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By JACOB NELSON

CHESTERFIELD — Three people. Two businesses. One piece of farmland. Countless ways that climate change is making farming harder.And yet, plenty of hope, because these farmers have a plan. With support from peers, nonprofits and even Uncle Sam, they’re...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BERNARDSTON — While you’re at work on sunny days, you’re probably thinking how nice it would be to spend some time outside. Meanwhile, at home, your dog is probably thinking the same thing.Enter Hiking Paws, the 13-year-old dog hiking company based in...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — The newest member of the Sunderland Fire Department meets all of the criteria: he’s specialized in search-and-rescue operations, he works well with the public, and to top it all off, he’s a very good boy.Ranger, a 4-year-old German...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The Friends of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Regional Dog Shelter’s annual “Mutts in Need” fundraiser promises a tail-wagging good time on Saturday.The fundraiser will hold its recurring silent auction and raffle along with a variety...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Greenfield's MacKenzie Paulin grew up dreaming of playing softball at the Division I level. This month, she made that dream a reality. Paulin committed to continue her softball career at Merrimack College, as the rising senior at Greenfield High...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — In the company of young donkey friends, miniature donkey Franklin has perked up, overcoming the grief of losing his life mate of 20 years.In a similar way, Rosie, another miniature donkey, who had once been left alone and without companions...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — More than 37% of annual global greenhouse gas emissions are produced by the billions of tons of concrete, asphalt, steel, glass and other construction materials used in buildings and other infrastructure projects, according to U.S....

By ABNER ROJAS

SPRINGFIELD — As Dakin Humane Society reopens its Kitten Intensive Care Unit at 171 Union St. this month, Pioneer Valley residents are ready to continue their mission of nursing critically ill kittens back to health.The volunteer program was put on...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A Senate-passed bill featuring a streamlined approach to permitting and siting solar and energy storage projects in Massachusetts, with a consolidated permit for approving clean energy infrastructure instead of multiple local, regional and state...

By DOMENIC POLI

Area veterinarians say there has been no drastic increase in the number of pets brought in with cannabis in their systems since it was legalized in Massachusetts, though more of the animals’ owners are willing to admit their dog or cat got into their...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Health Director Michael Theroux joined the city’s newly revived Agricultural Commission at its meeting this week to outline the Health Department’s role in enforcing and educating the public on the city and state’s agricultural...

By CHRIS LARABEE and ALEXA LEWIS

With Massachusetts experiencing its seventh-wettest year on record in 2023 as torrential rainstorms ravaged roads, farms and homes, the federal government, the state and those here in the Pioneer Valley are turning their eyes toward future flood...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD – Bridge Primary is raising $20,000 in an effort to match a MassDevelopment grant that will allow the healthcare provider to move to a roughly 16,400-square-foot office in Greenfield and hire more doctors amid a regional primary care...

By EMILEE KLEIN

Regional planning groups and local municipalities remain wary of the looming implications on municipal jurisdiction, should the state’s massive climate bill move ahead in the coming weeks with promises to reform the slow process of siting and...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — The base of a late-session climate bill that has been promised by top Democrats in both branches is being drafted by Gov. Maura Healey’s administration, which says that reform to the siting and permitting of clean energy infrastructure is...