State and federal transportation officials say they’re not going to get involved or penalize Providence for a controversial bike lane and center-of-the-road parking scheme built into South Water Street, which runs along the Providence River.… MORE
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Barrington joins school districts requiring teacher vaccines
Another Rhode Island school district is requiring teachers and staff to get coronavirus vaccinations or face unpaid leave and possible termination.… MORE
Providence orders residents of homeless camp to vacate site
People living at a homeless encampment at a vacant lot in Providence were given until Nov. 1 to clear out. But advocates for the homeless say they have nowhere else to go. … MORE
Graves of some who died at RI institutions lie under highway
The thousands of drivers who use a Rhode Island highway on their way to work every day probably have no idea they are passing over the graves of some people who died in the late 1800s and early 1900s at state institutions.… MORE
AG: Contractors failed to properly pay workers OT wages
The owners of an asbestos remediation company failed to properly pay their workers overtime for work performed at a Rhode Island middle school, prosecutors said in court Tuesday.… MORE
Rhode Island man pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges
A Providence man who tried to sell a large amount of fentanyl and heroin while under surveillance by law enforcement has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges. … MORE
Shooting wounds 3 at club where 1 was killed in August
Shots broke out for the second time since the summer at a Providence nightclub, wounding three people this time after a man was shot and killed there in August, police said.… MORE
Police ID man killed inside Providence laundromat
Police have released the name of the man shot and killed while apparently trying to fight off an armed robber inside a Providence laundromat.… MORE
Injured bald eagle, found to be blind, euthanized
An injured bald eagle found in Smithfield earlier this month had to be euthanized despite determined efforts to save the raptor, wildlife experts said.… MORE
Police: Man trying to fight off robber killed at laundromat
A man apparently trying to fight off an armed robber inside a Providence laundromat has been shot and killed, police said.… MORE
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