Figures announced this week show an uptick in the Vermont unemployment rate. VPR’s Steve Zind explains. State utility regulators recently gave a boost to a wind energy developer eyeing a project in the Northeast Kingdom. VPR’s John Dillon reports. Green Mountain Power has commissioned the last of its 21 wind turbines in Lowell, well in advance of the deadline and Henry Homeyer will travel off-road for a locally-baked piece of pie.