American Trucking Assoc. sues RIDOT over truck tolls
PROVIDENCE – The American Trucking Association has filed a lawsuit against Peter Alviti Jr. and the R.I. Department of Transportation, alleging that a new...
Nutel, 4 individuals indicted on illegal gambling, money laundering charges
FALL RIVER – Gambling-machine company Nutel Communications Inc. and four associated individuals have been indicted in connection with an investigation into a multimillion-dollar illegal...
City sues opioid manufacturers, distributors over deceptive marketing
PROVIDENCE – The city has filed a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors, asserting the deceptive marketing, prescribing, overdistribution and sale of opioids have...
Fall River police get 2% raise in FY19 contract
FALL RIVER – The Fall River Police Association Local 1854 has settled a one-year contract for fiscal 2019 that includes a 2 percent increase,...
PowerDocks wins innovation award
NEWPORT – PowerDocks LLC has won the 2018 Electric & Hybrid Marine Industry Innovation of the Year Award for its BlueIsles Solar Microgrid Dock,...
CoreLogic: Providence metro HPI up 7.5% in May
PROVIDENCE – The single-family home price index for the Providence-Warwick metropolitan area increased 7.5 percent year over year in May, according to a July...
Meatworks facility to provide nearby slaughterhouse for local farmers
WESTPORT – Ever since a slaughterhouse in Dartmouth closed in 2007, local farmers have had to ship livestock to New York, New Hampshire and...
Providence Public Library receives $7K grant from Wells Fargo
PROVIDENCE – Providence Public Library was awarded a $7,500 grant from Wells Fargo to help support the library’s Passport to Summer Learning program, PPL...
May construction employment up 500 workers in both Providence, New Bedford...
PROVIDENCE – Construction employment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area increased 500 workers year over year in May, a 2 percent increase, to 24,100...
T.F. Green Airport name will stay the same, for now
WARWICK – Despite passage of bills by the House and Senate to change the name of T.F. Green Airport to include “Rhode Island,” the...
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