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FW: Derby Barracks/ Missing Person
***UPDATE*** On 07/29/2025, at approximately 0906 hours, Joyce Ashman was located safe by Search and Rescue personnel in the woods off Toad Pond Road, in Morgan, VT. The Vermont State Police were assisted in this search by members of New England...

Vermont State Meat Inspection Program: Dhaurali Goats
Under the Vermont State meat Inspection Program, all livestock slaughtered for commercial sale – including goats processed for halal markets – must be conducted under continuous inspection by a state food safety specialist. The inspection process...

Vermont Agency of Education Responds to Trump Administration Withholding Federal Funding
For Immediate Release Contact: aoe.publicinformation@vermont.gov Montpelier, Vt.- On the evening of June 30, the U.S. Department of Education alerted the Vermont Agency of Education that a series of federal funding allocations for fiscal year 2025...

Vermont Agency of Education Responds to Trump Administration Withholding Federal Funding
For Immediate Release Contact: aoe.publicinformation@vermont.gov Montpelier, Vt.- On the evening of June 30, the U.S. Department of Education alerted the Vermont Agency of Education that a series of federal funding allocations for fiscal year 2025...

St Johnsbury / Larceny - Request for Information
VSP News Release-Incident STATE OF VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY VERMONT STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE CASE#: 25A4006638 RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Sgt Mark Pohlman STATION: St Johnsbury CONTACT#: 748-3111 DATE/TIME: between 7/23/25 and 7/27/25...

Update No. 1: Vermont State Police identifies woman who died in Pittsford
STATE OF VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY VERMONT STATE POLICE Vermont State Police identifies woman who died in Pittsford PITTSFORD, Vermont (Thursday, July 10, 2025) — An autopsy was completed Thursday, July 10, 2025, at the Chief Medical...

Vermont State Police Watch Commander schedule, June 30 to July 6, 2025
STATE OF VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY VERMONT STATE POLICE Watch Commander Schedule for the week of June 30 to July 6, 2025. Please follow the attached instructions for contacting the Watch Commanders. Watch Commander – North Lt. Andrew...

Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Sues Trump Administration for Blocking Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning from Receiving Medicaid Funding
MAINE, July 29 - Back to current news. Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Sues Trump Administration for Blocking Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning from Receiving Medicaid Funding July 29, 2025 Attorney Generals Office FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...

Former Miss Vermont Ash Ruddy Releases Debut Book on Faith, Motherhood, and Overcoming the Impossible
BURLINGTON, VT, UNITED STATES, July 3, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ash Ruddy, former Miss Vermont (Miss America 2009), announces the release of her highly anticipated memoir, Twenty-four + One: “A Mother’s Story of Faith, Love and Miracles”. The...

Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Sues Trump Administration for Blocking Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning from Receiving Medicaid Funding
MAINE, July 29 - Back to current news. Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Sues Trump Administration for Blocking Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning from Receiving Medicaid Funding July 29, 2025 Attorney Generals Office FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...

Berlin Barracks / Excessive Speed / Negligent Operation
VSP News Release-Incident STATE OF VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY VERMONT STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE CASE#: 25A3005135 RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Alyssa Nozka STATION: Berlin CONTACT#: 802.229.9191 DATE/TIME: 07/28/2025 at approximately...

Attorney General Bonta Calls for Transparency in Federal Spending, Calls out Trump Administration for Shrouding Spending Decisions in Secrecy
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta last week co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in submitting an amicus brief in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. Office of Management and Budget, a case that challenges...

Derby Barracks / Sexual Assault
VSP News Release-Incident STATE OF VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY VERMONT STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE CASE#: 25A5003550 RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Detective Trooper Evan Johnson STATION: Bureau of Criminal Investigations - A East CONTACT#:...

Attorney General Tong Sues Trump Administration for Attempting to Block Federal Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood
Press Releases 07/29/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues Trump Administration for Attempting to Block Federal Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood (Hartford, CT) — Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 23 states in suing the...

Update No. 1- Press Release- Death Investigation- Brandon, VT
****Update No. 1- July 28, 2025 at 4:27 pm**** The autopsy has been completed on the deceased female located on Carver Street in Brandon, Vermont. She has been identified as Mary Coombs, age 53, of Brandon, Vermont. Currently the cause and manner...

AG Brown sues Trump administration for blocking Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding
SEATTLE — Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of 24 states in suing the Trump Administration over a provision in recent Congressional budget legislation that unlawfully targets Planned Parenthood. The provision specifically blocks...

Fighting to Stop Congress’ and Trump Administration’s Illegal Crusade Against Essential Reproductive Healthcare: Attorney General Bonta Files Lawsuit over “Defund Provision”
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today sued the Trump Administration over the sweeping budget reconciliation law (“Big Beautiful Bill”), specifically the “Defund Provision,” signed by President Donald Trump this month. This...

Attorney General Dan Rayfield Sues Trump Administration for Blocking Planned Parenthood from Receiving Medicaid Funding
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, as part of a coalition of 22 states and Washington, D.C., sued the Trump Administration today over the sweeping budget reconciliation law (the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”), specifically the “Defund...

Attorney General James Sues to Stop the Federal Government from Defunding Planned Parenthood
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined a coalition of 21 other attorneys general and the state of Pennsylvania in suing to block a provision in the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBA), that illegally targets and...

Media Release- Untimely Death- Brandon, VT.
STATE OF VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY VERMONT STATE POLICE CASE#: 25B4005476 RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Det. Sgt. Erin Hodges STATION: Rutland Barracks CONTACT#: 802-773-9101 DATE/TIME: About 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2025 INCIDENT...