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Cassie Oliveira reads from an autobiographical essay she wrote for a memoir class at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility, Jan. 8, 2026.

Jennette Barnes

CAI

'The deep stuff': With hope for healing, women jailed on Cape Cod are writing their life stories

Jennette Barnes

Three years ago, a woman incarcerated in the Barnstable County jail asked a member of the sheriff’s staff for help with her writing. The jail’s response became a class for incarcerated women on writing their own life stories. CAI’s Jennette Barnes joined the class for a day.

Steve Heaslip on the Wellfleet flats in 2007 covering a dolphin stranding

Doug Fraser/Cape Cod Times

CAPE COD TIMES

Local News

From the darkroom to drones: News photographer retires after half a century bearing witness

Sam Houghton

A workman was killed and another trapped for hours when a trench collapsed on South Shore Drive in South Yarmouth on Nov. 18, 2025.

John Basile

Local News

Contractor hit with heavy fines related to South Yarmouth trench collapse

John Basile

In This Place

Designing your garden

C.L. Fornari

C.L. talks with Andrew Fisher Tomlin author of The Modern Professional Planting Designer and answers your calls.
In This Place

Local news roundup

Mindy Todd

The top news headlines of the week with our region's leading journalists.
In This Place

Catching the Codfather Part 1: Red Lobster

In 2015, when undercover federal agents offer to buy his business, Carlos Rafael opened his books.
In This Place

Lessons in nut processing from Appalachia

Elspeth Hay

Experimenting with acorn flour.
Local News

Solar panel farm proposed in Truro

Gilda Geist

For years, the Noons property in Truro was used for industrial purposes. By 2027, it could become a solar farm with 14,000 panels.

The Point

Harwich Conservation Trust volunteer photographer Gerry Beetham

The return of river herring

Mindy Todd , Amy Vince

Herring are making a slow, but definite, comeback.
Jennette Barnes

Trust remains high in local news, yet the industry is in peril

Mindy Todd , Amy Vince

We discuss the importance of local journalism, why it’s thriving in our region despite the national trends, and why it’s important for all communities to have access to local news.
Courtesy David Velesig

The local news roundup

Mindy Todd

The top local stories of the week with our region's leading journalists.
Keeping pets healthy

Mindy Todd

We discuss best practices to keep your pet healthy and what you can do to curb unwanted behaviors.

NPR Stories

Seth Rolbein

Quirky Cape Recollections

Seth Rolbein

Time now for a Cape Cod Notebook. This week, Wellfleet journalist Seth Rolbein talks about four stories form his time on the cape throughout his life.
Anthony Devlin/AP

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PA pool

Australia charges ex‑soldier with 5 war‑crime murders in Afghanistan

The Associated Press

Roberts-Smith is only the second Australian veteran of the Afghanistan campaign to be charged with a war crime.

Trump repeats threats to bomb Iran's power plants and bridges if deal isn't reached

Franco Ordoñez, A Martínez

President Trump has repeated threats to Iran's civilian infrastructure if a deal isn't reached by Tuesday night.
Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., talks about Trump's threats against Iran's infrastructure

Leila Fadel

NPR's Leila Fadel asks Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, about President Trump's continued threats against Iran and prospects for a ceasefire.
As Trump's deadline approaches, Iranian leaders respond in defiance

NPR Staff

Hours away from President Trump's 8 pm ET Tuesday deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, attacks continued in the Persian Gulf with no agreement in sight. Trump has threatened to bomb Iranian bridges and power plants if a deal is not reached.