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Pediatric infectious diseases physicians recognized with national awards
The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society recognized three physicians at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.
Missouri awarded $218 million in second year of federal rural health grants
Federal officials announced rural health grants to states (David DeWitt/Ohio Capital Journal).
Newtown High School builds its first football team in 129 years
The team is working toward its first win.
Residential Home Health and Hospice Receives Top Workplaces Honors
Residential Home Health and Hospice, a division of Graham Healthcare Group, is proud to announce that it has been awarded Top Workplaces honors for 2026 by the Detroit Free Press. This is the 16th year in a row that Residential Home Health and Hospice has received this award in the Michigan market.
Steelers 2026 mid-season awards: Offensive Player of the Year
Steelers mid-season awards: Offensive Player of the Year
FSU researcher awarded Department of Energy grant to explore how hydrated polymers can optimize energy storage
A Florida State University polymer chemist is part of a multi-institutional team working to improve energy storage and production in technologies like
Houston Texans, LOVB Houston, and Lone Star Sports & Entertainment Partner With Bilt On Year-Round Rewards Membership For Fans
The fan experience, powered by Bilt Neighborhood OS, will connect sports fans to gameday experiences and personalized neighborhood benefits. Launch timing will be announced at a later date.
Houston Texans, LOVB Houston, and Lone Star Sports & Entertainment Partner With Bilt On Year-Round Rewards Membership For Fans
The fan experience, powered by Bilt Neighborhood OS, will connect sports fans to gameday experiences and personalized neighborhood benefits. Launch timing will be announced at a later date.
Can $13.5 Million Change Health Care In Rural New Mexico?
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Can a $13.5 million investment help close New Mexico’s rural health care gap? UNM has secured a major National Institutes of Health award aimed at bringing medical …
Dortmund fans' group criticises Nmecha celebration
A Christian group set up for footballers says it wants to "demonstrate love and respect towards everyone" following criticism from fans.
Rural health funding to support healthcare improvements in Gem County
Millions of dollars in newly awarded funding are expected to support healthcare improvements in Gem County, including upgraded medical equipment and technology at Valor Health, expanded behavioral health services and
Ancelotti advises Endrick to join Roma in January
Roma is ready to move forward in the January transfer window to strengthen Gasperini’s attacking line. The Giallorossi’s priority remains the acquisition of a player capable of operating on the le...
Bilt bets on local businesses, hospitality and major sports franchises, expanding beyond residential rewards
Bilt is announcing the launch of two new platforms designed to help local businesses and event venues attract customers and build loyalty.
Bilt bets on local businesses, hospitality and major sports franchises, expanding beyond residential rewards
Bilt is announcing the launch of two new platforms designed to help local businesses and event venues attract customers and build loyalty.
Barcelona defender Cubarsi named 2026 Golden Boy winner
Barcelona defender Pau Cubarsí has won the 2026 Golden Boy award, given to the best Under-21 men’s player in the world.The 19-year-old succeeds Paris Saint-Germain forward Désiré Doué and become...
Rewards platform Bilt announces 'next evolution' for American consumers, small businesses
Bilt's new Neighborhood OS aims to help small businesses attract customers while expanding personalized rewards and loyalty benefits for consumers nationwide.
Today on Pinstripe Alley
As we awake today, we now three weeks remaining with a Major League Collective Bargaining Agreement in place, 21 days before we are faced with the inevitable owner-imposed lockout. As we inch toward the winter, we do have a few things to keep us occupied this week, as Cy Young winners will be announced tomorrow […]
Cuts, evictions, and job losses: A view from the trenches of climate science in 2026
A researcher at Columbia University who studies atmospheric and climate science gives a first-hand account of what it is like to pursue this work in the Trump 2.0 era, when the foundations of American science are being profoundly shaken. The post-World War II traditions that have made American science so successful—generous funding, awarded based on merit via peer review; academic freedom; openness to foreign talent; and most of all, systems of funding and executing science that are largely run by scientists, rather than by politicians—are under siege. What comes next is still an open question.
Why evaluating ROI from AI isn’t always straightforward
Complicated metrics and a growing number of AI pilots can make return on investment difficult to calculate.
'Purpose' arrives at Geffen Playhouse with its Tony-winning Broadway cast intact
Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Tony Award-winning play 'Purpose' is opening at Geffen Playhouse with its Broadway cast intact, and Phylicia Rashad once again in the director's chair.
Netanyahu in 'panic' over possibility of Eisenkot becoming prime minister, former aide says
Former Netanyahu adviser Nir Hefetz claimed that panic is a major factor in the PM's's decision-making and that he could be more willing to compromise as Eisenkot advances toward forming a coalition.
The Film That Changed Kyle Whittingham’s Mind About Jason Beck
A grueling review of Michigan’s stagnant performance against Michigan State forced an immediate coaching shakeup, shifting the program's focus toward finding a proven leader to ignite the offense.
Teenage violinist wins $3,500 science award for study of ...
Fourteen-year-old Seiji Iigaya has won a US national science award for his project to investigate the relationship between bowing and expressive violin tone
Tuesday ‘Dawg Bites
Welcome to Tuesday, Bulldog fans! Welp, I guess we knew that was coming. And by “that”, I mean the ruiniation of all that is good and proper in college football. Or power brokers looking towards their net worth instead of the long-term health of the sport. Or trying to claw eyeballs and fans away from […]
Commentary: The blue tsunami has a message for Virginia Democrats on data centers and campaign finance
Last Tuesday’s historic win for Democrats nationwide may not feel immediately applicable to state-level politics in Virginia, which holds its own elections on odd years rather than syncing them with federal elections. Democrats already enjoy a trifecta in the state, and last week Virginia voters handily endorsed the constitutional amendments the party put forward to secure reproductive rights, marriage equality and voting rights. So Virginia is bluer than ever – but that doesn’t mean next year’s state election will be a romp for Democrats. According to exit polls last week, 53% of voters have unfavorable views of the Democratic party. That’s better than the 59% unfavorable rating for Republicans, but it’s apparent that neither party has a well of good will to draw from.
🥐 Cubarsí is golden, the break begins: 5️⃣ Tuesday headlines
Spanish football wakes up to major moves behind the scenes, global awards and the start of a crucial international window for the national team. A Real Madrid legend’s arrival in the Second Division...
Mastercard (MA) Expands Its Business Banking Reach Through New Partnerships
Mastercard (NYSE:MA) is expanding its business banking reach through new partnerships focused on commercial cards and treasury tools. BMO and Mastercard launched the BMO CashBack World Elite Business Mastercard in Canada, targeting small and midsize firms with rewards and protections. Citizens Treasury Intelligence™ went live through a collaboration between Citizens and Trovata, using Mastercard technology to support corporate treasury management. The BMO CashBack World Elite Business...
Big Walk Used AI In 'The Final Stretch' Of Development, Kicking Off Intense Awards Debate
'We support the work of those who are trying to limit the harm generative AI is doing to videogames and our world, and apologise that Big Walk’s LLM usage may not meet their standards'
Protecting Public Health Nationwide: An Environmental Health Journey That Started at Old Dominion University
When Sarah Maynard (B.S. '11) graduated from Old Dominion University in 2011 with her degree in environmental health, she knew she wanted to make a tangible impact on public safety and health. Originally from Chesapeake, Virginia, her path from a curious student Monarch to a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) highlights the incredible versatility and real-world value of the University’s environmental health program.
Chris Kyriacou wins Chronicle's inaugural John Beam Community Action Award
The winner of the Chronicle's inaugural John Beam Community Action Award is a physical education teacher at Bishop O'Dowd High School and the coach of the Oakland Wildcats.
Now in year 2, rural health initiative leaving out home care, advocates say
The Trump administration on Monday announced $10 billion in awards to all 50 states for the second year of its Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), aimed at improving access to care in rural communities and strengthening the rural healthcare workforce.
G7 attention in Paris turns to Ukraine while US-mediated talks get underway in Abu Dhabi
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his counterparts from the Group of 7 developed democracies are turning their attention toward Ukraine and how to support it in its struggle to defend itself from Russia.
Yankees news: Forecasting awards and the off-season
Will Cam Schlittler win the AL Cy Young; forecasting offseason options and needs
Can Johnny Fisher Become a Serious Heavyweight Contender Under Zuffa?
The Essex heavyweight has been dismissed as merely a good ticket seller. But can Zuffa steer him toward bigger things?
Trump administration delays 2027 awards slated to improve rural America’s health
State leaders are in the dark about how much they’ll receive in the Rural Health Transformation Program’s second year after a federal office notified them that more time is needed to make allocations.
Hawaiʻi Pacific Health gives $100,000 to Family Promise of Hawaiʻi for security deposit program
Hawaiʻi Pacific Health has awarded $100,000 to Family Promise of Hawaiʻi to help families with children experiencing homelessness or housing instability cover security deposits, according to an Oct. 29 announcement. The nonprofit will use the money to launch its Move-In Advance Program. Under the program, Family Promise of Hawaiʻi will pay a family’s security deposit […]
Residents in Houston’s Fifth Ward accuse the EPA of withholding health information
In 2019, the state designated Fifth Ward as a cancer cluster, and though the EPA has promised to test the area for contamination, residents say they still haven’t received any results.
Comets may have destroyed life's ingredients instead of delivering them to Earth
A century-old theory about the origins of life on Earth may be wrong. New research from the University of Cambridge suggests that comets traveled too fast and struck at unfavorable angles for the fragile molecules needed for life to survive, making successful delivery extraordinarily unlikely. Surprisingly, Mars may have had a better chance of receiving these cosmic ingredients, although even there the odds were slim. The findings point toward asteroids or chemical processes on Earth as more plausible sources of life's building blocks.
West Virginia awarded $202M for second year of Rural Health Transformation
CHARLESTON – For the second year of the federal Rural Health Transformation program, West Virginia is receiving more than $202 million, taking the state for more than $400 million for the five-year program. “This additional $202 million will help us expand access to care, strengthen rural hospitals, and address the chronic health challenges facing West […]
Data centers become a political flashpoint after midterms, putting AI industry on notice
The message from voters was hard for the data center industry to ignore: communities want a say in what gets built in their backyards — and they're increasingly demanding answers before those projects move forward.
Advanced Corrective Chiropractic named 2026 Small Business of the Year
Advanced Corrective Chiropractic, owned by chiropractor Chad Parson, took home the top honors as Loudoun County’s 2026 Small Business of the Year at the 32nd annual Loudoun Small Business Awards
Cubs Produce Three Silver Slugger Finalists
Award season is underway, and the Cubs Silver Slugger finalists are aiming to add to their trophy cases. Chicago has three finalists: Pete Crow-Armstrong, Alex Bregman, and Seiya Suzuki. The Cubs are also an overall team finalist. They all have solid cases, but who can take home an award when the winners are announced on November …
Iowa receives $216 million to boost rural health care
Iowa has been awarded over $216 million in federal funding to enhance rural health care services, including cancer treatment and prevention.
Idaho’s rural health funding drops slightly from last year
Idaho has been awarded nearly $183 million in Rural Health Transformation Program funds to enhance healthcare affordability and access in rural areas, following full allocation of last year's $186 million grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The 2026 Booker Prize was awarded to an 81-year-old science fiction writer who set two records at once
УНН Culture ✎ M. John Harrison received the 2026 Booker Prize for his novel The End of Everything. He became the oldest laureate and the first science fiction winne…
Market & Johnson, Slab Factory and Others Named 'Bravo to Business' Winners
Over two dozen local businesses were finalists across Bravo to Business’s five categories: Resilient Business of the Year, Young Professionals Best Place to Work, Small Business of the Year, Business of the Year and Emerging Business of the Year. The Emerging Business of the Year award – open to
XTR Joins Oscar Contender ‘Y Vân: The Lost Sounds of Saigon,’ Award-Winning Documentary About “The Quincy Jones of Saigon”
EXCLUSIVE: Global nonfiction entertainment studio XTR is coming on board Y Vân: The Lost Sounds of Saigon as the award-winning documentary ramps up its campaign for Oscar recognition. That bid was str...
Bengals Week 9 awards in Spain victory vs. Falcons
Cast your vote and sound off on your Bengals’ Week 9 Award winners!
States get another $10B for rural health as far bigger Medicaid cuts loom
The Trump administration rewarded some states and penalized others based on their 2025 record on MAHA and other priorities.
Pink announces 1st Las Vegas residency at Sphere in 2027
Pink hosts the 79th annual Tony Awards, live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, on June 7, 2026. (CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images)
NI's O'Neill ruled out of Nations League matches
Arsenal forward Ceadach O'Neill is ruled out of Northern Ireland's final two Nations League fixtures against Ukraine in Belfast and Hungary in Budapest.
CFP boss Rich Clark acknowledges that 'fans aren't in favor of expansion,' but they 'decided to move forward with it' anyway
Oklahoma awarded $227M for rural health programs, one of largest allocations in US
OKLAHOMA CITY — The federal government awarded nearly $227.1 million to Oklahoma to invest in programs that strengthen rural healthcare, according to the state health department. The allocation, which...
Oklahoma awarded $227M for rural health programs, one of largest allocations in US
The federal government awarded nearly $227.1 million to Oklahoma to invest in programs that strengthen rural healthcare, according to the state health department.
Fifth Ward residents call on EPA to release report outlining potential health risks at Union Pacific facility
State officials have identified cancer clusters in the neighborhoods near a former wood preservation facility.
Governor Gianforte, DPHHS Announce $239.7 Million Second-Year Award to Strengthen Rural Health Care
HELENA, Mont. — Governor Greg Gianforte and Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) Director Douglas Harrington, MD, today announced Montana has received $239.7 million from the Trump Administration for the second year of the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP).
‘Breaking Bad’ star set to appear in movie about Snoop Dogg
The multiple-Emmy award winner has joined the cast of "Snoop," a biopic about Snoop Dogg.
Idaho to receive $182.7M in second year of federal rural health transformation grant
Idaho will receive about $183.7 million in federal Rural Health Transformation funds, marking a reduction from its first-year award.
Idaho receives $183 million more to boost rural healthcare affordability
Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced today the State of Idaho was awarded another nearly $183 million in Rural Health Transformation Program funds from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to help improve affordability and accessibility of healthcare in rural Idaho. The announcement comes on the heels
Oregon receives $197M to improve rural health care
Oregon has receieved another $197.3 million from the Trump administration to continue improving rural healthcare, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Monday. The new award comes after […]
Jamie Foxx's Halloween party: Stabbing suspect arrested
Jamie Foxx's annual Halloween party became a crime scene over the weekend after Ventura county officials responded to a stabbing at the actor's Thousand Oaks home.
Even after the midterm rout of Trumpism, the world struggles to trust America
The U.S. midterm rout of President Donald Trump's stewardship doesn't mean the world trusts America again.
NASA awards moon base transportation, technology, science projects
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, announced awards to expand its Moon Base capabilities.
Feds award $10B to states in second year of rural health grants
Federal officials on Monday announced $10 billion in awards across all 50 states in the second year of the Rural Health Transformation Fund, grants created by Congress to bolster rural health in response to concerns about Medicaid cuts. Texas received the largest grant for the 2027 fiscal year — almost $282 million — followed by Alaska, Montana, California and Oklahoma.
How green investing can change corporate behavior
Green investing can lower companies’ cost of capital, potentially directing more money toward cleaner technologies.
NYT bestseller ‘Robopocalypse’ is getting a TV series with Oscar winners Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman at the helm
Well, this should be a nice distraction from the real AI apocalypse.
Sanford Health earns 22 international marketing awards
Sanford Health projects in multiple platforms were recognized in the 2026 MarCom Awards, honoring excellence in marketing and communication.
Country Music Association Responds to Red Carpet Backlash: “We Are Deeply Sorry”
Sammy Kershaw and Rodney Atkins say the CMAs denied their requests to walk the red carpet for the November 18 awards show.
Advocate Health to increase total employee compensation by $846M for 2027
Nonprofit health system Advocate Health will invest an addition | The nonprofit will also invest an additional $390 million towards incremental benefits.
Best of Black Business Awards 2026: See the Winners
See the winners of the 2026 Best of Black Business Awards, honoring community-chosen Black-owned businesses in five categories across Minnesota.
Carter, Moss earn weekly awards
Following a dominant defensive performance in Saturday's victory over No. 6 Kentucky, Tennessee football seniors Arion Carter and Qua Moss earned weekly recognition for their efforts against the Wildcats.
WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News
WNYC is America's most listened-to public radio station and the producer of award-winning programs and podcasts like Radiolab, On the Media, and The Brian Lehrer Show.
Amentum wins $609M Army contract
Amentum has been awarded a nearly $609 million Army contract to provide at least 500 full-time-equivalent workers.
Top honorees recognized at the Leadership Collier luncheon
Leadership Collier hosted their Celebration Luncheon on October 21 with event chair Todd Lyon. Honored recipients included Michael Wynn with John Passidomo Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award and PBS
Why Arsenal should have had a penalty against Hull City
Arsenal were involved in another VAR controversy over the weekend after Kai Havertz had his shirt pulled inside the penalty area, but the Gunners were not awarded a spot kick because the German was de...
Trump administration announces $10B in awards for Rural Health Transformation Program’s second year
The Trump administration announced Monday fundi | In part, funding was determined based on how states have implemented RHTP plans thus far.
Humanitarian Situation in Haiti. Bulletin 2 Health Cluster. April
Health Cluster Situation Report. Humanitarian Situation in Haiti. April - June 2026. During the second quarter of 2026, ten major incidents involving armed violence led to the displacement of 50,867 people, a 19% increase compared to the previous quarter. After several months of severe deterioration in the Artibonite and Centre departments, the West department once again became the epicenter of new displacements, accounting for 64% of all movements recorded during the period—primarily due to armed violence in the commune of Cité Soleil. A decline in suspected diphtheria cases has been observed starting from the 21st epidemiological week. A total of 42 suspected cases have been reported across 15 sites for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the West Department (Cité Soleil, Delmas, Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince) since January 2026. The cholera outbreak has been steadily declining since its resurgence in October 2022. Following a peak of 3,683 suspected weekly cases in 2023, transmission dropped by nearly 80% in 2024. This downward trend continued into 2025 (with 85 cumulative cases recorded during the same period) and into 2026, with 44 suspected cases reported as of July 18 (a 48% decrease). Transmission levels currently remain low and stable, reflecting successful control efforts. Maintaining surveillance and response capabilities remains crucial to preventing a resurgence, given the active circulation of Vibrio and the persistence of risk factors for transmission.
Burke Area Chamber honors H.O.P.E. as business of the year
EAST BURKE, Vt. — The Burke Area Chamber of Commerce has named H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People Every Day) its 2026 Business of the Year. The award goes to a chamber
UConn’s Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin Receives Leadership and Advocacy Award from InterCommunity Health Care
Laurencin was honored for his commitment to bettering public health through his medical advancements, advocacy, and mentorship.
Alleghany Health District awarded $5,000 to support maternal health
The Alleghany Health District has secured a $5,000 Community Health Impact Micro-Grant that will help support its new “Bloom” maternal health program.
American Academy Of Sciences & Letters Awards 10 Barry Prizes For 2026
The American Academy of Sciences & Letters has named 10 recipients of the Barry Prize, awarded to scholars at U.S. colleges for distinguished intellectual achievements.
Rodney Atkins Says He Was Also Denied a CMA Awards Red Carpet Spot: “Same Thing Happened to Me”
“Country music should never get above its raisin’,” he insists.
Annual award program celebrates improvement work across VH
Vanderbilt Health held the fourth annual Quality, Safety and Risk Prevention Pursuit of Excellence Poster Session and Award Ceremony Oct. 22.
Trump Administration Announces $10 Billion in Second Year of Rural Health Transformation Awards to All 50 States
HHS, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced $10 billion in awards to all 50 states for the second year of the Rural Health Transformation Program
HSV wrap-up: Today's key news from Hamburg!
Hi HSV fans! Here’s your daily newsletter once again.The international break is just around the corner, but things are anything but quiet around the Volkspark. While fans can look forward to a pre-C...
Watch live: Vance headlines small business event amid GOP post-election turmoil
Vice President Vance is set to headline a Small Business Administration event Monday as the GOP grapples with the fallout from their sweeping midterm losses. The appearance comes days after Vance blamed the GOP’s defeats on the war in Iran, arguing that voter frustration over the conflict and rising costs drove longtime Republican supporters toward…
Investigative journalist Hilke Schellmann to speak at UF Nov. 17 on AI and the future of hiring
Hilke Schellmann, an Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist and associate professor of journalism at New York University, will visit the University of Florida as the Fall 2026 Business Journalist in Residence to discuss how artificial intelligence is transforming hiring and threatening fairness in the workplace.
2 Business Owners Challenge Ald. Daniel La Spata In 1st Ward Race
La Spata seeks his third term and faces Laura Yepez, the 1st Ward committeeperson for the Cook County Democratic Party, and businessman Bill Thanoukos.
NFL Draft stock report: buy- Kade Pieper, RG, Iowa Hawkeyes
Kade Pieper has a great mentor in center Logan Jones of the Chicago Bears, and that will serve him well towards reaching the league.
What ‘catastrophic’ South Africa local election results mean for ANC
The country is transitioning away from the era of ANC electoral dominance towards a more fragmented political system.
Marlon James or Douglas Stuart could snag a Booker double when the fiction prize is awarded
Jamaican author Marlon James and Scotland’s Douglas Stuart have the chance to become two-time Booker Prize winners when the prestigious fiction award is handed out Monday in London.
Marlon James or Douglas Stuart could snag a Booker double when the fiction prize is awarded
Jamaican author Marlon James and Scotland’s Douglas Stuart have the chance to become two-time Booker Prize winners when the prestigious fiction award is handed out Monday in London | KCBS All News 106.9FM and 740AM
Mets Morning News: Award Week
Your Monday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.
Schimpff's Confectionery Owners Honored with State's Highest Tourism Award
Jill and Warren Schimpff, 4th-generation owners of Schimpff's Confectionery in Jeffersonville, were honored as the 2026 recipients of the Will Koch Indiana Tourism Leadership Award . “The …
Lula races to pass agenda before rightward shift in Congress
Government narrows priorities as a more conservative legislature prepares to take office next year
Gasperini, D’Amico to hold transfer meeting this week
Gian Piero Gasperini is convinced that the real step toward the top of the table can be made primarily through transfer market additions. The international break will be a good time to recover injured...
The Real Story of the Polar Bear in a UVM Science Hall Starts With Two Montpelier Agents Undercover in the Arctic
A polar bear has been hanging out in a UVM science hall for decades. Subscribe He’s a full-grown male, standing behind glass on an artificial iceberg in the lobby of the University of Vermont’s Marsh Life Science Building in Burlington. Most Vermonters have no idea he’s there. Students who asked about him heard he came from Canada. A poacher killed him, the story went, federal officers seized the hide at the Vermont border, and the government gave him to UVM on “indefinite loan.” A UVM biology professor told it that way in 2012. The university’s own news office repeated it in 2021. That story was wrong. The bear was evidence. In 1972, two federal wildlife officers from Montpelier posed as trophy hunters, bought their way into an illegal hunt run by a poaching ring, and followed it all the way to the frozen Arctic Ocean north of Alaska. One of them shot this bear. Sonia DeYoung, who works with UVM’s natural history collections, pieced the real story together from a half-remembered campus rumor, a case file buried in Anchorage and one stripped claw. She told it Nov. 6 in UVM Magazine. The Undercover Buy Early in 1972, Paul Bagalio and Bruce Parker walked into a Seattle taxidermy shop. Both lived in Montpelier. The case file lists Parker as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agent and Bagalio as a deputy game warden for the service. On paper, Bagalio was an unlikely undercover man. Born in Northfield and raised in Montpelier, he served in the Marines after high school, graduated from Norwich University in 1957, taught at Vermont Technical College and worked as an engineer at Rock of Ages, according to his obituary in the Times Argus. He founded Ramchem, a company that made epoxies for the Barre granite industry. He was also a hunter. His obituary passes along his advice: “Don’t ever miss an opportunity to hunt.” And it says he worked undercover for the U.S. Department of the Interior, helping expose what his family calls one of the largest poaching rings in U.S. history. In the Seattle shop, Bagalio and Parker posed as unscrupulous trophy hunters who wanted a polar bear and didn’t care how they got one. They came away with a scribbled note: a phone number and a hefty price. The Seattle Times later reported the number. In a May 1972 story, later reprinted in the Congressional Record, the paper said the two-man hunt cost $6,500, more than $50,000 in today’s money. The Times cited a federal search-warrant affidavit alleging that the ring paid two men who held valid Alaska permits so the hides and skulls could be shipped and processed under their names. Bagalio and Parker traveled to Barrow, on Alaska’s Arctic coast, with guides working with the taxidermist. These were not men to cross. The case file describes a man taking a 12-gauge automatic shotgun from his plane and telling Parker it was “the persuader.” One photo in the file shows a mustached accomplice peering out from beneath a heavy fur hood. On March 8, 1972, on the pack ice about 100 miles north of Point Barrow, the northernmost point in the United States, Bagalio shot a male polar bear. Parker shot a second. Bagalio had no legal permit to kill it, and that was the point. The bears were hard evidence of what the ring was selling. Back in Fairbanks, a Fish and Wildlife agent marked Bagalio’s bear so it could be identified later. He smeared fluorescent dye around its nose and ripped the dark outer sheath off one of its front claws. Bagalio and Parker went on to run several more undercover hunts against poachers in the West. The danger was real. Bagalio later told the Bennington Banner, according to DeYoung’s account, “My guide made it perfectly clear that he would leave me dead in the mountains if he thought I was an investigator.” Subscribe The Faded Rumor The bear came to UVM in 1975. How the government handed him over is still unknown. A rumor came with him. A student named in the UVM Magazine article simply as Carol helped catalog the university’s specimens in those years, and she heard it: an undercover federal agent had killed the bear in Alaska because he feared his cover would be blown and his life was in danger. Over the years the rumor faded. In the 1980s, the bear was put away in storage long enough for mice to chew the fur off his ankles, and several of his front claws went missing. He was later brought back out and set up on his iceberg in the Marsh Life Science lobby, where he has stood for decades since. Somewhere along the way, the Canada story took over. The Case File Decades later, DeYoung met Carol at an open house for UVM’s zoological collections. Carol told DeYoung’s research partner, Dave Moroney, what she remembered. They were delighted, and skeptical. At DeYoung’s request, David Rippeto, a UVM graduate who is now a Fish and Wildlife special agent in Anchorage, went through a mountain of old case files stashed in cardboard boxes and found the right one. It ran more than 80 pages: photographs, letters, permit records and a typewritten account of the case. Carol’s rumor had the core of it right. A federal officer had shot the bear in Alaska while undercover. But the file showed it wasn’t a desperate move to save his own skin. The shooting was part of the plan. The Stripped Claw One question remained. Was the bear in Burlington really Bagalio’s? DeYoung and Moroney shone a black light on the bear’s snout, looking for the dye. Nothing glowed. They already had the answer. The year before, a conservator repairing the mouse damage had found that one of the bear’s supposedly missing front claws was still there, minus its dark outer sheath, just as the agent in Fairbanks had left it in 1972. “Fifty years later, the marker originally meant for law enforcement told us we had our bear,” DeYoung wrote. Paul Bagalio didn’t live to see it. He spent the rest of his life in Vermont, most of it at Horn of the Moon in East Montpelier, and died Dec. 11, 2022, at 90, a few months before DeYoung first opened the case file. His family remembered the bear differently. The obituary says he took a record-class polar bear in Siberia, across the international date line. The federal case file puts the bear in this story about 100 miles north of Point Barrow. The obituary doesn’t say whether it’s the same animal. His bear is still on the iceberg. Go see him: The polar bear stands in the entrance to Benedict Auditorium, between the Marsh Life Science and Hills buildings on UVM’s Burlington campus. Compass Vermont is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe