Category Archives: Featured
A fast track to ruin? Amtrak opponents fear high-speed plans
In this Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 photo, an Amtrak Acela train travels through Old Lyme, Conn. A plan to speed up Amtrak’s high-speed rail corridor from Boston to Washington, D.C., is welcomed by b...
Oct 26, 2016
New “Rhode Warrior” comic book to debut at RI ComicCon
Altered Reality Entertainment Comics announced Wednesday that they will release a new, Rhode Island based comic book called “THE RHODE WARRIOR” on November 11 at the fifth anniversary Rhod...
Oct 26, 2016
Providence firefighter charged with cocaine possession, intent to deliver
Providence Fire trucks. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News Attorney General Peter Kilmartin’s office confirms that Ricardo Garcia, a Providence firefighter, has been ar...
Oct 25, 2016
Obama health plan hit by double-digit premium hikes
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Premiums will go up sharply next year under President Barack Obama’s health care law, and many co...
Oct 25, 2016
Barrington ‘yoga pants parade’ to protest man’s comments on women’s wear
photo by Jasmine Kaloudis via Flickr/Creative commons Matt O’Brien, Associated Press BARRINGTON, R.I. (AP) - Women clad in yoga pants plan to parade through a coastal Rhode Island town in...
Oct 21, 2016
Rhode Island DMV delaying launch of new computer system
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles is delaying the launch of its new computer system. The Providence Journal reports the agency confirmed Thursday that the team workin...
Oct 21, 2016
Providence Councilman Jackson sues to block recall efforts
photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Embattled Providence City Councilman Kevin Jackson is suing in an effort to block a group of constituents who are seeking his ouster through a...
Oct 21, 2016
Two arrested in Providence protest against Dakota Access pipeline
This photo provided by FANG Collective depicts protestors identified by the group as Steve Davis and Laura Borth, both of Massachusetts, chained to a concrete and rebar pylon in the vestibule of TD Ba...
Oct 20, 2016
Cicilline, Reed react to Trump election result comments: “very disturbing”
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during the third presidential debate with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at UNLV in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/...
Oct 20, 2016
Raimondo considers splitting Rhode Island State Police Colonel, Public Safety Commissioner posts
by Doug MacGunnigle, WPRO News Governor Gina Raimondo confirmed Thursday that she is considering splitting the duties of State Police Colonel and Public Safety Commissioner into two separate positions...
Oct 20, 2016
