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R.I. COVID-19 cases last week increased to 314

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 314 from July 30 through Aug. 5, the R.I. Department of Health said...
ABOUT 100 YELLOW CORP. truck drivers based in Rhode Island have been laid off as part of the national company's bankruptcy filings. / AP PHOTO/CHARLIE RIEDEL

About 100 Yellow Corp. truckers in R.I. laid off as company...

PROVIDENCE – Approximately 100 local Yellow Corp. truck drivers are now out of a job as the national trucking company declared bankruptcy over the...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 207 last week, with 3 new...

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 207, with three deaths, from July 23-29, the R.I. Department of Health said...
CONFIRMED CASES of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 174 with five deaths from July 16-22, according to the R.I. Department of Health. 

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 174 last week, with 5 deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 174 with five deaths from July 16-22, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday.  Typically, the...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 166 last week, with 2 deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 166 with two deaths from July 9-15, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday.  Typically, the...
ANXIOUS TIMES: Office vacancy rates in downtown Providence have been stable in recent months but are expected to rise this year amid ­national pressures created by rising borrowing costs and declining demand. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Pandemic fallout taking toll on commercial real estate

The COVID-19 pandemic has ended but the economic fallout is ongoing in some sectors of the economy, including commercial real estate. Owners and lenders invested...
TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY is one of nine arts and culture organizations to receive $200,000 in grants from the city of Providence to help recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. / COURTESY TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY

Providence awards $200K in COVID-19 recovery grants to 9 arts organizations

PROVIDENCE – Nine city-based arts and culture organizations received $200,000 in total grants to help local artists continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic,...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 163 last week

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 163 with no deaths from June 18-24, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday.  Typically,...

The Great Grift: More than $200B in COVID-19 aid may have...

WASHINGTON (AP) – More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives, according to new estimates from a federal...

Should local colleges drop COVID-19 vaccination mandates now that it is...

Beginning July 1, the Community College of Rhode Island will no longer require students and employees to provide proof of a COVID-19 vaccination as...
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