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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Berkshire County’s regional planning body is heading to North Adams, Massachusetts, this week to help homeowners apply for a loan program aimed at making living spaces more accessible.
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The town of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, says a reimbursement program for residents dealing with an ongoing tainted water crisis has been expanded to $1,500 in financial assistance. WAMC Berkshire Bureau Chief Josh Landes spoke with WAMC's James Paleologopoulos about the situation.
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Pittsfield, Massachusetts, is investing $1 million to expand the city’s tech-industry incubator known as the Berkshire Innovation Center.
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An interview with Jane Doe Inc. Director of External Relations and Development Greta Hagen.
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For the first time in decades, the Berkshire County chapter of the NAACP will have a proper office space as the civil rights organization prepares to open its new headquarters in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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As heavy snow continues to blanket the region, road crews are on the streets of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to clear the thoroughfares of Berkshire County’s urban hub.
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This year’s historic government shutdown put a spotlight on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP - the means by which millions of Americans facing food insecurity put food on the table. A new report from researchers at UMass Amherst explores misconceptions about the program, and how new restrictions from the Trump administration could have massive consequences for both working people and the national economy.
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An interview with Jamie Cote.
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An interview with North Adams, Massachusetts, Mayor Jennifer Macksey.