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CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 661 on Monday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 661, with 23 more deaths

Coronavirus 01/12/2021

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 661 on Monday, with 23 more deaths, according to the R.I. Department of Health...

Rhode Island School of Design cancels 2021 in-person commencement; moves ceremony...

Coronavirus 01/11/2021

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island School of Design announced Monday that it is canceling its in-person commencement for the Class of 2021 and will...

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 2,788 over weekend, with 31 deaths

Coronavirus 01/11/2021

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 2,788 from Jan. 8 through Sunday, with 31 more deaths, the R.I. Department of...

CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 924 on Thursday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 924 with 6 more deaths

Coronavirus 01/08/2021

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 924 on Thursday, and six more deaths were reported, the R.I. Department of...

BUDGET TALK: Rep. Marvin L. Abney, D-Newport, chairman of the House Finance Committee, speaks during discussions before a full House vote last month on the $12.75 billion 2020-2021 state budget. House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi has said Abney will continue as finance chairman in the 2021 session. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pandemic, progressives, new House leadership could put twist on contentious issues

Coronavirus 01/08/2021

The 2021 legislative session is shaping up to be another severe departure from the norm, with a temporary change of venue for both chambers,...

STILL GOING STRONG: John Bellone, owner of The Breezeway Resort, The Hotel Maria, pictured, and Maria’s Seaside Cafe in Westerly, says in his 50 years as a customer of The Washington Trust Co., he’s never deferred a loan payment and has continued to meet monthly payments for the mortgages on his commercial properties throughout the pandemic, thanks to a strong business in a limited season. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Banks on higher alert for credit weakness

Coronavirus 01/08/2021

In his 50 years as a customer of The Washington Trust Co., John Bellone has never deferred a loan payment. Not through the 2008...

ALL-IN: Christine Soave Crum, left, owner of Gentry Moving and Storage in Cranston, accepts a delivery of office furniture from Don Erickson of Aspen Transport Service. Crum worked full time as a teacher when she founded the moving company with a partner in 2005 but now focuses all of her attention on Gentry. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Her energy, adaptability are packed, ready to go

Business Women 01/08/2021

Considering Christine Soave Crum’s high-energy approach to work and life, it’s fitting that she owns a moving company. After all, she’s accustomed to putting things...

BLOCK ISLAND BUSINESSES had feared tourism would be decimated when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived last spring, but it turns out the 2020 season wasn’t as dreadful as officials thought it might be. PBN FILE PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

Down year is OK for Block Island

Coronavirus 01/08/2021

Block Island’s tourism-dependent business owners entered the summer fearful of the damage the COVID-19 pandemic would do to their livelihoods, but most report that...

NEW TASKS: Alexandria Kitsilis Cardoso, left, and Christine Kitsilis, co-owners of Angelo’s Palace Pizza in Cumberland, prepare food in the kitchen. Restaurant employees were cross-trained to become delivery drivers or cooks to keep them working when dining room sales dropped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. job market could take years to recover

Coronavirus 01/08/2021

Economists foresee a long, slow rebuilding period following the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the replacement of lost jobs in Rhode Island taking...