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This year, VTDigger is teaming up with Henry’s Weather Channel to help answer the annual question of when and where peak foliage will make its appearance across the state.

Blue lights on top of a police cruiser.

Republican Gov.

Hank Poitras, better known as “Planet Hank,” speaks during a social media livestream in May 2026.

Dear Editor, I oppose proposals to impose a substantially higher property tax rate on second homes in Vermont.

Evangelical preacher Tommie Zito is planning to covert Green Mountain College in Poultney into Z University.

Agency of Digital Services Secretary Denise Reilly-Hughes at the Statehouse in Montpelier in Feb. 2025.

Shiloh Skalka, 16, was killed in July in Burlington after she was struck by a vehicle while crossing a roadway on her e-bike in a crosswalk with warning lights flashing.

The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues.

This commentary is by David Bond, who taught at Bennington College from 2013 to 2026.

Sam Lucci has known for the last ten years that he wanted to finish his education but constantly found himself weighing the costs against the benefits.

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An aisle in a grocery store with canned food items.

Republican Lieutenant Governor John Rodgers, left, and Molly Gray, a Democratic nominee to be the lieutenant governor.

The B.O.R.

Union doctors and staff workers at the University of Vermont Medical Center, along with their supporters, during a rally in Burlington in June 2026.

Dear Editor, Judy Olinick’s recent letter to VTDigger in response to Renee McGuinness’ commentary on Proposal 4, the so-called equality of rights amendment, contains misleading information.

The Champlain College campus in Burlington on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

This commentary is by Kate Lucier, who was a state employee for nearly 14 years.

First responders and town officials gathered at Centra Fire Station in Brattleboro to say goodbye to Fire Chief Jay Symonds before he leaves for approximately 13 months of military service with the New York Army National Guard on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026.

Tate Rheaume appears in Rutland County Superior criminal court in April 2024.

The McCaffrey Courthouse in Rutland on Thursday, September 10, 2026.

This commentary is by Latimer Hoke, a paramedic and ski patroller in northern Vermont.

A classroom.

This commentary is by Al Vigier, the chief executive officer of Caseway, an artificial intelligence company that co-creates products with large enterprises and shares the revenue with them.

Born: 05/22/1927 Indianapolis, Indiana Died: 10/02/2026 Manchester, Vermont Details of service: The family plans a memorial celebration in the spring.

Carter Smith worked as much as he could last summer and saved every extra dollar.

Dear Editor, As VTDigger’s recent reporting clearly indicates, over its last several sessions, the Vermont Legislature has danced around the predominant and defining cause of Vermont’s historic dilemma.

Students help load wood onto a truck to be delivered to families in need in the area.

People walk along the beach at St.

Born: 04/28/1956 New York City, New York Died: 06/23/2026 Details of service: A private service will be held at a later date.

A voter carries ballots past a booth in Shelburne on Primary Day, Tuesday, August 11, 2026.

The Essex County Courthouse in Guildhall, center, sits between the Meeting House (left) and the Essex County Sheriff’s Department on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.

Jessica Lemay (left on Webex screen) gives her victim impact statement during the sentencing of Jeffrey Mullins (center) for his involvement in a fatal shooting last August.

Born: 02/01/1958 Brockton, Massachusetts Died: 09/17/2026 Bristol, Vermont Details of service: A celebration of life was held in August while Sally could enjoy it in person.

Frank Saliani handles freshly thrown plates in his Montpelier studio, Green House Pottery.

Democratic nominee for governor Amanda Janoo, left, and Republican Gov.

Fair Haven Grade School.

Musicians from across the state play at a protest against ICE and CBP in St.

This commentary is by Natalie Sinkew, who lives in St.

Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals President Nicole DiVita, right, and Jacob Berkowitz, president of UVMMC Support Staff United, pictured on Oct. 2.

The United States Border Inspection Station in Derby Line in March 2025.

The project is generally described as the clearing of .36 acres through the existing canopy for two new trails on Spruce Peak.

The Brattleboro Memorial Hospital campus on Belmont Avenue.

Fall foliage in Warren, Vermont on September 29, 2026.

The Vermont Superior Court building and the Orleans County Court House in Newport in March 2024.

This commentary is by Conor Casey, who represents Montpelier in the Vermont House and is a co-chair of the Vermont Legislature’s Working Vermonters Caucus.

This commentary is by Elizabeth Brown, who is the Vermont state director of the Fiscal Alliance Foundation.

The steeple of St.

Homes in Williston on Sept. 29.