Lexi Krupp

It’s open enrollment for people who buy their health insurance through the state’s marketplace, and most qualify for substantial subsidies from the federal government.

Hundreds of residents expressed their support for Gifford Medical Center at a community meeting this week after a report released in September said Gifford will not be able to sustain its operations without major restructuring.

The program is meant to prevent people from needing hospital care by providing short-term support.

The hospital system has said dialysis clinics in St. Albans, Rutland and Newport will remain open as they look for alternative providers. At Central Vermont Medical Center, hospital leaders plan to close the in-patient psych unit, and they'll consolidate several community clinics.

Hospital leaders say they have no other choice but to cut services, like inpatient psychiatric care at Central Vermont Medical Center, in order to avoid operating at a loss. But lawmakers want them to reconsider.

Earlier this week, at the small airport in Springfield, Vermont, there was less than half of the usual rainfall since September.

In a freezing laboratory in New Hampshire, a modified ceramic 3D printer spit out a structure the size of a toaster, made of ice.

Vermont Law and Graduate School has welcomed four fellows focused on animal issues, under a new advanced degree program. Plus, the race to become Vermont's next speaker of the House remains unsettled in the lead up to the legislative session, state officials are scrambling to set up procedures to test raw milk for bird flu, Sen. Peter Welch is raising concerns about President-elect Trump's law enforcement nominees, and the UVM men's soccer team has advanced to their first ever NCAA College Cup.

Nearly 40,000 metric tons of chloride, mostly from road salt, washes down the Winooski River every year — equal to the weight of about 40,000 black rhinos.

The hospital will stop admitting new psychiatry patients in mid-January, and will lay off nearly 50 staff members after January 31.