Harwich

Matthew Chicoine from Harwich was sentenced to four to six years in state prison after being charged with trafficking methamphetamine.

Students at a Cape Cod high school have been dismissed early after authorities received an automated bomb threat at around 9 a.m. Friday that school officials said was deemed to be "non-credible."

This week helicopters are flying low over Southeastern Massachusetts as part of a plan to mitigate rabies among wild animals in Barnstable and Plymouth counties. Wareham residents may have noticed the passing choppers on Tuesday or found oral rabies vaccine bait in their yards...

BOSTON (AP) _ An emotional Gov. Charlie Baker has signed what he calls the most comprehensive law in the nation to combat opioid addiction that has claimed thousands of lives in Massachusetts in recent years. Baker struggled to keep his composure Monday as he spoke about families he has encountered who have lost loved ones to addiction, or are trying to help a family member recover...

State Sen. Dan Wolf has won a temporary reprieve from a state Ethics Commission ruling that could force him to quit the Legislature and end his campaign for governor.       The commission has extended a deadline it gave Wolf, a Harwich Democrat, to choose between his political career or continued ownership interest in Cape Air...