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By ROB OKUN

Think resisting authoritarianism is too big of a lift? Think again. This spring, while the U.S. resistance movement may not be in full bloom, it is blossoming.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Roughly 500 students from 26 western Massachusetts schools had the chance to visit the Franklin County Fairgrounds earlier this month to engage with about 40 professionals in construction, skilled trades and technical careers during the third Construction & Trades Careers Day.

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Spring is bringing trees and yards and farms to life all around us. In this season of rebirth, Shantigar and Raven Used Books are bringing a visionary thinker about land and community (and a delightful human being) to our area.

By ALEXA LEWIS

The Trump administration has eliminated roughly $1 million in funding from the Environmental Protection Agency to the state Department of Public Health intended specifically to address asthma in western Massachusetts, according to Gov. Maura Healey’s office. This termination comes shortly after the American Lung Association reported a decline in air quality across the state and region.

By GARRETT COTE

WESTHAMPTON — As is always the case when western Massachusetts heavyweights Hampshire Regional and Greenfield meet on the softball diamond, high-level pitching was on display Monday afternoon. The Green Wave rely on senior MacKenzie Paulin, a Merrimack commit, while the Raiders typically give the ball to sophomore Ryanne Dubay, who will have her fair share of college offers when the time comes.

By KRISTIN DEBOER

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

GREENFIELD — The annual Supper for Six food drive brought together families, friends and coworkers from across Franklin and Hampshire counties last week to support community members facing food insecurity during the February school break.

By GORDON SHAW

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Supper for Six food drive is once again collecting donations to ensure local food pantries and family programs will have plenty to offer during the busy February school vacation week.

By DOMENIC POLI

BERNARDSTON — A New Hampshire teen was taken into custody on Monday morning after allegedly taking a parent’s vehicle from Hinsdale, attempting to hit police officers as she made her way through Vermont and causing property damage at Kringle Candle...

By JACOB NELSON

Jared Duval built his farm around Massachusetts’ innovative Healthy Incentives Program (HIP). Since 2017, HIP has helped tens of thousands of lower-income households buy fresh produce grown by local farmers. By most accounts, it’s been a wild success,...

By CLAIRE MORENON

 This winter, thousands of low-income Massachusetts families will have less food on their tables — unless we take action now. The state needs to allocate an additional $10 million to HIP, the Healthy Incentives Program, to stave off program cuts that...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — It can be a difficult task for college basketball fans to learn the players on the teams they root for year in and year out. Every season, programs across the country are gutted and rebuilt.UMass men’s hoops fans got quite the introduction...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

WARWICK — A police investigation that closed Hastings Heights Road overnight from approximately 7 p.m. last Tuesday to noon Wednesday involved a search for a missing woman from Keene, New Hampshire. Keene Police Det. Joel Chidester said in an...

By DOMENIC POLI

WORCESTER — The MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Center’s executive director is being sued by a former co-worker alleging she has lost out on consulting contracts because of damaging information spread by her ex-colleague.Maura Geary is the first...

By MOLLY PARR

This Monday, Oct. 7, marks one year since an attack that forever altered Jewish history. One year since 1,185 innocent people were brutally murdered by the terrorist group Hamas. One year since 251 hostages were kidnapped and brought into Gaza. The...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A steep drop in the number of Black students in the Class of 2028 at Amherst College compared to the preceding year’s incoming class, and less racial diversity in the first-year class, is likely a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against...

By CHRIS LARABEE and DOMENIC POLI

With a $165,000 grant, 18 formerly incarcerated individuals in Franklin and Hampshire counties can participate in a training program with their respective sheriffs’ offices and Community Action Pioneer Valley to prepare them to re-enter the...

By PHILIP KORMAN

 As I am poised to leave my job after 16 years as executive director of CISA (Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture), naturally, I’ve started to reflect. My takeaways so far are: Local farms are still challenged to keep farming, maybe even more...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

EASTHAMPTON — When Marie Andrades lived in Haiti, she worked as a nurse. Now, sheltering with her mother and baby in Northampton, she is looking to find employment where she can make use of her transferable skills.“I [studied] nursing in Haiti. I have...