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FRIDAY MARKED Rhode Island's single largest spike in new COVID-19 cases this week, though the increase in current hospitalizations appears to have slowed compared to days prior. / PBN GRAPHIC/NANCY LAVIN

COVID-19 cases pass 2K in R.I., with six more deaths

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 identified in Rhode Island increased by 288 on Friday to a total of 2,015, according to Gov. Gina M....
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FILINGS in Rhode Island due to COVID-19 neared 110,000 as of Thursday. / AP FILE PHOTO/DAVID GOLDMAN

COVID-19-related UI filings near 110K in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – The number of Unemployment Insurance claims filed in Rhode Island due to COVID-19 reached 109,594 as of Thursday, an increase of 2,900...
HOGAN ASSOCIATES realtor Caroline Richards, center, picks up a dinner and gift cards from Perro Salado in Newport as part of the agency's 1 MORE HELPING initiative to offer assistance to the community impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. / COURTESY HOGAN ASSOCIATES

Stepping Up: Hogan Associates launching ‘1 MORE HELPING’ challenge to help...

NEWPORT – Springtime is when the City by the Sea gets out of its winter slumber. It’s not long after the annual St. Patrick’s Day...

$5M insurer-funded behavioral health program opens application period

PROVIDENCE – Nonprofits that are working to help Rhode Islanders with behavioral health needs caused by the coronavirus pandemic now have a chance to...
FREE SANITIZER: Liam Maloney, tasting room manager at The Industrious Spirit Co. in Providence, stands at the company’s “drive-up” window, where it is offering people free bottles of hand sanitizer that it makes using the byproduct of its vodka manufacturing. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Many local factories transform to meet needs of pandemic fight

Matouk Luxury Linens is known for exquisite bedding, an elegant product aimed at Americans who shop in department stores for towels, sheets and ­pillowcases. That...
VIRTUAL PANEL: Providence Business News’ Health Care Summit took place online on April 1, with panelists meeting through web conferencing.

PBN summit panelists: Coronavirus impact will be lasting

The coronavirus crisis will have a lasting impact on Rhode Island after the immediate danger of the pandemic passes, on both the business community...
Eileen Hayes. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Five Questions With: Eileen Hayes, CEO of Amos House

Eileen Hayes | CEO, Amos House 1. What changes have been instituted since the COVID-19 pandemic became an issue for Rhode Island? Amos House...
POSTPONED: Tracy Hill, event and wedding coordinator at Crystal Lake Golf Club in Burrillville, stands in the venue’s empty reception hall. Because most gatherings have been prohibited during the coronavirus pandemic, many spring weddings, bridal and baby showers have had to be rescheduled for later in the year or in 2021.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Brides, grooms, local wedding industry anguished

May 15 was supposed to be their date. Becky Regan and fiancé Jason Techok settled on that date almost a year ago, one of...
ADAPTING: Liam Maloney is a tasting room manager at The Industrious Spirit Co. The Providence company is offering free hand sanitizer it makes from the byproduct of vodka manufacturing. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Reopening economy a moving target, but bizs keeping heartbeat alive

The numbers alone are staggering in measuring the depth of the economic crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic in Rhode Island. In a state of...
David Fontes

Insight into emergency stimulus programs

The federal stimulus package known as the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) Act includes a number of financial relief programs for businesses...
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