Surging COVID transmission in Vermont is exacerbating pre-existing school staffing issues.
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Vermont has seen surging COVID-19 numbers in recent weeks, driven in part by the “stealth" omicron subvariant BA.2. To get a feel for how schools are weathering the uptick in cases, we spoke with Jay Nichols, executive director of the Vermont Principals' Association.
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VPR evening newscast for Friday, May 20
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A veteran Vermont filmmaker makes his last film. Plus, a former St. Albans cop pleads guilty, and state run testing clinics are closing.
Brave Little State tells the story of the secretive Space Research Corporation, and its founder Gerald Bull, whose talent and ambition led him down a perilous path.
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Host Connor Cyrus speaks to a trio of Burlington High School graduating seniors about their pandemic high school years. -
Recent rule changes made it easier for patients to get abortion pills through the mail, using telehealth services. Now there is growing demand for these services – and new legal battles brewing.
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This hour, host Connor Cyrus will discuss what’s new at some of Vermont's most popular farmers markets.
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The cases point to possible sexual transmission of this cousin of smallpox — a previously unknown method of spread for monkeypox.
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Seven-in-10 U.S. adults say they support some restrictions on abortions, and Americans are split on 15-week bans and whether abortion-inducing medication should be allowed to be mailed to homes.
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Vermont filmmaker Jay Craven hopes his latest project, Lost Nation, will help people reimagine Vermont's early years.
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A former St. Albans police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to punching a woman who was handcuffed in a holding cell. A sentencing hearing will take place later this summer.
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This hour, host Connor Cyrus discusses the aftermath of the mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., and the work on diversity, equity and inclusion happening in Vermont.
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While most birds are facing rapid population declines across the continent, a long-lived scavenger is gaining ground in Vermont. The first pair of black vultures known to nest in Vermont had a chick in a falling down barn in Burlington in the spring of 2020.
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Burning oil, coal and other fossil fuels releases plumes of tiny, dangerous particles. A new study estimates that eliminating that pollution would save about 50,000 lives in the U.S. each year.
Vermont has been a popular destination for those relocating during the pandemic. Brave Little State checks in with some who made the move to see how they’re adjusting to their new lives.
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