WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

Holyoke Community College's new police chief Jacqueline Robles was sworn into the role during a ceremony Monday, with members of the audience waving Puerto Rican flags and cheering.

We explore the movie music curation of Randall Poster, get a tour of Full Well Farms with Meg Bantle in Adams and hear how budget cuts could affect Cutchins Programs for Children and Families.

More than 130 Catholic Cardinals have begun the selection process for a new pope Wednesday known as a conclave. On Tuesday, William Byrne, the Bishop of the Springfield Diocese weighed in on what he is looking for in a new pope.

Federal immigration agents arrested two men at an apartment complex in Great Barrington early Tuesday morning.

Rumors about a sale of the MGM Springfield casino began to circulate last year.

We talk with Mr. Universe about funding cuts to scientific research and education, find out about the expansion of the Mass Kids Lit Festival and check in with the Center for New Americans they face changes in programming.

We are visited by musicians JayWood and Kris Delmhorst and find out about sustainable wine production for this week's Thunderdome.

The annual parade and festival celebrates the LGBTQ+ community. This year, many said they were attending as a form of resistance to the Trump administration's hostility towards trans rights.

Demonstrators paraded from the post office in downtown Springfield to City Hall, calling for more worker power and stronger union protections for laborers in the region.

Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss the first 100 days of the Trump administration, the Mass. Latino population’s significant contributions to the state’s economy, returning Holyoke schools from state to local control and much more.