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WEATHER: Flood warning continues along Pawtuxet River
WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) – Additional flooding is expected along the Pawtuxet River from a second round of heavy rain in Rhode Island. The National Weather Ser...
Jun 10, 2013
NEWS: Langevin, Whitehouse tour Brown brain labs
Brown Engineering Prof. Arto Nurmikko (r) shows his brain research to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Cong. Jim Langevin. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Scientists at Brown Un...
Jun 07, 2013
Operation Hurricane: Maps, Resources, News
Jun 07, 2013
NEWS: West Warwick woman embezzles $8,000 from Boy Scout troop
WPRO Newsroom A West Warwick woman has been arrested and charged with nine counts of embezzlement after cashing $8,000 worth of checks from the Coventry Boy Scout Troop #1. According to Coventry Polic...
Jun 07, 2013
UPDATE: 18 people treated after contact with rabid raccoon
WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press COVENTRY, R.I. (AP) – Eighteen people are now being treated for possible rabies exposure after coming into contact with a baby raccoon in Coventry that lat...
Jun 07, 2013
MAPS: In RI, it’s a “bubbler” and other weird regional dialects
Map by Joshua Katz, Department of Statistics, NCSU. WPRO Newsroom It’s a bubbler, not a water fountain. As least that’s what we call it in Rhode Island according to data compiled by ...
Jun 06, 2013
NEWS: Board will vote on Gist’s contract renewal Thursday
Deborah Gist. Photo courtesy of Rhode Island Department of Education WPRO Newsroom The Rhode Island Board of Education is slated to vote on the renewal of State Education Commissioner Deborah Gist&rsq...
Jun 06, 2013
NEWS: Judge allows construction of Sakonnet bridge tollbooths
Attorney Kevin Gavin speaking to reporters outside the courthouse. Photo by Liz Burke. Liz Burke, WPRO News U.S. District Judge Ronald Lagueux said in court that he will not issue a preliminary i...
Jun 05, 2013
NEWS: Blacks, Hispanics suspended at higher rates in RI
Participants at a news conference Wednesday discussing the ACLU report on school discipline. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News and The Associated Press A report by the Rhode ...
Jun 05, 2013
UPDATE: Pilot in small plane crash has died
The Bartholomew Gosnold Monument on Cuttyhunk Island. Image from Wikipedia by John Phelan. WPRO Newsroom Authorities have confirmed that the pilot in Wednesday morning’s small plane c...
Jun 05, 2013
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