WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Six state/federal Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) across Vermont will be changing their hours and days of operation. As of September 15, 2024, four DRCs will no longer be open on Sundays. The hours of operation from Monday to Saturday have been shortened to 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. until further notice. These centers are located at: Brighton Town Hall Gym 49 Mill S  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: A new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows direct evidence of Greenland being ice-free within the last 1.1 million years. This NSF-funded study analyzed sediment drilled through the Greenland Ice Sheet at NSF Summit Station, located at the apex of the ice sheet, in 1993. Halley Mastro (G'24 in Bierman Lab) looking at fossilized materials found in soil fro  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The White House issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: 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 severe storms and flooding from June 22 to June 24, 202. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-shar  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Vermont to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and flooding from June 22-24, 2024. Public assistance federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency wo  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that on August 8, 2024, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging William McLaughlin, 45, from Bennington, VT, Samantha Danforth, 35, from Bennington, VT, and Keahnard Rowell, also known as "Stacks", 34, from New York, NY, with conspiring to distribute coca  more