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OFFICIALS ARE investigating an accidental leak that dispensed hydraulic fluid into the Seekonk River just north of the Washington Bridge, according to WPRI-TV CBS 12. / PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Report: Hydraulic fluid accidentally leaked into Seekonk River

PROVIDENCE – Officials are investigating an accidental leak that dispensed hydraulic fluid into the Seekonk River.  WPRI-TV CBS 12 reports the leak occurred near the...

3,500 Rhode Island Energy customers still without power as high winds...

PROVIDNECE – Thousands of Rhode Islanders were still in the dark Friday as high winds swept across the state.  Rhode Island Energy spokesperson Caroline Pretyman...
MICHELLE A. REDDISH, left, administrator for the R.I. Cannabis Commission, speaks at Providence Business News' The Business of Cannabis Summit at the Providence Marriott on Thursday. Also on the panel is, from left, Benjamin L. Rackliffe, partner of Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC; Sasha Gorski, co-owner of Talaria LLC; and Ronald Crosson II, executive director of Urban Ventures Inc. and chairman and so­cial equity officer of the R.I. Cannabis Advisory Board. PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing, moderates. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI 

PBN summit: Past missteps, current limbo still hampering legal cannabis sector

PROVIDENCE – In some ways, challenges facing Rhode Island’s legal cannabis industry were born from decisions made years ago. The panel discussion during Providence Business...

R.I.’s ‘Squid Squad’ targeted in DOGE purge of NOAA 

The head of squid research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Narragansett Bay facility is among the hundreds of agency employees nationwide who...
Gov. ­Daniel J. McKee

Math Matters RI puts focus on crucial subject

We’ve all heard the expression: I am not a math person. The numbers and complex math rules and formulas can be overwhelming for some....
Christian Roselund

Offshore wind boosts winter resilience

In December 2022, Winter Storm Elliott wreaked havoc on the electric grid along the East Coast. While Rhode Island was spared the worst, millions...

R.I. Commerce Corp. unveils 5-year strategic tourism development roadmap

PROVIDENCE – State tourism officials have released a five-year strategic plan to continue the growth of visitation to the state, while interconnecting and identifying...

R.I., Mass. gas prices remain frozen despite rise in demand

PROVIDENCE – The average weekly price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island remained at $3 per gallon for the third consecutive week....

Orsted announces new CEO amid ‘fundamental changes’ in renewable energy industry

PROVIDENCE – Orsted A/S, the Danish company that's building a wind farm off the Rhode Island coast, announced on Friday that it will be...

Local port, offshore wind leaders holding industry to highest standard amid...

PROVIDENCE – Leaders of local ports and offshore wind are looking to hold themselves to the highest possible standard as political uncertainty over the...
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