With less than two weeks before Election Day, incumbent Massachusetts Democrat Richard Neal and Independent challenger Nadia Milleron met for a brief debate as they vie for the 1st Congressional District seat.

New federal funding, agreements and trainsets mean plans to better connect Albany with Boston are closer than ever to coming into station – though they’re still a long way’s off.

Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos spoke with the Berkshire Eagle's Nate Harrington about how Ballot Question 8 could affect the Berkshires, beginning with why many municipalities are asking residents to vote against the proposition.

The American Cancer Society says a man's average lifetime risk of getting breast cancer is 1 in 755. Jake Messier is among the fewer than 1% of American men who find themselves as that one. The social media influencer and advocate has Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. He was first diagnosed in 2023.

In Pittsfield, city leaders have opted to rename the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion department to the Office of Equity, Access and Opportunity. WAMC's Andrew Waite spoke with The Berkshire Eagle's Tara Monastesse about the rationale that Mayor Peter Marchetti and Chief Diversity Officer Michael Obasohan gave for the name change — and the community discussion that ensued.

Shawn Oliver was charged with operating under the influence after a multi-vehicle crash over the weekend.

Incumbent Democratic Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, who has held the seat for almost 40 years, faces independent challenger Nadia Milleron in a rematch from 2024 between the career politician and the aviation safety activist from Sheffield, who lost her daughter in a 2019 Boeing 737 Max jet crash in Ethiopia.

Two years ago, Massachusetts lawmakers passed "an act modernizing firearm laws." The bill was extensive, and it took aim at everything from ghost guns to devices that arguably convert semi-automatic firearms into automatic machine guns. Now, though, voters have a chance to shoot it down. Ballot Question 9 is a referendum on the law, which critics have been calling overkill that overly burdens firearm owners. Advocates, meanwhile, argue the bill modernizes aging gun laws for a new era, while better protecting residents in a state with one of the lowest firearm death rates in the country.

The Massachusetts Health and Human Services secretary was in Pittsfield on Wednesday to hear from healthcare providers about the community’s needs. As WAMC Berkshire Bureau Chief Josh Landes reports, they had a lot to tell him.

A new study is re-emphasizing just how many waterways now contain "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.