Category Archives: Featured
Navy to retire USS Providence attack submarine
The USS Providence returns to the Navy base at Groton, Ct for the final time April 1, 2021, as the 35-year old fast attack submarine faces decommissioning. U.S. Navy photo By Naval Submarine Support C...
Apr 05, 2021
Rhode Island getting federal funds for hunger, rent relief
Food is ready for distribution inside the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island is getting about $40 million in federal relief fu...
Apr 05, 2021
New, lower electricity rates starting for many customers
File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Many residential and commercial customers in Rhode Island will see new, lower electricity rates starting Thursday. Starting April 1 and ex...
Apr 01, 2021
Secretary of state warns of deceptive business mailings
Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island secretary of state is warning new small businesses about what she calls de...
Apr 01, 2021
Fire tears through bird sanctuary
Firefighters at the Fosters Parrots bird sanctuary in Hopkinton, scene of a four-alarm fire April 1, 2021, believed to have claimed about 80 birds. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WP...
Apr 01, 2021
Sen. Warren tours vaccination site, praises infrastructure bill
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Mayor Jon Mitchell tour a COVID vaccination site March 31, 2021, being built in a former EPA building on the New Bedford waterfront that is being paid for with federal fun...
Mar 31, 2021
Providence city council head tapped for lieutenant governor
Sabina Matos and Dan McKee talk with reporters as the Governor announced March 31, 2021 that he had selected the Providence City Council President to succeed him as Lieutenant Governor. Photo by Steve...
Mar 31, 2021
McKee urges lawmakers reject charter school moratorium
Gov. Dan McKee joins charter school supporters in Providence March 30, 2021 on the eve of a House vote that would impose a moratorium on new charters. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin...
Mar 30, 2021
Rhode Island lawmakers introduce police reform bill
An example of a police officer’s body-worn camera. Photo courtesy East Providence Police PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Two Rhode Island lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that would ban police f...
Mar 30, 2021
Mass vaccination site to ramp up doses to 7,000 a day
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky joined Gov. Charlie Baker (at left) on a tour of the mass COVID vaccination site at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston Marc...
Mar 30, 2021
