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RIDOT Director Peter Alviti – Photo: The Hummel Report PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island is dropping a $12 million project to build an Interstate 95 welcome center near the Connecticut border...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Officials in Providence have approved a contract that will provide more than 200 city police officers with body cameras. WPRI-TV reports the Providence City Council’s Fin...

Heart disease and stroke are the leading killer of women in this country and one in three women lives with cardiovascular disease. And while every 80 seconds a woman dies from some type of heart disea...

 

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gas prices are down a bit in Rhode Island, to an average of $2.22 for a gallon of regular. AAA Northeast says a survey conducted Wednesday found the price regular fell one penn...

photo via Twitter Screenshot @S_E_Campbell/WPRI PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island State Police say clogged storm drains have caused highway flooding. A spokeswoman says there’s flooding on In...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island officials are planning to replace the elevated highway ramps leading to the Newport Pell Bridge with a series of roundabouts. Newport officials, state lawmakers and t...

photo at Ryan Center, URI, via becker1999/Flickr   by Lexi Kriss, WPRO Providence College Friars Head Coach Ed Cooley checked in with WPRO’s Dan Yorke before the team boarded a plane to Day...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A lifelong prosecutor has been named the acting U.S. attorney for Rhode Island. The office on Monday announced that Stephen Dambruch is now acting U.S. attorney with the depart...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Newport is banning single-use plastic shopping bags. The City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday night to approve a law prohibiting businesses from making the bags available -...