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Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III will be the next president of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association.

The Bristol County Sheriff's Office is refuting allegations in a recent report that many of Sheriff Thomas Hodgson's campaign contributions come from businesses with a financial interest in his facilities.

Several SouthCoast communities — including Fall River — are already taking measures ahead of a winter storm that is expected to pummel the region tonight.

The FBI is announcing a $20,000 reward for information on the current whereabouts of longtime fugitive Andrew Dabbs, the suspect in a 40-year murder case.

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.