Newscast: Friday, December 21, 2012, 5:50 p.m.

Sen. Leahy says he’ll support the semi-automatic weapons ban and also require background checks at gun shows. More than 17k power outages have been reported in VT since strong winds began blowing through the state. One of the state’s two landfills is now likely to close in March. Lebanon Airport is trying to log just 10,000 departures so it can get a federal grant to improve itself.