Category Archives: Local News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A new study has found that while tuition prices have increased, Rhode Island still has the second-lowest community college tuition in New England. The New England Board of High...

Photo by Lindsey Lerner PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The organizer of a candlelight vigil in Rhode Island’s capital city is urging self-reflection following the deadly violence at a white supremacist...

Saxophonist Maceo Parker (right) and his band perform at Newport Jazz Festival, 2017. Photo by Doug MacGunnigle NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Music fans are making their annual pilgrimage to the Newport Jazz F...

by Lexi Kriss House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (D- Rhode Island) joined the Dan Yorke Show Thursday afternoon as the Senate concluded their vote to pass the $9.2 million state budget. Speaker Mattiell...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A federal judge has temporarily barred the city of Cranston from enforcing an ordinance that bars panhandling at busy intersections. U.S. District Judge William Smith on Thursd...

Since 1892 the Westerly Library and Wilcox Park have been a resource – and a refuge – in the heart of downtown. As the organization celebrates its 125th anniversary this year, Jim Hummel l...

Providence Journal Executive Editor Alan Rosenberg. Photo by Lexi Kriss by Lexi Kriss Providence Journal Executive Editor Alan Rosenberg joined WPRO’s Dan Yorke in studio during the 4pm hour on ...

In a wide-ranging interview with WPRO’s Tara Granahan, former governor Lincoln Chafee blasts the current administration on multiple fronts, including the recent outbreaks of violence at the stat...

Amazon’s fulfillment center in Fall River. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - Amazon is holding a giant job fair Wednesday and plans to make thousands of job offers on the...

Nathan Carman arrives in a small boat at the US Coast Guard station in Boston, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016. Carman spent a week at sea in a life raft before being rescued by a passing freighter. (AP Photo...