Here are the top stories at 5:50 p.m.
Vermont Yankee plant officials offer an explanation for the recent cooling tower collapse. Vermont has a new Washington lobbyist and some Democrats aren’t happy about it; commercial passenger flights will continue from the state airport in Rutland County; a second suspect has been arraigned on felony charges of placing homemade bombs in two mailboxes in the Northeast Kingdom; Commentator Howard Coffin on New Englander’s cultural tastes.