Rural towns in Western Massachusetts tend to be older, poorer and less educated than their rural counterparts in the east. They also have populations that are more likely to be shrinking than growing.

As a state budget takes shape in Massachusetts, several lawmakers continue to fight for more rural school funding. Advocates ...

Bills now before the Massachusetts Legislature look to level the playing field for the state's rural school districts, which ...

Bills proposing $60 million for rural schools are necessary to ensure their continued survival, several western Massachusetts ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The opioid crisis continues to impact western Massachusetts, and one state official wants to make sure resources are available for rural communities.

Healey’s administration has acknowledged that Western Massachusetts feels forgotten in state politics, whether in spending levels or simply a disconnect from the power center in Boston. “For the first ...

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For the first time, western Massachusetts lawmakers have filed legislation to financially reimburse the rural towns that surround the man-made reservoir, calling for regional equity and payment ...

(TNS) — In Florida, a rural town in northwestern Massachusetts, high-speed broadband Internet is hard to come by. “Depending on where you live in town, you might have better access to Internet ...

As a baby, Michael “Mick” Kittredge III lived in what he recalls as a traditional house in western Central Massachusetts: a three-bedroom Colonial that his parents bought for $144,000 in 1984.

C HICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The opioid crisis continues to impact western Massachusetts with the attorney general expected to address the ongoing impact it’s having on local cities and towns.

That’s not surprising, as many workplace surveys show the supply of primary care doctors has fallen well below the demand, especially in rural areas such as western Massachusetts. But Andrews still ...