Vermont Senator Peter Welch spoke about the government shutdown and other issues before returning to Washington earlier this week.

Burlington, Vermont’s mayor and police chief presented a community safety update today offering crime statistics and an overview of efforts to promote safety.

The updated public indecency ordinance, which some have deemed unnecessary, comes in response to a person walking naked near an elementary school.

As tick season worsens each year in the Northeast and cases of Lyme disease trend upward, researchers at the UMass Chan Medical School say they've reached a new milestone in developing a potential solution.It's a seasonal treatment that could prevent the tick-based bacterial infection happening in humans altogether, for practically a year at a time. The Massachusetts research school has now partnered with a pharmaceutical company to advance its development and with further testing and approvals, it could soon be a regular shot that takes some of the bite out of tick bites.To learn more, WAMC spoke with both UMass Chan’s Dr. Mark Klempner and Dr. Seth Lederman, CEO of Tonix Pharmaceuticals.

A Berkshire County agricultural group says that to support area livestock farmers, the future of local meat processing lies in products like bone broth, pet treats, jerky, and meat pies.

This weekend, for the first time in 200 years, the Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohican Indians will hold a powwow on their ancestral homelands in New Lebanon, New York.

A Berkshire County legislator’s effort to close an age of consent loophole in Massachusetts has taken a step forward in the state house.

A performance featuring a giant inflatable turtle puppet, song, and dance telling the Haudenosaunee story of creation comes to West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Friday.

A new report from the Massachusetts State Auditor says an energy efficiency program run by utility companies costs more and delivers less to the commonwealth’s lower-income communities.

State legislators toured Southern Berkshire County Monday to highlight the impact of climate change on local communities.