MASSACHUSETTS

Hospitals across western Massachusetts continue to grapple with high patent counts amid the most recent COVID-19 surge.

And Another Thing examines the impact the entrance of a big name Democratic candidate has on the Massachusetts races for governor.

Many political observers consider Healey the early favorite for the Nov. 2022 election because she is the only candidate in the race to have won a statewide election. The Democrat has served as attorney general since 2015 and has more than $3 million in her campaign accounts.

Some western New England rabbis describe their constant concern about the risk of anti-Semitic attacks on their congregations, such as the weekend hostage taking in Fort Worth, Texas.

Some western New England rabbis describe their constant concern about the risk of anti-Semitic attacks on their congregations, such as the weekend hostage taking in Fort Worth, Texas.

Despite the recent COVID-19 surge, college students have begun to return to western Massachusetts for the spring semester. But schools are making different choices about when to begin in-person classes.

After Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington tweeted support for an indicted state's attorney, her political opponent criticized her for focusing on politics, not her job.

Researchers from UMass and Baystate Medical Center compared those who did — and did not — receive buprenorphine after their release.

Train service between New York City and the Berkshires could start this summer. That's if Amtrak and the company that owns some of the track the service would run on can come to terms.

More than 7,000 educators and school staff in Massachusetts have gotten COVID-19 since early January.