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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A mosquito in Clarksburg, Massachusetts, has tested positive for West Nile virus. It is the first such case in the commonwealth this year. -
An interview with Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts President James Birge. -
After months of silence, an advisory committee exploring a new flag and iconography for Massachusetts will meet Thursday morning. -
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.
