Newport Dispatch

Newport Dispatch Online-only news and entertainment covering Orleans and Essex County Vermont. Newport Dispatch was officially launched October 18th, 2013.

Our mission is to provide local residents with timely news and information relating to the towns within Orleans County, Vermont. We are also committed to hyperlocal, in-depth reporting on events throughout our communities. Taking advantage of the opportunity that digital publishing offers, we will upload audio, video, and photos of most of the events we cover. We believe that through civil discuss

ion, communities grow stronger. We encourage all residents to participate, and only ask that each contributor treat others with respect. Newport Dispatch is not affiliated with any other local media. It is independently operated.

06/18/2026

DERBY — A Derby man reported his vehicle stolen from a residence on Nelson Hill Road early Thursday morning, according to Vermont State Police. Troopers received a report from Michael Abel, 42, of Derby at approximately 8:17 a.m. this morning. Abel reported that someone had taken his silver 2014 T...

The stretch under consideration would run from Exit 26 in Orleans north to Exit 28 in Derby, and would be named the “Dav...
06/18/2026

The stretch under consideration would run from Exit 26 in Orleans north to Exit 28 in Derby, and would be named the “David ‘Chris’ Maland Memorial Highway.”

NEWPORT — The Vermont Police Association is urging the state Transportation Board to name a section of Interstate 91 in honor of David "Chris" Maland, the federal law enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty on the highway last year. The stretch under consideration would run from Exi...

06/17/2026

NEWPORT — Sarah Roy, the longtime girls basketball coach at North Country Union High School, has been elected president of the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association, the organization announced. Roy, who also serves as North Country's student engagement coordinator, has spent the past five years o...

06/16/2026

DERBY — The man who admits to gunning down 29-year-old Kayla Wright of Derby will spend more than 13 years in federal prison on drug charges, even as he still awaits sentencing for her killing. Jakiy Keith, 26, of Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Burlington to ...

06/15/2026

NEWPORT — The City of Newport has been awarded a $3 million grant from the Northern Border Regional Commission to replace aging water and sewer infrastructure and launch major streetscape improvements along Main Street, officials announced June 15. The award represents the maximum grant amount NBR...

06/14/2026

NORTH TROY — A Maine man was arrested Friday night after he fled a traffic stop in a stolen vehicle and was later found on foot in North Troy, Vermont State Police said. Damian Emerson, 26, of Newfield, Maine, was charged with criminal driving with a suspended license, aggravated operating without...

06/14/2026

NEWPORT — An invasive beetle is causing widespread decline and death of ash trees in Newport and surrounding communities, and a public meeting has been scheduled to help residents understand the threat. The emerald ash borer, a wood-boring beetle considered one of the most destructive forest pests...

06/12/2026

NEWPORT –– A Wolcott man is heading to prison after admitting he held a woman at knifepoint in Newport last fall. Adam Warner, 36, pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated domestic assault, obstruction of justice and second-degree unlawful restraint. Judge Rory Thibault sentenced him to three t...

06/11/2026

NEWPORT — Elaine Collins, superintendent of the North Country Supervisory Union, has been named the 2026 Frederick H. Tuttle Superintendent of the Year by the Vermont Superintendents Association. The award was announced at the association's annual banquet on May 21. It honors a superintendent who ...

06/10/2026

FULL STORY: https://bit.ly/4xhELxD History made on the line today. The Haskell Free Library and Opera House cut the ribbon on its new Canadian entrance, more than a year after Canadians lost access to the historic Derby Line front door. As emcee Jean-René Dufort put it, no matter which door we use, "it is inside that we will as always meet in friendship." 🇨🇦🇺🇸

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