WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release on March 4, 2024: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Vermont to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm and flooding from Dec. 18-19, 2023. Public assistance federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organiza  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The White House issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Vermont and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm and flooding from December 18 to December 19, 2023. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, March 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office stated that, on March 4, 2024, Rafael Ortiz, 47, of Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced by United States District Judge William K. Sessions III to 110 months in prison and three years of supervised release following his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine base and possession of a firearm   more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, March 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on March 7, 2024, Quenton Dodson, 36, originally from Ypsilanti, Michigan, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey Crawford to a term of 96 months' imprisonment to be followed by a four-year term of supervised release. Dodson previously pleaded guilty to possession with inte  more