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Josh Landes/WAMCAt the end of 2025, WAMC Berkshire Bureau Chief Josh Landes trekked deep into the Mount Plantain Preserve in Mount Washington to watch the beginning of a dam removal project aimed at restoring vital natural waterways in the region. This month, he returned for a celebration of its successful conclusion, and the unveiling of a new trail named for a community member who’s spent decades advocating for the land to be protected. -
Josh Landes/WAMCIn this installment of Shakedown Beat, WAMC's Josh Landes reflects on The String Cheese Incident's first Western Massachusetts concert in a quarter century on June 23, 2026, at Tree House Brewing Company in Deerfield.
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This weekend marks the ninth installment of Solid Sound at MASS MoCA in North Adams. The keyboardist of festival organizers Wilco will be sharing clips from his forthcoming documentary on the life and influence of Bob James, a classically trained composer and pianist whose work took on an unexpected second life in the world of hip-hop. -
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has issued a ruling that a question about rent control will be barred from the November ballot. -
A high school in the most sparsely populated district in Massachusetts is partnering with the commonwealth’s largest public university to expand early college opportunities for students. -
The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams says it’s seeing a second straight year of rising enrollment for the fall semester. -
A former teacher at an elite all-girls boarding school in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, has a new date for his next court appearance as he faces multiple rape charges. -
An interview with Berkshire County NAACP President Dennis Powell. -
One quarter of Massachusetts’ 351 communities have signed on to a grassroots campaign calling for the state flag’s controversial iconography to be changed. The activists behind the push claim Gov. Maura Healey is dragging her feet on finding a new state emblem. -
Following protests and lengthy debates, Holyoke’s city council approved sweeping changes to the city's zoning rules this week, aimed at barring new data centers from coming to town for the foreseeable future. -
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. -
With drought conditions worsening across Massachusetts, Berkshire County farmers are bracing for a hot, dry season.
