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The local FOX affiliate for the Champlain Valley and southern Quebec is Fox 44. This station is currently owned and operated by Nexstar Media Group, Inc. – the largest television group in the USA. WFFF – Fox 44 reaches most of Vermont broadcasting from the top of Mount Mansfield, in Stowe. Thank you for supporting local media. Share your Vermont business, contact us.

WFFF-TV 44 Burlington VT Local News Headlines

• Democrats pulling out all the stops against RFK Jr.
  Democrats pulling out all the stops against RFK Jr. - Democrats are taking extraordinary steps to prevent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from hindering their efforts to keep the White House in November. From rallying Kennedy’s family around President Biden, to dumping opposition research and holding press briefings about how he helps former President Trump, Democrats watching Kennedy qualify for more state ballots are pulling out [...]
• Senate approves extension of FISA surveillance just after deadline
  Senate approves extension of FISA surveillance just after deadline - The Senate early Saturday passed a two-year reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance program after hours of intense and sometimes acrimonious debate on the Senate floor, narrowly avoiding a key national intelligence gathering capability going dark. Senators voted 60-34 to send the bill to President Biden’s desk shortly after the midnight [...]
• California is rolling out free preschool. That hasn't solved challenges around child care
  California is rolling out free preschool. That hasn't solved challenges around child care - CONCORD, Calif. (AP) — A year before I-Ting Quinn's son was old enough for kindergarten, she and her husband had the option to enroll him in “transitional kindergarten,” a program offered for free by California elementary schools for some 4-year-olds. Instead, they kept their son, Ethan, in a private day care center in Concord, California, [...]
• The drug war devastated Black and other minority communities. Is marijuana legalization helping?
  The drug war devastated Black and other minority communities. Is marijuana legalization helping? - ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — When Washington state opened some of the nation's first legal marijuana stores in 2014, Sam Ward Jr. was on electronic home detention in Spokane, where he had been indicted on federal drug charges. He would soon be off to prison to serve the lion's share of a four-year sentence. A decade [...]
• Tax refund 2024: Smart ways to spend your check, according to experts
  Tax refund 2024: Smart ways to spend your check, according to experts - If you beat the tax filing deadline and managed to get a refund as well, you may be wondering what to do with the sudden influx of cash.
• South Africa man convicted in deaths of 2 Alaska Native women faces revocation of U.S. citizenship
  South Africa man convicted in deaths of 2 Alaska Native women faces revocation of U.S. citizenship - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal prosecutors want to revoke the U.S. citizenship of a South Africa man convicted of killing two Alaska Native women for allegedly lying on his naturalization application for saying he had neither killed nor hurt anyone. Brian Steven Smith, 52, was convicted earlier this year in the deaths of the two [...]
• This Place in History: Robert Burns Monument
  This Place in History: Robert Burns Monument - Immigrants and their families wanted to honor the culture in Scotland they'd come from with a granite monument in Barre to Scotland's national poet.
• SPCA Showcase event on Sat. for dogs rescued from Beekemantown business
  SPCA Showcase event on Sat. for dogs rescued from Beekemantown business - The Elmore SPCA is showcasing more than a dozen dogs on Saturday after they were rescued from alleged abuse at a Beekmantown business, and the dogs are ready to find their forever home.
• Vermont looking to build more EV fast charging stations along highways
  Vermont looking to build more EV fast charging stations along highways - As electric vehicles become more popular Vermont is looking to catch up with the times and install more fast EV charging stations along major highways and key routes.
• South Burlington man walking across the country to "fix our democracy"
  South Burlington man walking across the country to "fix our democracy" - Inspired by a New Hampshire woman who walked across the country for campaign finance reform, a South Burlington man plans on finishing his cross-country trek this summer in order to 'fix our democracy'.
• Judge drops some charges against ex-Minnesota college student feared of plotting campus shooting
  Judge drops some charges against ex-Minnesota college student feared of plotting campus shooting - Waylon Kurts, a St. Olaf College student from Montpelier, has had some charges against him dismissed in Minnesota due to a lack of evidence that he was planning to assault anyone, but he's still facing some charges connected to having two high-capacity magazines.
• At The Box Office: "The Sympathizer"
  At The Box Office: "The Sympathizer" - In this week's "At The Box Office" Julia Swift does not sympathize with director Park Chan-wook's direction for HBO's new show, "The Sympathizer". Directed by Park Chan-wook, the show takes place at the end of the Vietnam War. It focuses on a character called "The Captain", a spy for North Vietnam, who is in South [...]

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