Midday Newscast June 5, 2008

State officials say Vermont’s woods and other areas are full of ticks this spring; authorities have arrested 20 people accused of dealing cocaine, heroin, and other drugs in New York’s North Country; the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington is another step closer to getting permission for a $50 million expansion project; Vermont Tubbs, a financially troubled high-end furniture maker in Brandon is being sold to a New Hampshire company.