Newscast: March 12, 2012, 12:04 p.m.

A special task force in southeastern Vermont says state and regional governments need to plan for the potential that Vermont Yankee will close soon. Sidewalk maintenance has become a challenge for many cash-strapped communities across the state State officials have approved a $7.7 million expansion at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington has been given $400,000 for cancer research.