Newscast: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 12:04 p.m.

The White House is honoring two Vermont women as "champions for change" this week. In Chester, a controversial proposal for a "dollar store" has been approved, but opponents say they’ll appeal the Development Review Board’s decision. The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources says the emergency rules that allowed people to work in the state’s rivers and streams to help clean up after Tropical Storm Irene are no longer valid.