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Just days after West Nile Virus was found in mosquitoes in Fall River, a Bristol County woman in her 30s has come down with the illness.

Massachusetts expects to welcome about 900 evacuees from Afghanistan, and although specifics are unknown, efforts are already underway to prepare for their arrival and resettlement.

The most common reason SouthCoasters told me they were voting for Biden was that he wasn't Trump. I don't get many calls from those people these days.

New Bedford officially has more than 100,000 residents for the first time since last century, according to U.S. Census data from 2020 released yesterday — and Fall River's population hit 94,000.

SouthCoast communities are among much of the state under an air quality alert today due to ground level ozone that may affect sensitive groups.

Somerset Town Administrator Richard Brown is urging residents to wear masks in public spaces indoors following yesterday's new CDC guidelines recommending the measure in areas with high or substantial risk of COVID-19 transmission.

SouthCoast beaches are the cleanest in the state, according to a new report outlining the results of testing 556 Massachusetts beaches for fecal bacteria levels.

In a letter to Mayorkas, Hodgson asked him to “publicly apologize to my dedicated, professional staff that you demonized and embarrassed with your reckless, politically motivated decision.”

It's only been hours since the Bristol County Sheriff's Office introduced its newest members, but these four-legged furballs have already stolen our hearts.

The Sobriety Checkpoint will start on Friday and run into Saturday.