Category Archives: Local News
Startup Breeze Airways says it will begin flying in late May
Gov. Dan McKee and RI Airport Corp. CEO and President Iftikhar Ahmad announce May 21, 2021 that low-cost start-up carrier Breeze Airways will begin flights from Green Airport to three destinations sta...
May 21, 2021
Check-in problem at airports blamed on hardware failure
Travelers at ticket counters at Green Airport in Warwick. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - The computer problem that caused delays and long check-in lines for multiple airlines at airpor...
May 21, 2021
US ends use of 2 immigration jails accused of mistreatment
Protesters set up anti-ICE banners outside the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth, Mass. in an action on August 20, 2018. Photo: FANG Collective Facebook page WASHINGTON (AP) - A d...
May 20, 2021
Family: Former Warwick Mayor Solomon dies
Former Warwick Mayor Joseph Solomon. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - The former mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island died Thursday, according to his family. "It is with tremendous sadn...
May 20, 2021
Massachusetts lawmakers weigh bills to expand voting access
Early voting in Massachusetts in the 2020 election. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing whether to take some of the voting changes adopted a...
May 20, 2021
Sparse supply drives up home prices even as pandemic wanes
Houses in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Housing prices in Rhode Island are up compared to a year ago driven by shortages in supply and construction materials. Th...
May 20, 2021
Jha explains news mask-wearing guidelines
Dean Dr. Ashish Jha, photo courtesy of the Brown School of Public Health PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Dr. Ashish Jha said although there will be some confusion and complexities regarding mask wearing now t...
May 19, 2021
National teachers’ union chief goes to bat for Providence schools
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten (left) spoke with students at Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex, a high school in Providence on May 19, 2021 during a tour of Providence sc...
May 19, 2021
14-year-old boy among 2 people shot, killed in Fall River
Investigators pore over Fifth Street in Fall River next to Griffin Playground, where a 14-year old boy and 29-year old man were shot to death and another man was wounded May 18, 2021. Photo by Steve K...
May 19, 2021
Massachusetts schools step up efforts to vaccinate students
Syringes filled with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are ready to be administered to people at a public health clinic run by the City of Fall River at Bristol Community College in Fall River on February ...
May 19, 2021
