News Roundup

This week: The race is on. State Senator Su Moran announces she’s not running for re-election, she’ll run for a different office, and Representative Dylan Fernandes says he’ll run for the senate seat, leaving his up for grabs—we’ll help you sort it all out. And that million gallons of radioactive water at Pilgrim power station? It’s evaporating, quicker than you might think.

This week: A horse breaks loose on a cargo plane, leading to 20 tons of jet fuel being discharged over the Cape and Islands (yes, that happened). Also, New Bedford 's fishing community is trying to come to terms with an overdose epidemic. And: more than 60 would-be voters in Truro are being asked to prove their residency.

This week: Barnstable County Commissioners are urging the state’s federal delegation not to fund a machine gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod. Also: new details emerge about how an unattended ferry could drift away from a dock. And two brothers get a reminder that white sharks stick around through the fall.

This week: The region heaves a sigh of relief, as maintenance work finishes on the Bourne Bridge. Also, public health officials are urging people to get vaccinated for respiratory viruses ahead of winter. And family members of three missing fishermen from Georgia believe they may be off Nantucket.

This week: The state’s two senators and a White House advisor come to Bourne to discuss replacing the Cape bridges. Meanwhile, the army national guard has solicited bids to build its heavy machine gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod. And: creating more housing is a big topic this week, locally, as the Governor comes to Yarmouth and a summit is held in Hyannis.

This week: We've got local reaction to the war in the Middle East. And it's official: the first offshore wind turbine is complete south of the islands, so now it's on to the next 61. And it's been a week of big announcements at the statehouse, with funding for housing, and gun legislation, and a capacity limit on the state’s shelter system.

This week: The Barnstable Sheriff is changing operations at the County jail. The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce has a suggestion for making the new Cape bridges a lot cheaper: how about a couple of low, causeway-style bridges — and let the big boats worry about themselves? And a new health care tower hits a construction milestone in Hyannis.

This week: It’s last call for jumping off the old Sandwich boardwalk. Meanwhile, a group is racing to save an iconic modernist Wellfleet house from demolition. And, you can now track rescued sea turtles online.

This week: Replacing the two Cape bridges just got a little more expensive... like, only just another half a billion dollars more expensive. Meanwhile, the panel on the decommissioning of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant is having some decorum issues. And, it’s orange shirt day today. We’ll tell you what that commemorates.

This week: Many Cape businesses are applauding a move to let migrants into the workforce, calling it an answer to the Cape’s labor shortage. Meanwhile, $82 million is headed to saving right whales. And a plan for a new senior center in Chatham dies at the finish line, as a majority vote still isn’t enough.