Josh Landes
Berkshire Bureau ChiefJosh Landes has been WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief since February 2018 after working at stations including WBGO Newark and WFMU East Orange. A passionate advocate for Berkshire County, Landes was raised in Pittsfield and attended Hampshire College in Amherst, receiving his bachelor's in Ethnomusicology and Radio Production. You can reach him at jlandes@wamc.org with questions, tips, and/or feedback.
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Leaders in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on Monday removed the criminalization component and made other amendments to a proposed camping ban put forward by the mayor. But the debate on the controversial measure continues. -
Breaking an almost decade-long late streak, the Massachusetts legislature has approved a final budget for fiscal year 2026 just a day before its start. -
The Berkshire Hills Regional School District is bringing forward a $152 million plan for a new high school in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Now, local communities will have to decide whether to support paying the $89 million local share of the funding. -
After rejecting the initial proposal, voters in Dalton, Massachusetts, approved a police budget for fiscal year 2026 at special town meeting Thursday night. -
The Pittsfield, Massachusetts, school committee has approved a plan to restructure the city’s middle schools. -
The Great Barrington, Massachusetts, police chief says he’s retiring in early 2026. -
In Massachusetts, school athletic association rules require high school boys lacrosse players to wear helmets. But girls have no such requirements. Some parents are questioning the divergent standards after girls players in Dalton recently sustained head injuries. -
Western Massachusetts lawmakers say they expect yet another late budget as questions remain over federal funding cuts. -
On this week’s 51%, we chat with psychologist Dr. Samantha Sweeney about why teaching your kids to celebrate diversity is important to their success as adults – and how to do it. Sweeney lays out a guide for parents in her new book Culturally Competent Kids: Raising Children to Thrive in a Diverse World. -
Former students of an elite all-girls boarding school in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, engulfed in a sexual abuse scandal testified in support of a bill aimed at bolstering age of consent laws at a State House hearing Tuesday. A warning to listeners, this story includes descriptions of sexual assault.
