Hundreds of thousands of residents may be losing their main source of communication: their landline telephone. Verizon filed an application last month to phase out its copper-based landline phone services in New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, and seven other states. But residents worry there are few to no alternatives in rural communities.

In June, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced opioid overdose-related deaths in the Commonwealth had fallen below 1,000 for the first time since 2013. Citing data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an annual death toll that had risen to almost 2,400 in 2022 was tallied at 978 in 2025. WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief Josh Landes visited a Pittsfield support center recently and found a more complicated picture of how addiction is impacting Massachusetts.

The Sullivan County Legislature officially voted 5 to 4 to close the Senior Care Center at Sunset Lake on Thursday. Before the vote, residents pleaded with officials not to close the senior center.

New York Attorney General Letitia James has released the police bodycam footage of the moments before a teenager who appeared to be in a mental health crisis was fatally shot by police in a Hudson Valley village in June.

A quartet of rural Berkshire County mahjong ladies weigh in on gas prices, energy costs, and more ahead of midterms.

In Massachusetts, a proposal to move an additional 20 million gallons of water a day from a reservoir is drawing fierce backlash.The western Mass. towns entrusted with stewarding the Quabbin Reservoir are once again raising questions of equity as state officials collect feedback.

Albany's 2027 budget proposal is Mayor Dorcey Applyrs' response to the city's worsening financial condition.

Many unhoused people in Schenectady go to the Schenectady County Public Library's Karen B. Johnson Main Library downtown for shelter from the elements and resources ranging from bathrooms to internet access. But in recent weeks, the number of unhoused people at the library has led to a debate over the issue amid a Schenectady City Council race.

The City of Albany made unrealistic budget projections, leading to deficit spending, the New York State Comptroller's report found.

Otsego County Democratic Party ChairCaitlin Ogden discusses her insurgent campaign to oust the long-standing New York State Democratic Party Chair, Jay Jacobs.

Centuries ago, the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican people were driven out of their homelands in the Northeast by European colonists. A powwow in Lenox this weekend will continue the community’s work to reestablish millennia-old ties with the region.

Albany Medical Health System CEO Daniel Pickett is being sued for sexual assault by an ex-partner. Pickett has sued that ex-partner for defamation and stealing his property.