Category Archives: Local News
GOP members seek to censure gov for supporting impeachment
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - Some Massachusetts Republicans are seeking to censure Gov. Charlie Baker for supporting a second impeachment o...
Jan 27, 2021
Memorial Hospital sold, 200-bed veterans home to be built
Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - The closed Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket has been sold to a developer who plans to build a 200-bed veteran...
Jan 27, 2021
Massachusetts residents age 75-plus now eligible for vaccine
Photo courtesy US Military Health Service BOSTON (AP) - All Massachusetts residents age 75 and older are now eligible to make an appointment to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but the online rollout did not g...
Jan 27, 2021
Brown University gets $25M to support brain research
University Hall at the center of the Brown University campus. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Brown University has received a $25 million gift that will be used to invest...
Jan 27, 2021
AG seeks information about hospital vaccine plans
RI Attorney General Peter Neronha. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Associated Press Rhode Island's attorney general asked the state's two biggest hospital groups to explain their coronavirus...
Jan 26, 2021
Biden’s Commerce pick, Raimondo, voices tough line on China
RI Gov. Gina Raimondo appeared via video before the Senate Commerce Committee January 26, 2021 in her confirmation hearing to become President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Commerce WASHINGTON (AP) -...
Jan 26, 2021
Rhode Island gets $70M to boost testing, vaccinations
People line up for coronavirus tests at the RI Convention Center December 7, 2020. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island has received an infusion of more than $70 milli...
Jan 25, 2021
Bally’s acquires Monkey Knife Fight fantasy sports company
The floor of the Tiverton Casino Hotel, operated by Twin River at its pre-opening ribbon-cutting on Aug. 30, 2018. In 2020, Twin River changed its name to Bally’s. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO Ne...
Jan 25, 2021
RWU starts spring semester with aggressive testing program
BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) - Roger Williams University in Rhode Island is starting the spring semester with a robust coronavirus testing program that requires students to get tested twice per week. The Bristo...
Jan 25, 2021
Transportation chief tapped for highway administration post
Outgoing Massachusetts Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack, who is leaving to join the Biden Administration to become deputy administrator of the Federal Highway Administration is seen in a Jul...
Jan 21, 2021
