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EMPLOYEES AT RED STRIPE restaurant in Providence organize meal packages to be delivered to Roger Williams Medical Center. Encore Restaurant Group and the Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation recently launched its Meals with a Mission program where it will deliver close to 4,000 meals to frontline workers. / COURTESY ENCORE RESTAURANT GROUP

Stepping Up: OSJL Charitable Foundation, Encore Restaurant Group serving up meals...

Business Services 05/18/2020

PROVIDENCE – When Gov. Gina M. Raimondo offered restaurants the opportunity to allow take-out in order to stay in operation during the COVID-19 pandemic,...

THE R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH says 499 Rhode Islanders have died of COVID-19-related causes during the pandemic, as of Sunday. COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

10 new COVID-19 deaths reported in R.I. Sunday; hospitalizations decline

Coronavirus 05/17/2020

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health reported 240 new cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island and 10 new deaths on Sunday, while the...

CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island approached 8,000 on Tuesday. / AP FILE PHOTO/ CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

215 new COVID-19 cases in R.I.; 10 more deaths

Coronavirus 05/16/2020

PROVIDENCE - Health officials on Saturday reported 215 new COVID-19 cases in the state, increasing the total to 12,234, and 10 more deaths. The state...

ACLU seeks release of immigration detainees from Wyatt Detention Center due...

Coronavirus 05/15/2020

CENTRAL FALLS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has filed a class-action lawsuit against federal immigration officials and the Wyatt Detention...

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE claims due to COVID-19 increased by 305 day to day in Rhode Island on Thursday. / AP FILE PHOTO/ERIC GAY

COVID-19 UI claims rise by 350

Coronavirus 05/15/2020

PROVIDENCE – COVID-19-specific Unemployment Insurance claims increased by 350 on Thursday to 157,932, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said Friday. Pandemic Unemployment Assistance...

CASES OF COVID-19 increased by 203 day to day in Rhode Island to total 12,219 on Thursday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Raimondo outlines reopening metrics

Coronavirus 05/15/2020

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Friday said that four different metrics will be used to measure how the coronavirus pandemic is spreading...

RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE will hold a virtual commencement ceremony Saturday. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

RIC to hold virtual commencement ceremony this weekend; PC to hold...

Coronavirus 05/15/2020

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College will hold virtual commencements this weekend, while Providence College will hold a virtual degree conferral ceremony on Sunday. RIC normally...

THE RHODE ISLAND Foundation awarded $3.7 million in grants to 34 behavioral health nonprofit organizations through its COVID-19 Behavioral Health Fund. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

34 behavioral health nonprofits receive $3.7M from R.I. Foundation

Coronavirus 05/15/2020

PROVIDENCE – Approximately $3.7 million in grants were issued to 34 nonprofit behavioral health organizations by the Rhode Island Foundation through its COVID-19 Behavioral...

Hospital workers getting own brand of aid

Coronavirus 05/15/2020

Music performed by the group Healing Through Harmony, made up of students from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, plays softly in...