AMHERST, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - It was the first day of classes for thousands of students starting the new semester at UMass Amherst. Among them, many who fell victim to the massive fire that destroyed ...

With the information-gathering and stakeholder engagement sessions now complete, the Massachusetts Advanced Nuclear and Fusion Energy Roadmap is entering its next phase. We are pleased to invite you ...

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College football bowl season is underway, with wall-to-wall games on TV, packed stadiums and multi-million-dollar broadcasts dominated by a few dozen powerhouse programs. In Amherst, Massachusetts, it ...

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NEWTON, Mass. (WWLP) – The University of Massachusetts Amherst will rename its Newton campus to the “Charles River Campus of UMass Amherst” in January 2026. The campus, previously known as the Mount ...

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(WJAR) — A devastating three-alarm fire tore through an off-campus apartment complex near the University of Massachusetts Amherst, displacing more than 230 students and prompting the town to declare a ...

Firefighters from around western Massachusetts spent days on the scene fire that destroyed an Amherst apartment complex that provided off-campus housing to many University of Massachusetts students.

Firefighters from around western Massachusetts are still on the scene of a three-alarm fire that began Friday night in the town of Amherst, destroying a building that provided off-campus housing to ...

Riley Rourke is a digital producer for CBS Boston. She has worked at WBZ-TV since graduating from Emerson College in 2023. A construction site collapsed, and an apartment building was destroyed after ...