Category Archives: Local News
Energy firm promises lower rates, higher revenues with new power plant
Image courtesy of Invenergy WPRO News Chicago-based energy firm Invenergy is promising its proposed power plant in Burrillville will cut down on pollutants and energy costs, while increase state reven...
Aug 04, 2015
Rhode Island Hospital renews $600,000 grant for trauma study
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island Hospital has renewed funding for its trauma and inflammation research training fellowship. The $600,000 award from the Nat...
Aug 03, 2015
RI Foundation awards grants to support LGBTQ communities
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded eight nonprofit organizations serving the state’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and...
Aug 03, 2015
Pet owners warned of spreading canine virus in Providence
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Providence officials are warning dog owners that canine parvovirus is spreading around the city. Police say outbreaks of the virus were...
Jul 31, 2015
Fox lawyer gets extension to file campaign finance documents
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A lawyer for imprisoned former Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox says campaign finance regulators have given him extra time to pull...
Jul 31, 2015
Barge accident dents wind farm foundation off Rhode Island
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A barge accident off the coast of Rhode Island has dented the foundation of what will be the nation’s first offshore wind farm. D...
Jul 31, 2015
RI police to step up efforts against impaired boaters
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island State Police and the state Department of Environmental Management say their officers will be stepping up efforts against b...
Jul 31, 2015
2 injured in explosion and fire in South Kingstown
Multiple agencies remain on the scene of a South Kingstown home where a fire and explosion occurred. Photo by Samuel Wroblewski, WPRO News. WPRO Newsroom Two people are in the hospital following an ex...
Jul 31, 2015
ACLU wants Cranston Police report released immediately
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com The Rhode Island branch of the ACLU is calling on Mayor Allan Fung to release an un-redacted version of the State Police report detailing the mismanagement of the Cransto...
Jul 29, 2015
Fox’s lawyer to meet with election regulators about finances
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A lawyer for imprisoned former House Speaker Gordon Fox says he has a meeting scheduled this week with staff at the Board of Elections as he ...
Jul 29, 2015
