and other programs in order to avoid a surge in malnutrition. Mon, 25 Apr 2022 09:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2022-04-25/tough-pill-to-swallow-vermont-food-groups-dial-back-on-assistance-as-federal-funds-expire Peter Hirschfeld Two years into the pandemic, the state of Vermont's nursing workforce /show/vermont-edition/2022-01-13/two-years-into-the-pandemic-the-state-of-vermonts-nursing-workforce The shortage of nurses in Vermont has reached a crisis point. Sen. Bernie Sanders says the state needs to add 9,000 nurses to the workforce over the next seven years. This hour, we talk with a nurse, a hospital administrator and a nursing school teacher about how they鈥檙e addressing the shortage. And we鈥檒l look at how travel nurses are filling the gaps. Thu, 13 Jan 2022 11:00:00 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2022-01-13/two-years-into-the-pandemic-the-state-of-vermonts-nursing-workforce Mikaela Lefrak, Tedra Meyer, Matthew F Smith