A large pile of smoldering rubble and debris, which had once been Olympia Place apartments, an $18.5 million development ...

On Friday, Nov. 7, a three-alarm fire took place at the Olympia Place apartment complex near the University of Massachusetts.

Many of Amherst’s career firefighters, joined by those on the call and student forces, emergency dispatchers and others in ...

The Olympia City Council will host a virtual town hall meeting at 4 p.m. Wednesday to address housing and homeless resources available during the COVID-19 outbreak. The meeting is the third in a ...

More than 200 people have been displaced after a fire started Friday night in an apartment complex, used as off campus housing for many UMass students. Amherst Fire Department officials are calling ...

Fire officials say there were multiple explosions during the blaze, likely from fuel tanks on the construction site.

“Rental/Housing/Mortgage Relief and Resources” is the title of the Olympia City Council’s virtual town hall meeting set for 4 p.m. Wednesday. It will be hosted by the city council’s Land Use and ...

A group of businesses is suing the city of Olympia for failing to mitigate crimes that they say are caused by the homeless encampments in the downtown core. Attorney Jon Cushman said that for years, ...

The Amherst Firefighters’ Union called on the town to increase staffing within the Amherst Fire Department. In a press ...

The Amherst Fire Department is under investigation for its response to the Olympia Place fire, with the union pushing for ...