Three years ago, a woman incarcerated in the Barnstable County jail asked a member of the sheriff's staff for help with her writing. The jail's response became a class for incarcerated women on writing their own life stories. CAI's Jennette Barnes joined the class for a day.

In part one of NEPM's series on local candidates giving politics a try, Yakov Kronrod leans on his family's refugee history and his own past activism.

The plan is called 'Compass Rail', and residents will see the earliest project materialize around 2030, with the so-called Inland Route — or what officials are calling the first phase of West -East Rail — connecting Springfield to Worcester and Boston.

Barnstable Town Planner James Kupfer says they're noticing "a lot of interest in Hyannis where there wasn't prior."

Jennifer Moore, GBH News’ Statewide and Features Editor, is on the move. At the helm of the Connecting the Commonwealth initiative, a statewide news-sharing journalistic partnership between GBH News, CAI (Cape and Islands Radio) and NEPM (New England Public Media), Moore’s beat extends from Provincetown to Pittsfield, and everywhere in between. Now in its second year, the collaborative is sharing stories multiple times a day and producing in-depth feature series on matters of statewide significance. We sat down with Moore to learn about the trailblazing journalism that Connecting the Commonwealth has produced so far, and where it’s headed next.

Officials say vaccine hesitancy is likely to get worse under Trump administration, which is attacking vaccines through rhetoric and funding cuts.

The renowned dance festival in Berkshire County was cancelled this week after a production manager was killed in what has been termed a "workplace accident" by investigators.

Relocation of people and infrastructure is one of 10 strategies in a plan to cope with sea-level rise and storm surge. The Office of Coastal Zone Management is expected to finalize a report this summer.

Far fewer Canadians are visiting Cape Cod this summer than in the past. In at least one location, bookings from Canada are down nearly 80 percent.

After Rob Martin learned his lobster gear had entangled a humpback whale, he made it his mission to prevent others from repeating that experience.