22News at 4: Digital Edition 11/13/26

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to 22 news at four. I'm Claire Overton. We'll get to your top four at four in just a moment, but first we always have a look at commuter traffic and weather. Let's bring in 22 news storm team meteorologist Brian Lapis. Brian, we some places in Western Mass got some snow today. Yeah, anywhere from a coating to three inches of snow. Franklin County and Berkshire County mostly. It's crazy. We didn't see much over here, though. No, I think most people, you know, I thought that most of us would see a flake. And based on what I'm hearing from folks around town, really nobody that was, say, south of Northampton in the Connecticut River Valley saw a flake of snow. What are we going to do? We'll see it later. It's going to say it's coming. Oh, no, it's coming. Not anytime soon. OK, perfect. Let's take a look at what traffic is doing. And Claire and I were just mentioning this before we started the newscast. There is certainly some slower traffic now. I-91 southbound is running very slow. The pike looks good. And I-91 north of the city. Also looks good. Let's take a look at temperatures about what we expected them to be right now. 43 Greenfield, Northampton, 42 Westfield and Springfield, 41 in Orange. And our clouds and radar showing some thinning of the clouds over Franklin County, northern Berkshire County. So perhaps you're seeing a little bit of sunshine, but don't expect much. And don't expect much sunshine this weekend. We'll talk about that with our 22 News Storm Team Skycast in just a couple of minutes. Claire. Thanks, Brian. We have an update now on the Holyoke Health Center, which temporarily shut down both locations after an employee was... Threatened Holyoke police say the suspect accused of threatening the employee was escorted off the premises after returning on Thursday and they were also issued a no trespass order. Operations have since resumed at both locations with enhanced security measures in place and health center officials say charges have been filed in court. There is currently no threat to the public and 22 news has reached out to the Holyoke Police Department for more information. We will provide updates as soon as they are made available. The Committee to Restrict Data Centers is campaigning to add restrictions ahead of the 2028 election. This comes as the Kraft Group looks to create a data center in Sutton, Mass. The data center would become the fourth largest in the country if completed. The committee is establishing a proposal that creates requirements for new data centers and existing facilities. To receive a municipal permit, the petition calls for energy suppliers to agree to not shift rates It's for customers. and used renewable energy for the facility. State Senator John Velas is supporting the campaign, mentioning concerns about costs, water usage, and noise. Now to the latest on yesterday's Microsoft outage. Just after 6 o'clock this morning, Microsoft giving an update saying traffic is gradually being restored, but that some users may continue to experience problems. Microsoft says the outages started around 11.30 a.m. Thursday morning, And users began reporting issues accessing their... email services shortly after noon. The outage affected businesses, governments and organizations in at least 74 countries. The company has not shared the cause of the outage, but they did say it was not caused by a cybersecurity breach. We'll have further coverage on this outage later in our newscast. The USPS says it will raise domestic shipping prices, making its fuel surcharge permanent in 2027. That 8% surcharge, first implemented in April of this year, was meant to be temporary. Add an additional 3% that is, quote, given the recent further elevations to fuel prices. The Post Service says they filed notice to increase prices for other services also, like Priority Mail. And now we have another check at today's weather. Brian is back with us. And Brian, there's a lot of green and some snow on the screen. Is any of that going to be making its way to Western Mass? For the most part, I think this is going to be moving to our south and offshore. We could still see a scattered flurry both tonight and tomorrow, but the raindrops and sprinkles and flurries would be few and far between. Let's take a look, shall we? We shall. Got a little bit of clearing over the Mohawk Trail, parts of northern Berkshire County and Franklin County. Not expecting that we'll see a ton of clearing tonight. We're going to call it mostly cloudy, but there will be some thin spots in the clouds, as shown here at 7 p.m. Clouds return 10 o'clock. Get the idea. A mostly cloudy night. Slight chance for a sprinkle or flurry. Mainly dry. Tomorrow morning we start in the 20s, 10 o'clock. Partly sunny to mostly cloudy, mostly cloudy here at noon and in the afternoon there could be a flurry or two or even a sprinkle. High temperatures tomorrow will be in the low to mid 40s. We'll update a slightly brighter day for Sunday with our 22 News Storm Team forecast on 22 News at 5. The Patriots head to the practice field overseas for the first time Thursday and with just two days to go before their matchup against the Detroit Lions Sunday morning. Quarterback Drake May was asked about the pressure surrounding this international game, but he says the expectations are the same every week. I mean I think there's pressure to put on a good show every week, You know, it's the NFL. It's a high pressure business. It's a high pressure, you know, sport. So I think there's pressure to play well every Sunday and come out with a win. So I wouldn't say there's any extra. I think it's a little different environment to embrace the environment, but I wouldn't say there's the pressure every week. May and the Patriots will look to turn that confidence into a win when they take on Detroit Sunday. Kickoff is at 930 in the morning. Letterboxd is offering a discount for its pro and patron-level subscriptions. From now through Monday, users can get 20% off the advanced tiers. This allows users to get year-round stats and watch list notifications, remove third-party ads, and customize movie poster visuals on the platform. This comes as Letterboxd may be sold to the New York Times in the coming weeks. And now for a look at what we're working on for 22 News starting at 5. Our coverage of that Microsoft power outage continues this evening. We'll tell you how it impacted a local finance management firm in western Massachusetts. Plus, audits of the legislature's finances are now available. We're working for you with what information can be accessed publicly. And finally, our annual Toys for Tots campaign begins on Monday. We'll tell you what you need to know before donating. Traffic is running unusually slow here. I-91 southbound. Yeah, yeah. So just keep that in mind that there is a bit of a slowdown here. I-91 southbound into downtown Springfield. Also slow at the I-90 merge, the Mass Pike merge, getting off of I-291. Otherwise, 91 is in pretty good shape through West Springfield and points north, and the Pike is in good shape on either side of the Connecticut River. We'll update weather for the weekend. Not a ton of sunshine, but also a mostly dry weekend. We'll show you on 22 News starting at 5. Claire. Thanks, Brian, and thank you for joining us this afternoon for 22 News at 4. Join us on TV tonight starting at 5, and you can get all your local news and weather updates anytime on WWLP.com and the 22 News mobile app.