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Hillside stabilization work continued Friday at the Target store at the Merritt Creek Farm shopping plaza. The store closed on Feb. 2 due to a water leak and the landslide, which caused damage to its foundation and resulted in recommended evacuations of some homes in the Meadowcreek subdivision.

Gov. Phil Scott didn’t mince words this week when he signed H.850, which adjusted pupil weighting when it comes to education funding by repealing a 5% cap.

Gov. Phil Scott didn’t mince words this week when he signed H.850, which adjusted pupil weighting when it comes to education funding by repealing a 5% cap.

Gov. Phil Scott asked Biden for a Major Disaster Declaration to help several counties in the state rebuild from December’s storm.

Stutsman county is one of 13 counties included in the declaration.

Vermont wants to make it easier for communities that suffered severe flooding last July to claim a share of more than $100 million available to build back infrastructure to lessen the impact of future disasters. The Scott administration has asked state recovery officials to speed up distributions from the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. The July […]

MONTPELIER — Gov. Phil Scott has made a formal request to President Joe Biden for a Major Disaster Declaration to help communities in Essex, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Rutland, Windham, and

If approved, the state would receive reimbursements for 75% of the cost of repairs for the flooding that took place on Dec. 18 and 19.

FEMA has allocated funding for the first set of flood buy-outs in De Soto.

Dare County has received more than $5 million to elevate 31 flood-prone homes through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.