One of the biggest stories of 2025 in Berkshire County was a debate in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, about how to remedy a long-running water crisis.

This month the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs announced an American Abenaki curriculum.

One of Berkshire County’s biggest stories of 2025 concerns a proposed camping ban for the region’s urban hub of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. As WAMC reports, the debate over how to address unhoused community members remains unresolved heading into 2026.

After more than three decades promoting live music in the Capital Region, Greg Bell is preparing to retire. But not after one last blow-out at Albany’s Palace Theater.

Upstate New York jam band veterans moe. are capping off their 35th anniversary tour with a concert at the Palace Theatre in Albany tomorrow.

It took weeks of planning and measuring, but after a fleet of tow trucks spent hours pulling it, a piece of locomotive history arrived at its new home in western Massachusetts.

Last week, the United States Congress left Washington for the year - after both the House and Senate came short of passing key subsidies for Affordable Care Act insurance plans. Without tax credits, households relying on the ACA marketplace plans are likely to see their premiums skyrocket - affecting at least 22 million people. WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos spoke with Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal of the 1st district about the situation

Berkshire County’s largest health care provider and employer has opened an urgent care center in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The new facility helps fill in the rural region's health care coverage gaps.

In this installment of Shakedown Beat, WAMC's Josh Landes interviews bassist, vocalist, and songwriter Rob Derhak of beloved New York State jam band moe.

The ribbon has been cut and the doors are opening at a long-awaited new housing resource center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.