The new Vermont Community Fellows Program helps Vermonters seek out and document diverse viewpoints and work in partnership with community members to address issues of community concern. Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont Community Fellows Program connects youth, adults to understand & address complex local issues .

The mental health treatment provider’s board of trustees has appointed Steve Cummings to the role, the organization announced Wednesday. Read the story on VTDigger here: Brattleboro Retreat taps interim leader as new CEO.

"I think Harris is going to win easily" said Stevens, who also fears the post-election will "be the most dangerous period in America since the Civil War”  Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont Conversation: Ex-GOP strategist Stuart Stevens on the presidential election.

While incumbent Gov. Phil Scott has already endorsed Rodgers, former Govs. Peter Shumlin and Jim Douglas also backed the GOP candidate on Wednesday. Read the story on VTDigger here: 3 Vermont governors back Republican John Rodgers’ bid for lieutenant governor .

Authorities say they believe Elliot Eastman is alive and have identified three additional suspects who they say were also involved in the crime. Read the story on VTDigger here: Three people taken into custody in reported kidnapping of Vermonter in the Philippines.

Voters in Vermont may have hope that their vote could have a national impact in the very near future on a level we have never seen before in our republic. Read the story on VTDigger here: Matthew Cecere: The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact could give Vermont voters more impact.

When asked whether the state was better off now than it was eight years ago, Vermont’s Republican governor responded, “After the last two years, the answer is no.” Read the story on VTDigger here: Phil Scott says Vermont is ‘moving in the wrong direction.’ Can he change course?.

A state-commissioned report recommended sweeping changes to Vermont hospitals. Now, those hospitals are raising questions about the data used to justify its proposals. Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont hospitals report runs into furor over allegations of inaccurate data.

“If you want to make a difference, you’ve got to go somewhere else,” said one Burlington resident who’s been knocking on doors for Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign in Pennsylvania in recent days. Read the story on VTDigger here: As election nears, some Vermonters are hitting the trail in swing states.

“We're lucky in Vermont to have a little less vitriol than they do in some parts of this country, but we are not immune to it,” said Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas on Tuesday. Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont officials prepare to ensure election day is ‘fair, secure and peaceful’.

After decades as a political outsider, Sanders has used his committee chairmanships and proximity to the White House to advance his policy agenda. That could soon change. Read the story on VTDigger here: As Bernie Sanders seeks a fourth term, his growing influence is threatened by national political headwinds.

The upcoming legislative session will be dynamic as our lawmakers look to balance providing a “free and appropriate education” to all Vermont children with how to rein in tax rates. Read the story on VTDigger here: Ken Fredette: Stay informed about Vermont public education.

Six candidates are on the ballot in next week’s general election. The two victors will replace lawmakers with long legacies. Read the story on VTDigger here: Bennington County voters to choose two new senators for the first time in over three decades.

The family of the two people said in a statement provided through state police, “As a devoted couple of more than 70 years, who had recently experienced precipitously declining health, they chose to die together as they’d lived together.” Read the story on VTDigger here: Police release cause of deaths of 2 people found deceased at Newfane home.

“We are also concerned with fire department personnel becoming strained and fatigued as they share responsibility for wildland fire response,” said the commissioner of the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont implements statewide ban on debris burning due to wildfire risk.

“Failing to meet targets means it’ll just take us longer to get to healthier communities and a healthy housing market,” said Charlie Baker, executive director of the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission. Read the story on VTDigger here: Housing advocates say Chittenden County again falls short on housing goals.

As Election Day approached, the U.S. Postal Service recommended that voters mail ballots back by Tuesday, Oct. 29. They can also be returned to municipal clerks. Read the story on VTDigger here: Nearly one-third of registered voters have already cast ballots in Vermont’s general election.

Incarcerated people want to be part of the decision making, they said, but barriers remain. Read the story on VTDigger here: Candidate forum at Springfield prison highlights voting rights behind bars.

The event brought out a small group of bidders, about half of whom sat in the back row and seemed like good friends, joking and laughing during and after bidding wars. Read the story on VTDigger here: ‘It’s about your heart’: Bibliophiles bid on artifacts of Vermont history.

Our Vermont movement has grown strong in order to solidify support and increase activism to quell efforts outside of our state to push us down. Read the story on VTDigger here: Melinda Moulton: Women’s voices lift up everyone.