Greater Worcester

Nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center's University campus voted to ratify their three-year contract with hospital management on Friday, the nurses' union said, officially ending lengthy contract negotiations mired by a dispute over staffing levels.

The federal government is giving Worcester Regional Airport nearly $500,000 to help pay for the removal of trees and other vegetation from the ends of the facility's runway, according to the Massachusetts Port Authority, or MassPort.

JetBlue Airways said it has received approval from federal regulators to give custom-equipped iPads to all of its pilots to use in the cockpit.

Worcester-based World Energy Solutions said it helped Colby-Sawyer College in New London, N.H., procure more than 10 million kilowatt hours of electricity, for which the college secured renewable energy credits to cover the entire purchase.

Worcester County was among the majority of areas in the state that saw their unemployment rate tick up slightly in May, rising to 7.5 percent, up 0.5 of a percentage point from April, according to the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

Nashville-based Vanguard Health Systems will be acquired by Tenet Healthcare Corp., a Dallas-based health care services company, the organizations announced Monday.

Earlier this year, the Worcester Business Development Corp. hung a large banner on the wall of the...

The Massachusetts Port Authority has approved a 26-percent increase in spending for Worcester Regional Airport as it prepares to restart commercial passenger service later this year.

Four nonprofit organizations in Worcester have received nearly $500,000 in cultural capital grants, part of a $5.2-million package from the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund, according to the office of State Sen. Harriette Chandler.

The Holden Area Chamber of Commerce is hoping to attract new member businesses from neighboring towns through a name change its board of directors approved last week.