Category Archives: Local News
OPINION: James Kennedy — The Elorza Challenge
photo via Mayor Jorge Elorza’s Facebook page by JAMES KENNEDY, Transport Providence This piece was previously published on Mr Kennedy’s blog, Transport Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza bikes ...
Sep 06, 2016
Congress has long to-do list, but little chance of action
A construction worker carries a ladder across the scaffolding on the U.S. Capitol Dome early in the morning, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, in Washington on the day Congress returns to work after their summe...
Sep 06, 2016
Rhode Island officials OK hospital, Yale-New Haven deal
Photo by Christine Corrigan courtesy Westerly Hospital WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island officials have approved a proposed deal that would make Westerly Hospital part of the Connecticut-based ...
Sep 02, 2016
Science center is the first new building on former I-195 land
With an assist from Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza, a robotic arm cuts a ceremonial ribbon to open the new, $42 million Johnson & Wales Science and Innovation building. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO ...
Sep 01, 2016
Hummel Report — Up and Running
Five years in the making, Rhode Island’s largest land-based wind farm is starting to generate electricity – and revenue – for its developer, the town of West Warwick and the Narragan...
Sep 01, 2016
FDA adopts opioid warning proposed by RI Health Director
Rhode Island Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott talks with reporters. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has adopte...
Aug 31, 2016
HUD Secretary proposes lowering kids’ acceptable lead level
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro tours a lead remediated home in Providence with U.S. Sen. Jack Reed. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News & The Associated Press...
Aug 31, 2016
PODCAST: American Trucking Association calls truck tolls ‘extortion’
WPRO News The President of the American Trucking Association told members of Rhode Island’s trucking industry that the nation’s trucking industry stood behind the Rhode Island Trucking Ass...
Aug 30, 2016
East Greenwich schools push back start times, encourage sleep
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) - Some students in Rhode Island will be leaving for school a half an hour later this year as part of efforts to encourage students to sleep more. WPRI-TV reports middle and h...
Aug 30, 2016
Abuse claim led East Providence police to burning house
Authorities in East Providence investigate a fire at 24 Apulia Street. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Police summonsed to a home on Apulia Street in East Providence Tuesda...
Aug 30, 2016
