Category Archives: Featured
Rhode Island to lift pandemic restrictions by Memorial Day
Gov. Dan McKee listens to a reporter’s question at his weekly coronavirus briefing April 22, 2021 at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rh...
Apr 22, 2021
Police department apologizes for post critical of Floyd
Fall River Police Facebook post FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts police department is apologizing after a social media post critical of George Floyd was shared on the department's official Fac...
Apr 22, 2021
Cranston settles panhandling lawsuit
Protesters wave signs on a busy Cranston street corner March 27, 2017 in opposition to a city ordinance barring panhandling, held unconstitutional by a federal judge in 2021. File photo by Steve Klamk...
Apr 22, 2021
As extreme weather increases, climate misinformation adapts
Crowds on Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Climate scientists have warned for years that a warming planet would cause more extreme storms, ...
Apr 22, 2021
Wunderkind ex-mayor to face jurors in fraud, bribery case
Jasiel Correia spoke with reporters after appearing in U.S. District Court in Boston September 6, 2019 to plead not guilty to corruption charges that led to his stepping down from the office of Fall R...
Apr 18, 2021
State grants support small agriculture, aquaculture projects
Fishing boats tied at the dock at Galilee. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Farming and seafood businesses in Rhode Island are now eligible for a portion of $160,000 in state g...
Apr 18, 2021
Some schools requiring testing after spring vacation week
Central High School in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By The Associated Press As the April school break kicks off in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, families are being asked to revisit g...
Apr 18, 2021
Rhode Island Veterans Home gets federal virus relief funds
Senator Jack Reed talks about federal funding going to the Rhode Island Veterans Home to cover costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic April 16, 2021. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BRISTOL, R.I...
Apr 16, 2021
Rain, snow, wind slam parts of New England and New York
Photo courtesy Jane MacNeil BOSTON (AP) - A storm is bringing rain, snow and the threat of power outages to parts of New England and northern New York just as it appeared spring weather was arriving. ...
Apr 16, 2021
Unemployment drops, though still higher than national rate
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island labor department says the unemployment rate dropped to 7.1% in March. That is down 0.2 percentage points from February. The U.S. unemployment rate in March was...
Apr 16, 2021
