Category Archives: Local News

WPRO News and the Associated Press Woonsocket based CVS Health announced Thursday morning that the company would be laying off 250 employees in Rhode Island. The company will be letting go of about 60...

Governor Gina Raimondo announces Ann Assumpico as the new Superintendent of the RI State Police. Photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News WPRO News and the Associated Press Gov. Gina Raimondo on Thursday app...

photo via yelp.com user Jeff M Frank and John From Italy in East Greenwich serves the best pizza in Rhode Island, according to a new ranking by web site Mental Floss. The rankings picked the best pizz...

Pawtucket’s John Arcaro tells WPRO’s Tara Granahan that he’s running to be his city’s next mayor. As for his topless YouTube video (see below)? Arcaro says it’s his take ...

File photo PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A judge has ordered representatives from Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Rhode Island to appear in court for mediation over the unfinished project to build a new comp...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s Democratic House speaker is outspending his Republican challenger 6-to-1 in a heated race for a General Assembly seat. Campaign finance forms filed by Hous...

  Rhode Island Veterans Affairs Director Kasim Yarn (center) leads a rally at the Veteran’s Home in Bristol in support of a ballot initiative for a $27 million bond to complete construction...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - State elections officials are urging absentee voters to send in their mail ballots soon. The Board of Elections strongly recommends that ballots be mailed by Friday to ensure d...

photo via Foursquare Providence’s LaSalle Bakery is the ‘most scrumptious’ bakery in Rhode Island, according to a new ranking from FourSquare and Business Insider. Business Insider s...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s governor says she’s positioning her state to be ready for the possible legalization of recreational marijuana by improving state oversight of medical...