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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Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy was in Berkshire County Thursday night to give a talk at his alma mater, Williams College, in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The Democrat sat down with WAMC beforehand to discuss some of the week’s major headlines, including the ongoing government shutdown over his party’s opposition to funding the Department of Homeland Security. -
A campaign to unite Massachusetts communities in a call to change the state flag and seal is making its way to the Southern Berkshires. -
Following reporting by WAMC News, the attorney general of Massachusetts is calling on two propane companies to “immediately remedy” delivery issues that left customers without heating fuel. -
A Berkshire state representative says a Pittsfield armored vehicle company that’s done the most business with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Massachusetts during the second Trump administration should turn down any future work with the agency. -
A Great Barrington, Massachusetts, affordable housing nonprofit is in the midst of its annual winter fundraising campaign to provide fuel and shelter to vulnerable residents. As WAMC reports, this year’s effort comes in the face of frigid temperatures and diminished federal funding. -
A Berkshire County environmental group is launching a campaign against the state government’s practice of stocking nonnative fish in the commonwealth’s waters. -
Berkshire County activists say Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is more talk than action when it comes to protecting state residents from the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown. As WAMC reports, the activists made their feelings known during the governor’s most recent trip to the region. -
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey was in Pittsfield this week to announce a new round of state grants that will support the construction of 1,300 new homes across the commonwealth, including almost 50 in Berkshire County’s largest community. -
An interview with Congressman Seth Moulton. -
An interview with Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio.
