WVNY-TV (Colchester, VT)

WVNY is a television station that broadcasts on virtual channel 22 (and VHF digital channel 7) and is affiliated with ABC. It is licensed in Burlington, Vermont, and serves the Champlain Valley in Northern Vermont as well as the North Country in Upstate New York, including Plattsburgh. The station is owned by Mission Broadcasting, which is based in Wichita Falls, Texas. However, it operates under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Nexstar Media Group, making it closely linked to WFFF-TV, a Fox affiliate on channel 44, which is also licensed in Burlington. The two stations share their studios located on Mountain View Drive in Colchester, Vermont, while WVNY's transmitter is positioned on Mount Mansfield, the tallest peak in Vermont. Additionally, master control and some internal operations for WVNY are managed from the studios of WWLP, a Nexstar sister station and NBC affiliate located in Chicopee, Massachusetts.

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RFK Jr testifies before House and Senate about HHS cuts

18 hours ago | mychamplainvalley.com | Vinay Simlot

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – For the first time since becoming the Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Junior took questions from members of Congress. His testimony comes as the U.S. passed 1,000 measles cases across 11 states. In his first three months on the job Secretary Robert F. Kennedy junior has eliminated 1/4 of the health agency’s workforce and cut $11 billion in federal funds for states. Senators say those cuts affected vaccine programs in states.
Democratic leaders poised to oppose Trump impeachment: ‘A distraction’

22 hours ago | mychamplainvalley.com | Mike Lillis

Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), center, joined by Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.), left, and … Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), center, joined by Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.), left, and House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), speaks during a press conference regarding the Taxpayer Date Protection Act, on Capitol Hill, Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington.
Finally breaking out of the clouds Sunday

4 days ago | mychamplainvalley.com | Teagan Reeves

Posted: May 10, 2025 / 06:56 PM EDT Updated: May 10, 2025 / 06:56 PM EDT SHARE Sunday: We clear out just in time for mothers day with plenty of sunshine on tap! Clouds will be slower to clear out of Eastern zones for the morning, but by the afternoon everyone is seeing sunshine! Highs are still on the cooler side in the 50s to low 60s.
North Country Woman Donates Lifesaving Stem Cells To Brother

5 days ago | mychamplainvalley.com | Matt Lawfer

PLATTSBURGH, NY (WVNY/WFFF) — The bond between siblings is often unparalleled. The lifelong bond between Kim Lamay and her brother, Cory McNamara, is now literally unbreakable. Cory was diagnosed with leukemia last year. His sister, Kim, saved his life with a stem cell donation. “They told us he was going to need stem cells or a bone marrow transplant, that he was going to need a donor and that a familial match would be his best option. I am his only sibling.
Masked man robs South Burlington bank, police say

5 days ago | mychamplainvalley.com | Brian Wallstin

Posted: May 9, 2025 / 05:06 PM EDT Updated: May 9, 2025 / 05:48 PM EDT SHARE Police in South Burlington are looking for a man who robbed the Community Bank on Shelburne Road late Friday morning.
Plattsburgh town supervisor says mausoleum was vandalized

5 days ago | mychamplainvalley.com | Brian Wallstin

The Town of Plattsburgh is working with local law enforcement to investigate an act of vandalism at the Plattsburgh Community Mausoleum, Town Supervisor Michael Cashman said. Cashman said some threw a rock, “breaking windows at the sacred final resting place.”“This abhorrent and disrespectful act is unacceptable,” Cashman said, adding that authorities are reviewing evidence and pursuing leads. Glass will be replaced in the next few days, Cashman said.
Police: New Hampshire man hits two pedestrians on sidewalk in Putney

5 days ago | mychamplainvalley.com | Brian Wallstin

Vermont State Police say a vehicle driven by a 23-year-old New Hampshire man struck two women walking on the sidewalk on Main Street in Putney on Thursday. One of the victims, Diane E. Clementine, 77, of Putney, suffered what police described as life-threatening injuries and is in critical condition. The other victim, 68-year-old Deborah Bozetarnik, also of Putney, suffered minor injuries, police said. The alleged driver, Jason A.
These U.S. cities are slowly sinking: Virginia Tech study

6 days ago | mychamplainvalley.com | Thaddeus Randazzo

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WFXR) – According to new research from Virginia Tech, urban areas of several major cities across the country are slowly sinking. A new study published in Nature Cities highlights 28 major urban cities in the US that are sinking by 2 to 10 millimeters every year. The lead author and former Virginia Tech graduate student, Leonard Ohenhen, said the main cause is the extraction of groundwater.
Rutland teachers’ union sets May 14 deadline for new contract

6 days ago | mychamplainvalley.com | Brian Wallstin

The Rutland Education Association voted Thursday to authorize its members to strike on May 14 if the teachers union and the city’s school board can’t come to an agreement on a new contract. The association said the teachers have worked 311 with no contract, and two sides have been negotiating for a year and a half. The union says it would be Vermont’s first teachers’ strike in Vermont since the Burlington Education Association struck in 2017.
Trump pushes Republicans to have rich pay more taxes

6 days ago | mychamplainvalley.com | Emily Brooks |Mychael Schnell

The White House is making a last-ditch push to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans as part of President Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” as Republican lawmakers craft the final details of the tax package.