New England Public Radio News

High-speed, broadband Internet will soon cover Western Massachusetts more fully, as the state's Broadband Institute has announced the name of a company willing to manage and maintain a new 1,300 mile, $71.6 million network. WFCR's...

WFCR's Bob Paquette spoke with two diplomats about the fall of leaders in Tunisia and Egypt, the potential end of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi's reign -- and the potential implications of these changes for U-S foreign policy.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has announced local approval for 27 "Innovation Schools," and about half would be located in the western part of the state. as WFCR's Anne Mostue reports, Innovation Schools are alternatives to...

Hampshire and Franklin counties of Massachusetts have their first new District Attorney in 17 years. As of January, Dave Sullivan -- the former Hampshire County Registrar of Probate -- has taken the reins from longtime D.A....

The revolutionary protests resulting in the overthrow of Tunisian president Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak are regularly characterized as youth movements.25 year old Neda Belhassen,a Fulbright scholar teaching Arabic in Western...

Massachusetts' Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry addressed an emotional crowd at a town-hall-style meeting in Northampton on Saturday afternoon. WFCR's Anne Mostue reports.

The University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester has received a 35 million dollar federal grant to help make it easier for Americans to shop for health insurance. WFCR's Bob Paquette has details.