R.I. opens COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to people aged 60-64, and to...
PROVIDENCE – Anyone in Rhode Island aged 60 to 64, and people aged 16 to 64 with specific health conditions that could make them...
COVID-19 cases in R.I. rise by 429, with 4 more deaths
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 429 on Wednesday, with four more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday.
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SouthCoast Community Foundation awards $1.3M to 20 local nonprofits through Emergency...
NEW BEDFORD – The SouthCoast Community Foundation announced Thursday that it has awarded 20 local nonprofits a combined $1.3 million in grants from the...
Ocean State Job Lot contributed $25M to philanthropic efforts in 2020
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Ocean State Job Lot contributed $25 million in philanthropic efforts in 2020 across its 142-community-footprint for various causes, including assisting those...
Rhode Island to get $1.78B in new federal pandemic aid
PROVIDENCE – The state and its cities and towns will receive a combined $1.78 billion in federal funding from the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief...
R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 318, with 3 more deaths
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 318 on Tuesday, with three more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Wednesday.
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State-run mass vaccination site opens in Middletown
PROVIDENCE (AP) – Rhode Island’s third coronavirus mass vaccination site opened Wednesday at the site of a former Benny's store in Middletown.
Appointments through the...
Push again on in R.I. to legalize recreational marijuana use
PROVIDENCE - The push to legalize recreational marijuana is officially back on in the Ocean State, with the introduction in the Senate of a...
COVID-19 cases rise by 284 in R.I., with 7 more deaths
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 284 on Monday with seven more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Tuesday.
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R.I. to vaccinate all public, private educators and licensed child care...
PAWTUCKET – Rhode Island will open vaccination against COVID-19 to all public and private school teachers and employees, as well as child care employees,...



















