The Deeper Dig

'It's hard out here'

A plan for what’s left of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant

Edi Abeneto of Feeding Chittenden on fighting hunger and breaking down cultural barriers

How to raise emotionally intelligent kids

The star-studded history of a small island in Lake Bomoseen

Who is the University of Vermont for?

Synagogue sold — what happens when a historic house of worship becomes something else

‘It dominates anxiety’ — unpacking the process and impact of health insurance premium hikes

How flooding affects Vermont’s wildlife and ecosystems

‘I was in shock.’ — Reporters on the impact of Vermont’s catastrophic flooding

The fraught politics of Vermont’s motel housing program

A spate of deaths focuses attention on Vermont prisons and the Department of Corrections

A VTDigger reporter’s guide to the Statehouse

Deep in the forest, a patch of common ground

What’s happened at Vermont sheriffs’ departments

To go big, or go bigger, on child care

Noah Kahan on ‘existing in a place that you've just written about’

Leveling the funding field for small towns

What 97 acres means to Williston

What’s next for Montpelier’s water system?

What keeps Vermonters together across a widening income divide?

Vermont wasn’t always a safe haven for reproductive rights

Competition in the Kingdom

Exiting education

Building a Vermont haven for Ukrainian families

How to get a truck unstuck from Smugglers Notch

Buzz’s quest for a hardy Vermont persimmon

Can Covid be tracked without widespread testing?

Why Vermont’s 150-year old school tuition system might have to change

A new wave of inflation

Sandy and Marie-Pierre

The pain of long Covid

The lessons of nursing home lockdowns

After Omicron

Students and the Omicron surge

How Vermont hospitals are handling the Covid-19 surge

Could activists end hound hunting?

Turning climate goals into action

A surge in Barre schools

The case for mask mandates

Why do kids need a Covid vaccine?

Diving in headfirst

The future of Vermont’s congressional representation

The outlook for emergency housing

Life and learning inside the Burlington Macy’s

Paul Costello reflects on two decades of community building

Starting school amid a Covid surge

A new model for mental health crisis response

How concerning is the Delta variant in Vermont?

The housing crunch hits renters