Category Archives: Local News
Massachusetts to launch vaccine preregistration system
In an image from video, Gov. Charlie Baker speaks March 10, 2021 at Shawmut Corp., an N-95 mask manufacturing facility in West Bridgewater to announce a COVID vaccine pre-registration system BOSTON (A...
Mar 10, 2021
PUC gets new member despite reservations by some lawmakers
Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former Democratic state lawmaker has been confirmed as a member of the state Public Utilities Commission despite co...
Mar 10, 2021
State-run mass vaccination site opens in Middletown
Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Defense PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's third coronavirus mass vaccination site opened Wednesday at the site of a former Benny's store in Middletown. Appointme...
Mar 10, 2021
Concerns raised about discharges at state-run hospital
Part of the state-run Zambarano Hospital Burrillville campus. Photo courtesy of the RI Film & Television Office BURRILLVILLE, R.I. (AP) - Disability rights organizations as well as public official...
Mar 05, 2021
Despite high infection rate, Providence vaccination rate low
Syringes containing COVID vaccine ready to be administered at a municipal clinic in Warwick March 1, 2021. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence has had among the highest...
Mar 05, 2021
RI Supreme Court upholds 2013 sentence in daughter’s death
Jorge DePina is sentenced in the beating death of his daughter, Aleida May 16, 2018. Pool photo by Sandor Bodo / The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Supreme Court has uphel...
Mar 04, 2021
Connecticut eases some virus-related restrictions
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut will eliminate coronavirus-related capacity limits on restaurants, houses of worship and other...
Mar 04, 2021
Brown, state AG reach hate crime reporting agreement
Historic University Hall, built in 1770, is the first building built at Brown University. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island attorney general's office reached an...
Mar 04, 2021
Rhode Island eases restrictions on restaurants, gyms
RI Gov. Dan McKee leads his first coronavirus briefing as governor March 4, 2021 at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium, flanked by (from left) Education Commissioner Anglica Infante-Green and Health Dir...
Mar 04, 2021
National Guard video guides viewers through vaccine process
In a still frame from a video produced by the Rhode Island National Guard, Captain Amanda Ramirez walks viewers through the state-run COVID vaccination sites. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island ...
Mar 04, 2021
