Adiah Gholston

University of Vermont Health is making changes to try to cut down on wait times; the infamous ‘road to nowhere’ in the Queen City now goes somewhere; and plenty of celebrations this week in the lead-up to America’s 250th.

New research into a tick-borne illness that was once rare and is increasing in our region; and troubles with maternity care in Brattleboro.

Governor Phil Scott’s popularity may be slipping in his own party, a St. Johnsbury landlord hopes to join his wife in the state legislature and Vermont will get federal money to reconstruct parts of U.S. Route 7. Plus, we’ll go mountain biking with some folks working to make the Velomont trail more accessible.

Vermont is getting more money for disaster recovery as we near the anniversary of 3 back-to-back years of floods; what a group in southern Vermont is doing to save its hospital maternity ward.

A Montreal fest celebrates four decades of African and Caribbean music; an object from the Vermont Historical Society’s “50 for 250” exhibit that’s small enough to hold in one hand and big enough to define democracy.

A state’s attorney may be entering a court-diversion program for a D-U-I charge; a high school baseball star might make history this weekend; how the state’s recovery has been, after two years of back-to-back floods.

Vermont’s primary is less than a month away and there’s a tool to help voters see who is on local ballots; Vermont Public reporter Derek Brouwer takes us into his reporting on a Vermont bodyworker who has been accused of improper sexual contact.

Extreme heat and potentially strong storms in our region; a lot of young Vermonters saying they’re thinking about leaving the state; a collection of stories from all corners of Vermont is part of a historical exhibit celebrating America’s 250th.

A mosquito-borne virus that causes illness found in Addison County; garden tours for flower lovers; and later in the podcast, we’ll meet the two Democratic candidates running for state auditor.

A study shows Vermont isn’t the only state feeling the impact of an aging population; gasoline prices nudge up; and poetry runs in the D-N-A; a local track of music played on an 18-string instrument called a valiha.