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. Samantha Simmons hosts the weekend edition. 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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My last commentary introduced what I considered a “skunk at the picnic” argument - namely that the interdiction of oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz was a good thing for the long term survival of humanity. My argument was that we need to stop consuming fossil fuels as quickly as possible - yesterday would not have been soon enough. -
NewsChannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday Weather Summary for Friday, May 8, 2026. -
The proposal is the latest chapter in a contentious discourse over the license-plate-reading cameras between the all-Democratic council and Republican Mayor Carmella Mantello. -
Senator Peter Welch was on the road in Vermont this week visiting a food shelf and farmers to find out how they are navigating the current economy. -
After years of operating under a consent decree, the Springfield Police Department is no longer bound to the arrangement. Following a recent filing and changes in federal attitudes, the decree has been dismissed. -
An interview with Berkshire County NAACP Chapter President Dennis Powell. -
Making compost takes some care - add greens, browns, water and air. This simple rhyme is a great way to remember the key ingredients to any compost pile.
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Sen. Peter Welch has been talking with Vermonters about their primary concerns and he's hearing that Washington is making life difficult. -
Saratoga Springs officials are looking to amend the city’s charter, again, but some residents are raising concerns over one set of proposed changes. -
The fight over New York’s quarter-plus-trillion dollar budget continues with little evidence of it ending anytime soon. In what has now become an annual ritual, Governor Hochul has frozen budget negotiations in order to pressure lawmakers to agree to what are essentially non-budget policy initiatives.
