The town home to the Berkshire Mall continues to press in court for safety improvements at the shuttered complex, a place struggling to get a required firefighting system up and running, as its owner tries to recoup his investment.

Eversource is planning to invest $41 million in tree trimming and hazardous tree removal throughout the utility's coverage area this year, and the most extensive work in Western Massachusetts is scheduled to take place in Pittsfield.

The threat of  wide-spread severe weather — including a tornado — all but fizzled Saturday evening as a line of thunderstorms swept through the Berkshires with some high winds and heavy downpours.

The National Weather Service in Albany, N.Y. issued a tornado warning for the northern part of the county around 6 p.m.  However, no tornado touchdown and authorities in North Berkshire reported on Sunday no significant damage from the storms.

BECKET — After more than six years of work, tiny pulses through fiber-optic cable are the light at the end of a tunnel for Becket Broadband.

OTIS — A woman who was trapped in her minivan for nearly an hour after a tree landed on it during Monday's windstorm has escaped unscathed.

The number of residences in Berkshire County without power has grown to over 3,000 as strong winds continue to lash through the region.

About 25 residences remained without electricity Tuesday evening, after strong wind gusts knocked down tree limbs and damaged power lines arou…

Two region's two electrical utilities are reporting power losses due to limbs falling on lines, particularly in the town of Dalton, where 374 …