Trump and Vance talk RNC, assassination attempt and manufacturing at Grand Rapids rally
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a Grand Rapids rally, July 20, 2024 | Lucy Valeski One week out from the assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally, former President Donald…
Amid a flood of bad news, a 90-year-old Vermonter finds reason to sing
Barbara Lloyd, 90, rehearses for her showstopping number in Weston Theater Company’s summer revival of the Broadway musical “Pippin.” Photo courtesy of the Weston Theater Company WESTON — When a…
Tough cuts and leadership changes: one year into the Vermont State University experiment
The Johnson campus of Vermont State University in Johnson on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont State University tried to do a lot in the last 12…
Study: Dollar stores entry into rural communities often adds to rural grocery challenges
A Dollar General store in Sunnyside, Pennsylvania (Photo via Flickr | CC-BY-SA 2.0) The influx of dollar stores into the rural landscape can have a devastating effect on grocery stores…
Red-state cities and suburbs are becoming more diverse
(Getty Images) Growth in Asian, Black and Hispanic communities is transforming cities and suburban counties, especially in red states such as Florida, Indiana and Texas, according to a new Stateline…
Democratic calls for a new nominee ramp up as Biden camp pledges to stay the course
President Joe Biden speaks at the 115th NAACP National Convention at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on July 16, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was Biden’s last event before…
Republican businessman Sandy Pensler drops Senate bid, endorses former US Rep. Mike Rogers
Businessman Sandy Pensler (L) endorsed U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R) for U.S. Senate at the former President Donald Trump rally in Grand Rapids, July 20, 2024 | Lucy Valeski As…
Nuclear waste, atomic testing on tap for Nevada in Project 2025 manifesto
View of Yucca Mountain showing coring activities in 2006. (U.S. Department of Energy Photo) A victory by Donald Trump in November could revive America’s long-shuttered nuclear weapons testing program in…
On this day in 1963
JULY 21, 1963 The cover of the Aug. 8, 1963, issue of Jet magazine features Gloria Richardson. When a National Guardsman poked his bayonet at Gloria Richardson in Cambridge, Maryland,…
Then Again: The Bennington Centre Cemetery, ‘Vermont’s Sacred Acre’
The oldest graves in the Bennington Centre Cemetery were dug more than 40 years before the church which sits beside them was built. Photo by Mark Bushnell/VTDigger Two poems are…