WAMC's award-winning daily news magazine brings listeners the latest in local, national, and world news. Join Lucas Willard each weekday for the latest. The work of the WAMC News team is complemented each day with news and features from the BBC and Stardate. Midday Magazine also offers a comprehensive regional weather summary and a range of commentators who span the political spectrum. Highlights from the WAMC Listener Comment Line are usually aired on Friday's edition of Midday Magazine.
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A lot of people have asked me over the past few weeks when I, a diehard Red Sox girl, "became" a Knicks fan. The answer involves geography, television, and a version of sports fandom that might not really exist anymore. -
The debate over data centers is ramping up in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where the City Council is weighing a ban just as a developer eyes a particular parcel. -
NewsChannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday Weather Summary for Tuesday, June 16, 2026. -
During a stop in Burlington Monday, Congresswoman Becca Balint discussed several issues including the need to place guardrails on AI imaging to protect individuals’ rights. -
The Saratoga Springs barn fire killed 17 horses. Four horses were rescued unharmed, and one horse reportedly escaped the barn but was found early Tuesday relatively untouched by the flames. -
At the beginning of the year, Saratoga Springs’ annual Flag Day parade was set to be cancelled due to a lack of funding. But after months of fundraising and community support, the tradition carried on this weekend… -
Lindsay Anderson, a professor and chair of Cornell University’s Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, spoke with WAMC’s Elias Guerra about how data centers fit into New York’s energy grid and the role a moratorium could play. -
Question: if the economy is doing great – as in lots of jobs being added in a particular month and the unemployment rate stays low -- why does the stock market tank?
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NewsChannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday Weather Summary for Monday, June 15, 2026.
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Primary contests big and small have been shaping up across Massachusetts – but, come Sept. 1st, one in particular will appear on ballots in all four of the state's westernmost counties, plus some of Central Mass.
