Karen Anderson

The Spring Equinox welcomes the start of the astrological year. The Sun enters Aries, the first sign of the zodiac, where it likes to dwell, with the fire of the stars greeting the fire of Spring. This year the Equinox occurs between a lunar...

Known for their intelligence and protective instincts, German Shepherds have long been popular with families.

All dogs have similar nutritional requirements for protein, fat, and carbohydrates—but it can still be beneficial to consider your pup's breed-specific characteristics while comparing dog foods.

State lawmakers are facing potential federal spending cuts from the Trump administration that may create challenges for Vermont's budget, just as newly announced tariffs risk shrinking the state's economy.

State regulators have approved a new 12-bed adolescent psychiatric unit at a Bennington hospital, despite opposition from the only other adolescent psychiatric facility in the state. Plus, Vermont schools could be on the hook for millions of dollars in unreimbursed pandemic recovery projects, federal funding cuts are expected to limit vaccine access for underserved Vermont communities, state officials are collecting feedback for the next Vermont Climate Action Plan, and the EPA has tapped New England's new regional administrator.

The metabolic effects of insulin depend on the PI3K pathway. This study analyzes the effect of hepatocyte p110α deletion on metabolic homeostasis in mice and shows that PI3Kα signaling is critical for the regulation of liver gene expression and its reprogramming in the context of hepatic steatosis.

In our recurring series on class in Vermont we meet Kathy Quimby Johnson, who grew up in East Peacham Vermont in the 60s and 70s, when it was mostly farmers and summer people. Plus, Vermont’s tourism industry is seeing mounting evidence that Canadian visitors are canceling travel to the United States.Quebec's government is reconsidering whether to support large national energy projects, in light of President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs and threaten Canadian sovereignty. And a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security faces a major workforce reduction in the coming weeks.

This week we bring you a series of stories from our public radio partners around New England exploring how the region's flora, fauna and fungi are living with climate change. Plus lawmakers are trying to make a contingency plan in case the only Vermont-based health insurance company, Blue Cross Blue Shield, goes under. And Vermont's unemployment rate holds steady, a new soil testing center for farmers opens at UVM, and where to watch trout travel upstream.

DNA collected from a suspect in the 1989 rape of two women in a Massachusetts store matches evidence collected from the crime, prosecutors announced in court on Wednesday.

TRAVERSE CITY — When the maple sapling in my backyard wasn’t doing well, my tree guy said I should take a soil sample to McGough’s. They could have it tested