Greater Worcester

A total of 1,465 people died of unintentional opioid overdoses in 2016, with another 469 to 562 suspected opioid-related deaths, according to new state data.

The Worcester Business Journal is seeking nominations for its second annual Manufacturing Summit & Excellence awards for companies in six different categories.

Ten professionals got hired or promoted at places including Fallon Health, JM Coull and Fidelity Bank.

With ridership of the evening version of the HeartToHub train between Worcester and Boston suffering, Worcester and the MBTA are getting inventive to entice people to ride.

With the U.S. healthcare system in limbo, political leaders are facing a stark certainty: The state Medicaid budget is unsustainable and reform is imperative.

As we come off the high of the Patriots capturing their fifth Super Bowl, I am reminded of the quote from one of my heroes, Vincent Lombardi, who said, “Inches make a champion.”

Avidia Bank has a new location at 17 Pope St. in Hudson, which features digital displays, interactive...

This year, WBJ rethought its oldest and most established awards issue and added a new category: the WBJ Business Leader Hall of Fame.

Wages in Worcester County have been slowly ticking up. Between the rising minimum wage and increasing competition, employers are finding they need to find ways to pay more.

Desiree Awiszio, a self-employed Worcester engineering consultant, won the K-12 STEM Literacy Education-Engineer Partnership Award in 2016 from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for her work with students and teachers in the science, technology, engineering and math curriculum.