As Vermont approaches the anniversary of flooding that devastated parts of Washington County, Sen. Peter Welch spent Monday visiting Barre and Montpelier, reflecting on the impact of the disasters and ...

MONTPELIER — A pair of high-profile flood mitigation projects in Montpelier have been recommended for a limited pool of federal funding available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Other ...

MONTPELIER — Plans to lift three flood-damaged residential properties onto elevated foundations lurched forward this week, and, with luck, the work will be finished by the end of the year. Nearly two ...

To get ready for climate change, Montpelier is deconstructing a historic home on the property of the city’s founding settler, Jacob Davis. In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 5, Dave Giese with the ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. — A beloved bookstore in Vermont's small capital city moved across the street to a new spot farther from the Winooski River after an ice jam sent river water into the store in 1992. A ...

The Pioneer Street Dam on the Winooski River in Montpelier on Monday, Aug. 18. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger In Montpelier, city officials plan to remove the Pioneer Street Dam and restore a nearby ...

The Montpelier floods have a lot to answer for. In Susan Palmer’s intimate new play “Watershed,” the latest flood ignites a series of revelations — some welcome, some not. Dirt Road Theater opened its ...

For roughly 22 months, the former site of the Montpelier Post Office has sat vacant, a lonely looming presence at the corner of State and Elm streets. The building sustained significant damage from ...

MONTPELIER March 11, 1992, was bracketed by two of the strangest drives of Police Chief Doug Hoyt's more-than-30-year career. The first began just after 7 a.m. as Hoyt drove down Elm Street. At the ...

A deadly flash flood on July 4, 2025, swept through Nancy Callery's childhood home in Hunt, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in ...