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The body of one of the Boston bombing suspects will be claimed by family members. According to her lawyer, the widow of suspe...
Today is the primary in the special U.S. Senate election, and many Massachusetts voters are still undecided. Ed Markey and St...
The surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect is no longer being treated at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. D...
It's expected the father of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects may head for the U.S. Friday. Human rights activist Khed...
Boston is open today but Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick says it will not be business as usual. About a 15 block area of...
Massachusetts Democrats are lining up against President Obama's plan to cut Social Security and Medicare. Senator Elizabe...
Several brush fires broke out across the state over the weekend, including one on Warner Road in Belchertown Sunday evening. ...
Three Republican US Senate candidates from Massachusetts have wrapped up their Springfield debate. Dan Winslow, Gabriel Gomez...
Massachusetts may be able to fix its infrastructure problems without raising taxes to the level being called for by Governor ...
A Holyoke man suspected of selling drugs in the Brattleboro area has been arrested. 20-year old Miguel Serrano was stopped on...
Another winter storm is headed to Massachusetts. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for 9 pm Mond...
The Massachusetts Department of Labor says the state created 32,000 jobs more than previously thought. The U.S. Bureau of Lab...
Another winter storm could be headed our way this weekend. The National Weather Service says conditions look good for a poten...
The jury has been seated in the Cara Rintala murder case, and the trial was set to begin with opening arguments Wednesday mor...
Congressman Ed Markey says Massachusetts will lose 60,000 jobs and 127 million in research funding if spending cuts scheduled...
Several days after the historic weekend storm that dumped up to two feet of snow, the cleanup continues in Massachusetts citi...
The Mass Department of Public Health is behind schedule in writing regulations for medical marijuana. The rules will cover su...
Governor Patrick's travel ban instituted during the blizzard is getting high praise from snowplow operators. A truck driv...
The State of Emergency declared by Governor Deval Patrick remains in effect Saturday morning. The statewide driving ban remai...
A power outage due to the blizzard automatically shut down a nuclear power facility in Massachusetts. An official at the Nucl...
Most of the massive snowstorm that slammed the Northeast is heading out to sea Saturday morning. However, there is still snow...
Governor Deval Patrick is urging motorists to be off Massachusetts roads by noon Friday in order to allow state and local cre...
Pre-trial hearings in the murder case of Cara Rintala will remain open to the public. Attorney David Hoose had asked the judg...
High winds continue across Massachusetts today, but the official High Wind Warning from the National Weather Service expired ...
A 12 year old Easthampton boy will have to get a job as the result of a Massachusetts appeals court ruling. The boy spray-pai...
Senator John Kerry will be in Springfield Thursday morning as part of his thank-you tour across the state. Kerry will make an...
A winter weather advisory is in effect in Western Massachusetts Wednesday. Between 2 and 4 inches of snow is expected to fall...
Talk continue about a possible casino in Holyoke. Western Mass. Development, formerly Paper City Development, missed Tuesday&...
Chief Russell SienkiewiczNorthampton Police Department29 Center St.Northampton, MA 01060Superintendent Brian SalzerNorthampto...
With 18 deaths already linked to the illness, Massachusetts health officials say this is the worst flu season in Massachusett...
Flu season has hit Western Massachusetts particularly hard this year. State health officials say far more people are sick thi...
The state's new medical marijuana law goes into effect the first of January. Cities and towns across Massachusetts are sc...
Despite the wintery weather A new report predicts all Massachusetts and Connecticut ski resorts will go out of business withi...
Despite the wintery weather A new report predicts all Massachusetts and Connecticut ski resorts will go out of business withi...
Amherst State Senator Stan Rosenberg says fear on the part of Massachusetts state lawmakers is why the medical marijuana ques...
For the third straight month, tax revenues have come up short in the Commonwealth. As a result, Massachusetts faces a $54...
Governor Deval Patrick admits he's been approached by the White House, but says he's not interested in a job in the O...
Massachusetts residents hoping to score a big win in Wednesday night's Powerball drawing are probably disappointed today....
Some Massachusetts residents brought into the country illegally as children will soon be eligible to pay in-state tuition at ...
The Massachusetts unemployment rate is up in October for the fourth straight month. The state says the jobless rate is now at...
Supporters of a measure to allow doctor assisted suicide in Massachusetts have conceded defeat. With 100% of all statewide pr...
Upload your pictures from Sandy to WHMP's Interactive blogGovernor Deval Patrick has declared a State of Emergency for Ma...
From the mass.gov websiteGovernor Patrick Declares State of EmergencyFRAMINGHAM, MA – At 12:45 on Saturday, October 27t...
Western Mass. may have seen the last of Taylor Swift. The country-pop superstar and Deerfield Academy student Conor Kennedy h...
Just days away from the anniversary of last year's October snowstorm, Massachusetts is again eyeing a possible pre-Hallow...
Mitt Romney will spend election night in Boston. The Republican National Committee will host the party at the Boston Conventi...
The state is out with a mixed jobs report showing Massachusetts gained 5,100 jobs in September, even as the unemployment rate...
New England residents are checking for damage around their homes this morning after an earthquake struck Main Tuesday, and wa...
Massachusetts' U.S.. Senate race is leading the nation when it comes to fundraising. Elizabeth Warren's third-quarter...
Congressman Jim McGovern will hold a public forum Monday night in Northampton urging voters to support a ballot question. The...
State and federal officials say Vermont Yankee is dumping heated water into the Connecticut River that's much hotter than...
A judicial appointment from Western Mass. has been blocked. Wednesday the Governor's Council rejected Governor Patrick...
A new report from the ACLU charges that students in Massachusetts three largest school districts, including Springfield, are ...
The Friendly's near the Holyoke Mall has shut its doors for good. The Springfield Republican reports that's because t...
Massachusetts lost 4,800 jobs in August. The state Department of Labor says that contributed to the state unemployment rate j...
There's not much support in Western Mass for reinstating happy hour drink specials. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Commis...
Singer Taylor Swift and Conor Kennedy were spotted in Western Mass. over the weekend. The couple had a bite to eat at Taylor&...
Governor Patrick is among those sending condolences to the family of Winchester, Massachusetts native Glen Doherty, who was o...
Massachusetts remembers the 9/11 terrorist attacks 11 years ago with ceremonies today. Governor Patrick and Senator Scott Bro...
Western Mass. residents are being advised to guard against Eastern Equine Encephalitis. The state Health Department has confi...
U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren hammered now-familiar themes in her speech to the Democratic National Convention Wedne...
Voters head to the polls Thursday for the Massachusetts state primary election. While Secretary of State William Galvin is pr...
The threat level for West Nile Virus infection is up in parts of Western Massachusetts. Chicopee's level was raised to cr...
Three local firefighters have been called West to help fight one of the massive wildfires there. Across the West, dozens of f...
A town in Hampshire County has been named as having one of the most unfortunate town names in the country. Belchertown is num...
Michelle Obama visits Western Massachusetts Friday to campaign for her husband. The first lady will attend a thousand-dollar-...
A major onion recall now includes prepared salads. Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling various ready-to-eat salads, slaw, salsa a...
An outbreak of salmonella across the Northeast has led to a ground beef recall in several states, including Massachusetts, Ve...
Two leaders at the state House are proposing a statewide sales tax holiday in August to stimulate the local economy. House Sp...
A Massachusetts physician will be the Green Party's candidate for the U.S. presidency. Jill Stein beat out actress Rosean...
The First Lady will make a fundraising swing through Western Mass. early next month. Michelle Obama is scheduled to make thre...
High speed passenger rail service from Connecticut to Vermont will be a reality, according to Tim Brennan, Executive Director...
The federal transportation bill signed by President Obama on Friday will benefit seven Pioneer Valley road projects. Expect t...
The U.S. Department of Labor is awarding four Massachusetts agencies a total of $800,000 to help homeless veterans get jo...
The Transgender Equal Rights Bill is now in effect in Massachusetts. The law adds gender identity as a protected category und...
The President of the Urban League of Springfield has been named Chairman of the UMass Board of Trustees. Henry Thomas the Thi...
The average monthly electricity bill in Massachusetts is going down. DPU Commissioner David Cash says that's because natu...
President Obama will make his first trip of the year to Massachusetts on Monday, when he appears in Boston for a fundraising ...
Senator Scott Brown says he'll agree to debate Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren at UMass Boston, but only under certain ...
A man who drowned at Hampton Ponds Saturday has been identified as 46-year old Nicolae Ulinici of West Springfield. Ulinici w...
A ban on single-use plastic shopping bags is moving through the Massachusetts legislature. The bill has won a favorable recom...
The Massachusetts unemployment rate is at its lowest level in more than three years. The Executive Office of Labor and Workfo...
A Southampton man remains in critical condition after being burned in an accident in his own garage. A spokesman for Mass. Ge...
A Southampton man is being treated at a Boston Hospital for serious burns over nearly a third of his body after an accident M...
A Northampton woman is being treated at a Boston hospital for severe burns she suffered in a fire Saturday in her yard. Offic...
A Haverhill teenager has been convicted of negligent homicide in a landmark case for causing a deadly crash by texting while ...
More than 3,500 Democratic party delegates from across Massachusetts converged on Springfield Saturday to choose their party&...
A federal appeals court says a federal law that defines marriage as being between one man and one woman is unconstitutional. ...
Massachusetts is among the top three most bicycle-friendly states. A new list released this week by the League of American Bi...
The University of Massachusetts is making plans for a new satellite campus. UMass President Robert Caret says he's hoping...
Openly gay Democratic Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts says the President's support of gay marriage last week pr...
Meet Zin, our WHMP Heavy Petting Pet of the Week. Zin is aDomestic Long HairNeutered Male,3.5 years old. We fell in love with...
Single family home sales are up again in Massachusetts, but the prices of those homes continue to drop. The monthly report on...
The unemployment rate continues to fall in Massachusetts. The state reports the jobless rate was 6.5 percent in March, down f...
Vermont Yankee is still operating, but many Vermonters and Massachusetts residents in the evacuation zone want to see the nuc...
Today is Patriot's Day in Massachusetts, a state holiday that commemorates the battles of Lexington and Concord in the Re...
More people have health insurance in Massachusetts than anywhere else in the nation. That's according to Governor Patrick...
A clean energy firm that just opened its first solar facility in Massachusetts says more green projects are in the works. Sol...
Our WHMP Heavy Petting Pet of the Week is Big Mo. He's a 2 year old neutered maleBorder Terrier. He's available for a...
Attorneys for married gay couples urged a federal appeals judge in Boston yesterday to strike down the federal law that defin...
Several thousand people are expected at a rally in Vermont this afternoon for President Barak Obama, and it's likely to b...
Governor Deval Patrick is vowing to veto a bill that would create a so-called "stand your ground" law in Massachuse...
The University of Massachusetts has named University of Kentucky Provost Kumble Subbaswamy to become chancellor at the flagsh...
Brush fires are not uncommon in Western Massachusetts, but state officials say it's very early in the season to be seeing...
Talbert Swan, the leader of the Springfield chapter of the NAACP, released an open letter to the residents of Easthampton Tue...
A new University of Massachusetts study indicates that the Holyoke St. Patrick's Day Parade generates around 20-million d...
College students from across Massachusetts gathered at the State House in Boston Thursday, urging increases in state funding ...
"I won't let you down" is the message from former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to people in the Bay State...
Super Tuesday looms tomorrow for Republican presidential candidates. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney hopes to lock ...
Senator Scott Brown is relying heavily on donations from the financial services and health care sectors in his bid for re-ele...
Listen to the discussion recorded live at Esselon Cafe in HadleyGovernor Deval Patrick says there are more than 120,000 unfil...
By unanimous vote, Cooley Dickinson Hospital and their board of trusteeshave chosen to partner with Mass General Hospital in ...
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. – The Cooley Dickinson Board of Trustees voted this evening (Monday, Feb. 27) to negotiate an affili...
The Cooley Dickinson Board of Trustees voted this evening (Monday, Feb. 27) to negotiate an affiliation agreement withMassach...
Governor Deval Patrick says there are more than 120,000 unfilled positions in Massachusetts, but there are too few skilled wo...
Joseph Kennedy the Third is formally launching his run for Congress in Massachusetts in the fourth district. Last month, the ...
The state's Supreme Judicial Court says a defendant can be charged with dealing marijuana even when possessing only a sma...
The 13 University of Massachusetts students arrested during the disturbance on the Amherst campus after Sunday's Super Bo...
Congressman Barney Frank will be writing a page in the history books this Summer with his marriage to partner Jim Ready. Fran...
Senator John Kerry wants a briefing by the Department of Defense on another possible Base Realignment and Closure Commission....
Friendly's is moving in with Burger King. The Boston Globe reports the ice cream and restaurant chaiin that's emergin...
Governor Deval Patrick has unveiled his $32 Billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year that begins in July. Patri...
National Grid's natural gas customers in Massachusetts could see their monthly bills start dropping in the near future. T...
Two local teachers are taking part in a lawsuit filed by the state's largest teachers' union to stop a proposed ballo...
Greenfield residents will have the chance Tuesday night to get a look at plans for a new high school. The Town Council's ...
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