Midday Newscast June 11, 2008

Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie says the state needs to prepare for a possible emergency this winter as Vermonters struggle to pay for home heating fuel; state officials say they want to avoid widespread Internet outages like those that have affected Vermont over the past month or so; a few thousand Vermonters are still without power at this hour because of yesterday’s strong storms; Sara Gear Boyd, a longtime leader in Vermont’s Republican Party, has died.