Category Archives: Local News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A retired Rhode Island fire lieutenant accused of threatening to harm or kill public officials in a series of emails and online postings over a period of several years was char...

Southern New England is hit by a powerful blizzard January 29, 2022. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - A storm with wind gusts near hurricane force lashed the Northeast on Saturday, dropp...

By Ryan Adamson, AccuWeather meteorologist & Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologistAs dawn broke Saturday morning, a nor’easter underwent rapid intensification into a&nbs...

By Ryan Adamson, AccuWeather meteorologist & Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologistResidents across the mid-Atlantic and New England are bracing for a major weekend snowstorm as a n...

A Rhode Island Department of Transportation plow is backed up to a salt shed in East Providence January 28, 2022 as the state prepares for a weekend blizzard. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve...

By Ryan Adamson, AccuWeather meteorologistPublished Jan. 28, 2022 7:46 AM EST | Updated Jan. 28, 2022 7:56 AM ESTResidents across the mid-Atlantic and New England on Friday were bracing for ...

Still frame from video released by the City of New Bedford NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts mayor has fired a top fire official out on injury leave after he was captured on video lifting heav...

By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologistA still-developing winter storm is set to become a major nor'easter that will bombard New England with heavy snow and blizzard conditions t...

RI Department of Health Medical Director Dr. James McDonald demonstrates face mask use during a Zoom conference call October 19, 2020. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island health department official...

Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - East Providence is close to becoming the first community in Rhode Island to hire a social worker to help police and other first responders...