PUC’s no on wind power jeopardizes R.I. jobs
For months, state officials promoted a proposed offshore wind farm as the spark that would ignite a green economy, create hundreds of jobs and...
DLT: Floods kept up to 4,000 out of work
PROVIDENCE – About 4,000 workers were temporarily dislocated from their jobs because of flooding last month, according to a preliminary estimate released Friday by...
Airport Connector reopens, Rte. 2 next
(Updated, 12:25 p.m.)
PROVIDENCE – The Airport Connector that leads to T.F. Green Airport reopened at about 12 p.m. Friday, the R.I. Department of Transportation...
Flood will slow R.I.’s economic recovery
Friday Update: Napolitano to visit; Amtrak still out
PROVIDENCE – The record flooding and heavy damage suffered by Rhode Island this week will affect the...
I-95 reopen in both directions after flood
(Updated, 4:15 p.m.)
WARWICK – Interstate 95 in Warwick reopened in both directions at about 3 p.m., two days after flooding first closed the highway,...
Obama declares flood emergency in R.I.
Latest Update: Pawtuxet River crests; Acela suspended
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island was still reeling from the worst rainstorm in more than a century on Wednesday,...
PUC rejects Deepwater contract on price
(Updated, 4:30 p.m.)
WARWICK – The R.I. Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday rejected as too expensive a proposed power-purchase agreement between Deepwater Wind LLC and...
Stimulus repairing bridges, roads in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – The $787 billion federal stimulus signed 13 months ago by President Barack Obama has pumped millions of dollars into the Rhode Island...
Japan’s Konica puts $20M in Konarka
NEW BEDFORD – Konarka Technolgies Inc. has received a $20 million investment from Japan-based Konica Minolta Holdings Inc.
The companies have signed a deal to...
Vectrix sets new path after bankruptcy
After 14 years, multiple false starts and a near-death experience, could this finally be the moment for Vectrix Corp.?
The electric-scooter maker’s new management team,...
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