health care
What lies beneath?
MIDDLEBURY | Champlain Valley gas will remain untapped Read more
Keene plans its future
KEENE VALLEY | Keene took its first steps last week toward drawing up a resident-driven master plan that will guide the town board as it tackles five front-burner issues that will affect the community for years and decades to come. Read more
Adirondack Health welcomes New Vision students
SARANAC LAKE | Eight students from Tri-Lakes regional high schools are participating in the Adirondack Education Center’s New Vision Health Careers curriculum at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake this year. Read more
CVPH to consolidate services
PLATTSBURGH | Officials for the University of Vermont Health Network, Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital are excited to break ground soon on two renovation projects they say will benefit patients and staff. Read more
Rethink Poverty: a simulation
ELIZABETHTOWN | Being homeless wasn’t fun. On top of routine challenges like finding transportation, food, work and figuring out how to find somewhere to live, there was an overbearing feeling that I didn’t belong -- exempted from much of the... Read more
Health-care access for all of North Country
My constituents in the North Country are increasingly concerned about the cost of health care – and with good reason. Read more
A future for socialism?
A recent Gallup poll shows that 51 percent of Americans reject socialism and call it “a bad thing,” while 43 percent say it’s “a good thing.” So, where do Eagle readers stand on this topic? Please let us know. Read more
Vets turn to VA for dental help
RUTLAND | When Cold War-era U.S. Navy veteran Donald McColgan, a resident of Rutland County, turned to the Veterans Administration Hospital in White River Junction for help with an extreme dental problem... Read more
Strengthened services for North Country seniors
The generations before us built our communities from the ground up. Whether they founded the local businesses we know and love, helped us find our passion in the classroom or passed on immeasurable knowledge, we owe them a great debt of gratitude. Read more
Catholic health-care professionals organize
BURLINGTON | A Vermont medical doctor and member of the Roman Catholic Church is inviting fellow health-care professionals throughout the state, who are also Catholic, to join a local chapter of the national Catholic Medical Association (CMA). Read more
Essex County health ranked among top 10 in state
ELIZABETHTOWN | Public health in Essex County continues to improve. Read more
Proposed AVCS budget under 2.69 percent tax levy cap
CLINTONVILLE | The proposed 2019-20 school budget for AuSable Valley Central School is below the tax levy cap allowance. Read more
Are Vermonters helped by anti-cancer efforts?
Corporations without commitments to social and environmental impact focus on turning a profit and producing products as cheaply as possible. While this sounds reasonable from an economic perspective, human health is the primary cost. Read more
CVPH, Hudson Headwaters open new health center
PLATTSBURGH | A health center to increase access to primary care for North Country residents has opened as part of the UVM-CVPH and Hudson Headwaters Health Network. Read more
Local doctor encouraging students to join medical field
CROWN POINT | One of the first things students want to hear about when Dr. John Fortune walks into their classroom is his most shocking cases as a trauma surgeon. Read more
Vermont ranked in national dental care study
MIDDLEBURY | In a national dental health care survey released Jan. 31, Vermont was ranked 22 of 50 states in its overall dental care performance and with a slightly above-average overall rank. Read more
Lawmakers should respect, not dehumanize women
It upsets me terribly that our president lies to the American people and that he repeatedly degrades and disrespects women Read more
Director: Essex County Mental Health ‘grossly understaffed’
ELIZABETHTOWN | Essex County is in dire need of mental health clinicians. Read more
Making family time
Last month, we introduced a bi-state family and medical leave insurance program, the Twin State Paid Family Leave plan, that would build a public-private partnership to provide access to paid family and medical leave for all residents... Read more
Signing off as your editor
After five years at The Sun — the past two as managing editor — I’m moving on to new opportunities. Read more