Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Vermont National Guard members return this evening from a tour of duty in Bosnia-Herzegovina; last night a large crowd filled the Vernon Elementary School gymnasium and demanded that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission take a close look at Vermont Yankee’s plans to boost its power output; Vermont Corrections Commissioner Steve Gold is asking lawmakers and the public to help solve problems with the state’s prison system; a Castleton policeman has been named head of Vermont State Police Troop C, which includes barracks in Rutland, Shaftsbury and Middlebury.
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