Fishermen to vote Jan. 28 on $6.2M offer from Vineyard Wind...
NARRAGANSETT – Vineyard Wind LLC has offered a compensation plan to fishermen for revenue lost as a result of its 84-turbine offshore wind facility,...
Climate change won’t stop East Coast’s worst storms, study finds
NEW YORK - Climate change may melt away smaller snow storms but it won’t be able to hold back more powerful East Coast systems.
Minor storms that drop...
National Grid provides update on gas restoration efforts
NEWPORT – On day three of the National Grid low-pressure gas service shutdown in Middletown and Newport, officials gathered to provide updates on the...
Brown to offset fossil fuel consumption with renewable energy investments
PROVIDENCE – In the first of two planned renewable energy projects, Brown University will develop a solar facility on a former 240-acre sand and...
R.I. property values impacted by sea level rise
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island properties failed to realize $44.7 million in increased value due to tidal flooding from rising seas from 2005 to 2017,...
State of emergency declared after 7.1K customers without gas service on...
NEWPORT – National Grid Rhode Island has suspended gas service to 7,100 gas customers due to a transmission supply issue, mostly in the city...
Gas prices still dropping in the region
PROVIDENCE - Seasonally low demand and increasing stocks of gasoline continue to drive the price of self-serve, unleaded regular fuel down, according to AAA...
Study recommends long-term investment to improve R.I. park system
PROVIDENCE – A “strategic, sustained, long-term investment to increase the self-sufficiency and economic potential” of the state’s park system is needed, the R.I. Department...
Gas prices in R.I. and Mass. continue to decline this week
PROVIDENCE - The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island declined 2 cents this week to $2.40 per gallon, 16 cents...
11th Hour Racing announces $1.13 million for 8 nonprofits
NEWPORT – 11th Hour Racing has awarded eight nonprofits $1.13 million in grants, the organization announced Monday.
The organization, which develops strategic partnerships in the...
















