Category Archives: Featured
Group with Nazi flag interrupts Communist Manifesto reading
A reading of the “Communist Manifesto” at the Red Ink Community Library in Providence February 21, 2022 was interrupted by a neo-Nazi group. Via Facebook Live PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A rea...
Feb 22, 2022
Gov Dan McKee formally announces gubernatorial bid
Gov. Dan McKee (second from right), trailed by political supporters, tours Igus, Inc., an East Providence plastics manufacturer February 22, 2022 as he announces his political campaign. Photo by Steve...
Feb 22, 2022
Rhode Island’s seafood industry getting $371,000 in aid
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's seafood industry is getting a nearly $400,000 boost from the federal government to help it weather and recover from the COVID-19...
Feb 21, 2022
State Senate president seeks commitment to renewable energy
RI State Senate President Dominick Ruggerio (D-North Providence, Providence) Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's Senate president wants to require the state to be p...
Feb 21, 2022
Lawmakers eye grants to fund innovation to save right whales
A North Atlantic right whale breaches. Photo: NOAA FisheriesBOSTON (AP) - Lawmakers from Massachusetts and New Jersey want to set up a new grant program to help develop technology that assists in savi...
Feb 18, 2022
Rescuers take baby deer out of a well
Rescuers removed a baby deer from a well, covered at right with plywood February 18, 2022 in front of Norm’s Auto Body in Seekonk. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsIt w...
Feb 18, 2022
Bridge jumper had numerous weapons, police say
Police in East Providence display 14 guns seized after a suspect jumped off the Washington Bridge. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamklin WPRO NewsEast Providence Police said a California ...
Feb 17, 2022
Man found dead after firing ‘hundreds’ of rounds at police
Police respond following a deadly shootout near Denison Street in Providence February 10, 2022. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Authorities say one man is dead after an hours-...
Feb 10, 2022
RI Governor McKee to lift statewide school mask mandate, Executive Order on indoor masking
WPRO NewsThe Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsPROVIDENCE, RI - Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) today announced plans to lift the statewide...
Feb 09, 2022
COVID-19 vaccines, prescriptions fuel strong quarter at CVS
CVS storefront. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Associated PressCOVID-19 vaccines and the return of customers to stores helped push CVS Health well past fourth-quarter earnings expectations....
Feb 09, 2022
