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R.I. receives $6.65M in federal funds for home energy assistance

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is receiving $6.65 million in federal funding to help reduce home energy costs, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., announced Wednesday. Reed said...

State announces $700K in grants for local farmers, fishers

PROVIDENCE – More than 40 Rhode Island farmers and fishers were awarded funding through the state’s Local Agricultural and Seafood Act Grants program, Gov....
THE AVERAGE price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island has dropped to $3.32 per gallon on Monday, according to AAA Northeast. / AP FILE PHOTO/JOHN RAOUX

R.I. and Mass. gas prices fall, remain below national average

PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island has dropped to $3.32 per gallon, 4 cents less than last...

Report: R.I. has 7th-highest monthly energy bills in nation

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has the seventh-highest average monthly energy cost in the country, according to a recent report from TNRealEstate.com. The Tennessee homebuying/home-selling website...

R.I., Mass. gas prices drop amid lower demand for oil, fewer...

PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island dropped to $3.36 per gallon on Monday, 4 cents less than...

Attleboro Superfund site part of $1 billion in federal funding

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Walton & Lonsbury Inc. Superfund site in Attleboro was among the projects at 22 toxic waste sites across the country to receive...

Report: R.I. has worst roads in U.S.

PROVIDENCE – The rage over Rhode Island’s infamous bad roads continues.  A report released Feb. 6 by Construction Coverage, a construction and home improvement website...

Legal sizes for lobsters could change to protect population 

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – The rules about the minimum and maximum sizes of lobsters that can be trapped off New England could soon become...
AVERAGE PRICE of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island decreased to $3.40 per gallon on Monday, 1 cent less than last week and 7 cents lower than the national average, according to AAA Northeast. / AP FILE PHOTO / JOHN RAOUOX

R.I., Mass. gas prices ease following OPEC+ production decision

PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island dipped to $3.40 per gallon on Monday, 1 cent less than...
A WAVE of frigid weather began rolling into the Northeast Friday. Providence was at 17 degrees at 3 p.m. Friday with a windchill of minus 8. Wind gusts in the evening cold get as high as 44 degrees that could lower wind chill factors to as low as minus 28. / COURTESY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

Frigid weather enters the region, wind chills could drop to -28...

PROVIDENCE – A new wave of frigid weather began rolling into the Northeast on Friday and led communities to close schools and open warming...
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