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Forty years ago, Charles Faurot traveled from New York City to southwestern Virginia looking for older traditional banjo players to record for a tiny country music record label. The historic Clawhammer Banjo recordings have been reissued on CD.

Cleveland journalist Connie Schultz won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2005; in 2006, her congressman husband ran for the U.S. Senate, and Schultz took a sabbatical to help him campaign. Her book about that time is . . . and His Lovely Wife: A Memoir from the Woman Beside the Man.

Officials are searching for two men from Massachusetts who were last known to have been in northern Vermont.

MuralsDC trains young artists to paint mural masterpieces over tired, tawdry graffiti. The paintings allow everyone to experience something beautiful — without going to a museum or gallery.

A mother and son from Pennsylvania admit they ran an elaborate scam to get $14 million in bogus loans from a New York teacher's credit union.Richard…

The New Hampshire House has voted to prohibit abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley reports...The bill also…

By Dave Lucashttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-920512.mp3Albany, NY – Four Capital Region Institutions of higher…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-839914.mp3Albany, NY – Leaders may be elected, they may be hired, or they may be…

A western Massachusetts community college will likely soon have the first woman as its president in the school’s 70-year history. A search committee at…

Berkshire County’s health will be in the spotlight Monday. WAMC’s Josh Landes has more.Laura Kittross is the manager of the Berkshire Regional Planning…