New England Public Radio News

Two real estate organizations are reporting an increase in sales and prices of single-family homes in Massachusetts. WFCR's Kari Njiiri reports.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and the state's congressional delegation have announced $185 million in federal recovery funds for water infrastructure projects across the state. WFCR's Susan Kaplan reports that nearly $66...

Work will continue on a stretch of Interstate Route 91 near Springfield, Massachusetts, and transportation officials say drivers will also face a new spate of work this year in the Holyoke area. And they recently unveiled a major...

The Massachusetts' Labor Department announced that the state's unemployment rate rose seven tenths of a percent in December -- to nine point four percent. But as WFCR's Bob Paquette reports, there is optimism in the business...

Officials at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plan in Southern Vermont are providing more details about a radioactive leak on the site. And as WFCR's Fred Bever reports, Vermont governor Jim Douglas has told Yankee's top CEO the...

The principal of a high school in South Hadley, Massachusetts says he wants to organize an anti-bullying task force following a student's suicide last week. WFCR's Kari Njiiri reports.

Results from the US Senate special election show Western Massachusetts supporters of Republican Scott Brown turned out in force to vote. WFCR's Fred Bever reports.