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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Authorities have identified the victim in a fatal Pittsfield, Massachusetts, hit and run incident. -
After a WAMC story on a propane company’s failure to keep Western Massachusetts customers supplied with fuel during this frigid winter, more listener accounts have poured in. -
Last night, the Pittsfield City Council voted unanimously to abandon a controversial camping ban put forward last spring by Mayor Peter Marchetti. The move caps off almost a year of intense debate in Berkshire County's largest community over how the city should best address the needs of unhoused residents in the downtown. -
An interview with independent jounralist Bill Shein of Reason Gone Mad. -
In the depths of a frigid winter, communities in the snowy hills of Western Massachusetts are struggling with heating fuel access issues that local leaders are describing as disastrous and an emergency. -
The union that represents thousands of education workers at community colleges across Massachusetts is taking legal action against campus presidents in a fight over contract negotiation terms. -
The long-tenured state representative for the 1st Berkshire District in the Massachusetts State House says he’s holding off on reelection plans as a challenger for the seat emerges. -
An interview with North Adams Vice President Andrew and 1st Berkshire District State Representative Democratic primary candidate Fitch. -
An interview with incoming Clark Art Institute Director Esther Bell. -
Organized labor groups representing thousands of educators in Massachusetts say Gov. Maura Healey’s budget proposal doesn’t do enough to confront a fiscal crisis facing commonwealth schools.
