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Providence expands vaccine eligibility to residents 50 and older in five...

PROVIDENCE – The cities of Providence and Pawtucket will expand eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccines to residents aged 50 and older, depending on where...

Facing pressure from business community, municipal leaders eager to end emergency...

PROVIDENCE – One year after former Gov. Gina M. Raimondo declared a state of disaster emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic, some have grown weary...

McKee to explain plan for teacher vaccination Tuesday, reports 95% of...

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee said Monday he will announce his plans for vaccinating teachers and school personnel on Tuesday, including a timeline....

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 776 over weekend, with 8 deaths

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 776 from March 5 through Sunday, with eight more deaths, the R.I. Department of...

Fully vaccinated people can gather without masks, CDC says

NEW YORK (AP) – Fully vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to long-awaited...

McKee: ‘We’re going to get the job done’

PROVIDENCE - Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Sunday during his inauguration address urged Rhode Islanders to come together as a team to combat the...

DLT stops payment of $3.2B in fraudulent unemployment claims during pandemic

CRANSTON – The R.I. Department of Labor and Training has stopped an estimated $3.2 billion in unemployment benefits from being paid out to fraudsters...
CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 333 on Thursday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

COVID-19 cases in R.I. rise by 333, with 2 more deaths

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 increased by 333 on Thursday, with two more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Friday. Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients...

AG urges R.I. Supreme Court to reject Block Island marina expansion...

NEW SHOREHAM – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha’s office is urging the R.I. Supreme Court to reject the Coastal Resources Management Council’s approval of...

Despite high infection rate, Providence vaccination rate low

PROVIDENCE (AP) – Providence has had among the highest coronavirus infection and hospitalization rates in Rhode Island throughout the coronavirus pandemic, yet it currently...
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