Coronavirus

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

Coronavirus 07/07/2023

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

Coronavirus 07/05/2023

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

Coronavirus 06/29/2023

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...

Coronavirus 06/27/2023

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...

Coronavirus 06/23/2023

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...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 194 last week

Coronavirus 06/22/2023

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 194 from June 11-17, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday. Typically, the state reports...