WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following order (WC Docket No. 10-90; AU Docket No. 20-34) on May 17, 2023: * * * In the Matter of Connect America Fund, The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Auction (Auction 904) ORDER By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) grants East Central Vermont Telecommunications District's (ECFiber) petition/1 requesting a  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following memorandum opinion and order (Application File Nos. BLFT-19980824TA, BLFT-20171221AAJ, BMPFT-20180221AAB) on May 17, 2023: * * * In the Matter of Absolute Broadcasting, LLC, FM Translator Station DW253AF, Bennington, Vermont MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER By the Commission: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Memorandum Opinion and Order, we grant the application for review (Application for Review) filed b  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, May 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: The United States Attorney's Office stated that Andrew Hollins, who has also been known as Andrew Jones, 36, of Colchester, Vermont and New York City, pleaded not guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to two separate indictments charging him with narcotics trafficking, wire fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft. U.S. M  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, May 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont, Nikolas P. Kerest, issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Daniel Ruiz, aka "P-Nut," 35, of Agawam, Massachusetts was sentenced today to serve 140 months of imprisonment after his conviction for conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine base. Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford also ord  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, May 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont, Nikolas P. Kerest, issued the following news release on May 15, 2023: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that John Van Vught, 72, of Northfield, Vermont, was arrested on Friday, May 12, 2023 in Brunswick, Georgia. Van Vught is expected to have his initial appearance later today before a United States Magistrate Judge in Brunswick, Georgia. According to court records, on May  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on May 15, 2023: * * * President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is Delivering in Vermont As of May 2023 The Biden-Harris Administration has hit the ground running to implement the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and it is already delivering results for the people of Vermont. To date, $972 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding has been announced and is headed to Vermont with over 59 specific pro  more