Local NPR for Cape Cod, the South Coast, and Islands — CAI

A blue whale swimming in the Atlantic Ocean.

New England Aquarium

Commercial fishing returns to marine national monument

Amy Kolb Noyes

The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is once again open to commercial fishing. Whether that’s a good or a bad thing depends on who you ask.

A drone photo of the Marine Biological Laboratory Campus in Woods Hole.

Matthew Barton

Local News

MBL, University of Chicago break financial ties

Amy Kolb Noyes

Swimmers enjoyed jumping from the Sandwich Boardwalk into Mill Creek on a warm fall day, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.

Jennette Barnes

CAI

Local News

Tourism funding unfair to Cape, Chamber says, but change could be on the horizon

Jennette Barnes

In This Place

A bird’s winter survival guide

Mark Faherty

From their feathers to fat to feet to food, our birds are designed for surviving cold winters.
In This Place

The benefits of cold water swimming

Mindy Todd , Amy Vince

Right here on the Upper Cape there is a group who suit up for 30 to 40 minutes of open water ocean swimming, year-round.
In This Place

Bird news

Mindy Todd

Our monthly talk with ornithologist Mark Faherty.
In This Place

Garage or snowy driveway? Cape Codders decide.

Susan Moeller

S’no garage for me….
In This Place

Ecological gardening and midwinter plant questions

C.L. Fornari

We talk with Matt Mattus about eco-friendly gardening and answer questions about caring for plants in midwinter.

The Point

Photo by Daniel Cojanu, ©WHOI

The local news roundup

Mindy Todd

A review of this week's local headlines with the region's leading journalists.
C. German

Deep sea hydrothermal vents: life in extreme environments

Mindy Todd

An interview with Chris German, a marine geochemist who's recently also involved with astrobiology.
Chad Davis

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Impacts of ICE activity on our community

Mindy Todd , Amy Vince

How ICE activity is impacting our communities, how we can safely bear witness, and where we go from here as a community and a country.
Elsa Partan

Weather, climate, and forecasting

Mindy Todd , Amy Vince

What factors are contributing to the winter weather we’re having locally?

NPR Stories

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NHPR

Daniel Will confirmed to NH Supreme Court

Todd Bookman

Will, a superior court judge and former solicitor general, will fill a seat vacated by Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi.
Peter McGuire

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Maine Public

New England's largest battery storage opens in Gorham

Peter McGuire

The Cross Town facility can store enough electricity to power thousands of homes at times of peak demand.

'Dawson's Creek' star James Van Der Beek has died at 48

Mia Venkat

Van Der Beek played Dawson Leery on the hit show Dawson's Creek. He announced his colon cancer diagnosis in 2024.
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children

Tom Dreisbach

A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.
A country-pop newcomer's debut is your reinvention album of 2026

Hazel Cills

August Ponthier's Everywhere Isn't Texas is as much a fully realized introduction as a complete revival. Its an existential debut that asks: How, exactly, does the artist fit in here?