2+ hour, 1+ min ago  (714+ words) SOUTH ROYALTON — The demolition of a dilapidated former grain mill has been halted while the property owner figures out how to dispose of asbestos on the site, town and state officials said. The delay has dismayed residents, who’d been told…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago  (864+ words) ROYALTON — A bat found in the town has tested positive for rabies, prompting a public notice from the Vermont Department of Health for Royalton and nearby towns. Officials say rabies cases have increased in recent years. Of the seven confirmed…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (716+ words) LEBANON — Some patients have to wait up to seven years for a kidney transplant from a deceased donor, with more than 100,000 people on the national waiting list. But for one Randolph resident, it didn’t take so long. His colleague at…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (686+ words) LEBANON — On the roof of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, cast against a backdrop of the Upper Valley’s rolling green hills, a green metal motor no bigger than a blender hums as its rudder directs it to spin and turn with…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (513+ words) MONTPELIER — Gov. Phil Scott issued an executive order Wednesday that included a number of measures to decrease health insurance regulations in an effort to lower costs, including implementing age-based insurance premiums. “None of these ideas are radical,” Scott said in…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (646+ words) Column: Cancer patient hopes amid research funding cuts Valley News Cancer has taken the lives of far too many in my family. My late wife, mother, father, youngest sister, paternal grandmother, maternal grandfather, and only aunt all died from various…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (908+ words) Valley News Norwich, VT – James C. Strickler, MD peacefully passed away on June 27, 2026, surrounded by family. Two weeks prior, Jim had celebrated his 99th birthday with family and friends. He now joins Pegge his beloved wife of 70 years and their son…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (252+ words) LEBANON — Dartmouth Health has hired a new chief operating officer. Dr. Jonathan Welch will join Dartmouth Health later this summer, according to a Tuesday news release from the Lebanon-based healthcare system. He will replace Patrick F. Jordan III, who retired…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (732+ words) WEST LEBANON — The Upper Valley is bracing for a wave of extreme heat anticipated to last through Friday. In a Tuesday advisory, the National Weather Service warned East Coast residents of dangerously hot temperatures starting Wednesday afternoon through Friday evening,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (173+ words) The National Weather Service has issued “extreme heat watch” alerts for communities throughout New Hampshire and Vermont from Wednesday through Friday —including many in the Upper Valley. In response, municipalities have opened cooling areas where residents can go to find…...