The state Department of Transportation sent letters by mail and hand delivery last week to 15 property owners — 12 residential and three commercial.

The state recently certified the Barnstable County Water Quality Laboratory to test drinking water for the presence of PFAS, a group of chemicals that have been linked to serious health impacts.

The rally was part of a national movement that's grown in response to the Trump administration's policies, which organizers say are a threat to scientific progress.

The payment will settle a public records battle between the Guard and the Association to Preserve Cape Cod over a failed plan to build a machine gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod.

New tracking devices are providing data on the behavior of loggerhead turtles who have been returned to the ocean after being cold-stunned and rehabilitated.

The Trump administration is laying off hundreds of scientists and weather forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In Woods Hole, where five major scientific institutions are based, and climate, weather and environment research is the culture and economy, the impacts are far reaching.

Newly imposed import tariffs by the Trump administration threaten a major economic link, with consumers bracing for higher prices.

All staff instructors at the new East Falmouth Police Academy have temporarily been removed from their positions following allegations of inappropriate conduct. In addition, two academy leaders have been suspended.

Protesters joined a coordinated demonstration at parks across the country denouncing Trump administration firings at national parks.

The Frederick Douglass Project is a nonprofit that partners with prisons across the country to facilitate conversations between incarcerated people and people on the outside.