NOAA kept a database of disasters that exceeded $1 billion in damage since 1980, but the agency halted the project amid funding cuts by the Trump administration.

The loss of a key tax credit and cancellation of a $62.5 million solar program are viewed as assaults on a signature industry in Vermont.

A busy Wheelock Selectboard meeting on Sept. 2 focused on tightening tax administration, keeping roads serviceable amid drought, and pushing long-term planning and FEMA recovery work.