Lexi Krupp

1 month ago | vermontpublic.org | Lexi Krupp

Many in Essex learned this week that Amazon is proposing to build a warehouse in town. Over 80 people packed into a meeting in the town office Thursday night to discuss the proposed facility, which would sit about five miles from Interstate 89 and within a mile of the Winooski River. This would be the first Amazon facility in the state, with workers sorting items and making deliveries within roughly 70 miles, according to developers.

1 month ago | vnews.com | Lexi Krupp

E-Edition Advertise Newsletters Subscribe Home News Opinion Sports Photos Arts & Life Obituaries Classifieds Calendar Puzzles By LEXI KRUPP Vermont Public Published: 03-19-2025 5:01 PM Gifford Medical Center in Randolph lost over $10 million providing patient care last year — nearly 20% of the hospital’s operating margin. It’s not alone.

1 month ago | vermontpublic.org | Lexi Krupp

This story, originally published in March of 2024, has been updated. For years, the state would advise Vermonters to remove bird feeders and other food sources that might attract a bear to their property by April 1. Recently though, that hasn’t been a reliable end of the hibernating season. “We have been seeing that creep earlier and earlier into mid-March,” Jaclyn Comeau, the bear biologist for Vermont Fish and Wildlife, told Vermont Public last year.

1 month ago | vermontpublic.org | Lexi Krupp

Gifford Medical Center in Randolph lost over $10 million providing patient care last year — nearly 20% of the hospital’s operating margin. It’s not alone. Gifford was one of six Vermont hospitals that lost money in their operations last fiscal year, as reported this week by the state’s health care regulator, the Green Mountain Care Board. That follows several years of losses at many of the state’s hospitals.

1 month ago | mainepublic.org | Lexi Krupp

There are 125 open positions at the University of Vermont. And for the next two months, the majority of those jobs very likely won’t be filled. That’s after the university announced a 60-day hiring pause starting this week, citing uncertainty of multiple sources of federal funding and the potential for a partial federal government shutdown next week.